Apologies for the patchy audio. Not sure why it happened.

Cited paper: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234097

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Original link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8JagoiLnAY

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The passage read is from The Parasitic Mind (pp. 133-134).

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This clip was posted on December 26, 2025 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1971: https://youtu.be/Tn2rHv0fsZ0

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