The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times
AD
The Epoch Times
Social Issues

‘Idea Pathogens, Parasitize Our Minds’: Professor Gad Saad

Most people don’t put in the cognitive effort to reach a rational conclusion, he says

‘Idea Pathogens, Parasitize Our Minds’: Professor Gad Saad
Gad Saad, the author of “The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense.” American Thought Leaders/Screen shot
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
&
Masooma Haq
Masooma Haq
9/8/2022|Updated: 9/8/2022
0:00

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian professor of marketing at Concordia University, Canada, and the author of “The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense.” Saad argues that “idea pathogens” have infected the minds of millions and made many people “hysterical” about Donald Trump.

“What I call idea pathogens, these dreadful ideas that just like an actual physical pathogen can cause us harm, idea pathogens, parasitize our minds, leading us to quietly go into the abyss of infinite lunacy,” Saad said during a recent interview with Epoch TV’s American Thought Leaders program.
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
twitter
website
Author’s Selected Articles
Why Some Scientists Are Rethinking Darwin’s Theory of Evolution | Stephen Meyer
Apr 18, 2026
Why Some Scientists Are Rethinking Darwin’s Theory of Evolution | Stephen Meyer
How Rampant Explicit Material Is Poisoning the Minds of America’s Children | Kristen Jenson
Apr 16, 2026
How Rampant Explicit Material Is Poisoning the Minds of America’s Children | Kristen Jenson
From Wall Street to Washington: Bisignano Brings Business Experience to IRS
Apr 13, 2026
From Wall Street to Washington: Bisignano Brings Business Experience to IRS
Why 28- and 29-Year-Olds Are Disappearing From China’s Uyghur Concentration Camps | Ethan Gutmann
Apr 11, 2026
Why 28- and 29-Year-Olds Are Disappearing From China’s Uyghur Concentration Camps | Ethan Gutmann
Related Topics
post-modernism
Gad Saad
Sam Harris
AD
Add to My List
Save
The Epoch Times
Copyright © 2000 - 2026 The Epoch Times Association Inc. All Rights Reserved.