Episode #837
Gad Saad
Books mentioned
The Beauty Myth
Mentioned by Gad Saad · at 00:25:37
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The Primal Blueprint
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:39:56
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Gad Saad is a marketing professor and researcher in evolutionary behavioral science. He and Joe Rogan discuss evolutionary explanations for diet, addiction, health, self-control, attraction, beauty standards, and social behavior, along with research methods, academic resistance, cultural and political disputes, exercise, rehabilitation, and injury treatment.
What they talked about
- Vitamin D deficiency and supplementation in winter
- Proximate vs. ultimate explanations in evolutionary biology
- Evolutionary psychology of mate selection and self-deception
- Critique of social sciences rejecting biology
- Academic debate culture and interrupting speakers
- Free speech and banning people for ideas
- Exercise routines: cardio, jujitsu, and back health
- Gut health, probiotics, and dieting struggles
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