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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

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May 12, 2023 03:55PM

“We are both thinking and feeling animals. The challenge is to know when to activate the cognitive (thinking) versus the affective (feeling) systems.”
― Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

tags: cognition, cognitive-science, evolution, evolutionary-psychology

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“There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method.”
― Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

tags: science, science-vs-religion, truth

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“To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions.”
― Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

tags: intellect, intelligence, living, society

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“Do not fear the loss of a friendship.
Anyone who is willing to end a relationship because of a reasoned difference of opinion is not worthy of your friendship.”
― Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

tags: friendship, relationships, truth, veritas-odium-parit

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“It isn’t sexist to acknowledge sex differences. What’s sexist is assuming that women must be the same as men in order to be treated as equals.”
― Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society

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