{"id":6268,"date":"2023-04-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2023-01-01T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:36:36","slug":"category-based-nested-forms-provide-an-alternate-way-for-expressing-saads-arguments-about-modern-univerisities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6268","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Gad Saad&#8217;s Book (2020) &#8220;The Parasitic Mind&#8221; (Part 16 of 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0110 Even weirder, what if&nbsp;<em>the organizational objective<sub>2aC<\/sub>&nbsp;of the postmodern academy<sub>3aC<\/sub><\/em>, arising from&nbsp;<em>the righteousness of radical individualism, marxist worldviews, and big government (il)liberalism<sub>1aC<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;is, as Dr. Saad claims,&nbsp;<em>a self-deceiving parasitic syndrome?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if&nbsp;<em>the organizational objective<sub>2aC<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;triggers&nbsp;<em>susceptible individuals<\/em>&nbsp;to identify as &#8220;oppressed&#8221;<sub>(2b)2aC<\/sub>&nbsp;because&nbsp;<em>the privileges<sub>(2c)2aC<\/sub>&nbsp;of social justice<sub>(3c)2aC<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;coincide with&nbsp;<em>what one expects from participating in harmonious social circles?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0111 Wouldn&#8217;t that be freaky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is like drinking the Flavor-Aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0112 These comment bring&nbsp;<em>the arguments in Dr. Gad Saad&#8217;s book<\/em>&nbsp;into&nbsp;<em>a strange revelation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The reason why Dr. Saad is the target of animosity from colleagues in the postmodern multiversity<\/em>&nbsp;unites with&nbsp;<em>his chosen topic of expertise, evolutionary psychology<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Evolutionary psychology<\/em>&nbsp;applies lessons about&nbsp;<em>the Lebenswelt that we evolved in<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, it raises&nbsp;<em>post-postmodern questions<\/em>&nbsp;concerning&nbsp;<em>the adaptive natures of human will<sub>(1a)2aC<\/sub>, systems<sub>(1b)2aC<\/sub>&nbsp;and protection<sub>(1c)2aC<\/sub>&nbsp;and their maladaptive expressions in our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, none of these topics can be discussed in&nbsp;<em>the College of Social Construction<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0113 My thanks to Professor Saad for his excellent work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0110 Even weirder, what if&nbsp;the organizational objective2aC&nbsp;of the postmodern academy3aC, arising from&nbsp;the righteousness of radical individualism, marxist worldviews, and big government (il)liberalism1aC,&nbsp;is, as Dr. Saad claims,&nbsp;a self-deceiving parasitic syndrome? 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