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Gad Saad, a marketing professor who calls himself an evolutionary behavioral scientist, made a PragerU video called Suicidal Empathy, based on Paul Bloom's book I MEANNNN his own "new" book. This pile of crap has 2.8 million views. Lydia and Thomas go through every single claim.

Sources:

• Gad Saad: Suicidal Empathy (PragerU)

• German Federal Crime Statistics (Bundeskriminalamt), 2015-2016

• Peer-reviewed study on immigration and crime in Germany, 2008-2019

• ABC News: Police budget analysis across 109 U.S. cities, 2019-2022

• Washington Post: Police spending vs. crime rates analysis going back to 1960

• Supreme Court of Canada: Canada v. Khadr, unanimous rulings on rights violations

• FAA: Disability hiring language on agency website (present since 2013)

• FAA Aviation Safety Workforce Plan 2020-2029, disability hiring language

• University of Minnesota Medical School: Class of 2026 white coat ceremony oath and media relations statement

• Concordia University: Gad Saad faculty profile and Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (2008-2018)

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Published: June 26, 2026

Host: Thomas Smith
Host: Lydia Smith