Sam Harris
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What I fear about the way you talk about religion is that at the end of all these conversations, I'm still not sure what you believe on that point, frankly. And if I'm not sure, no one out there is.
What I fear about the way you talk about religion is that at the end of all these conversations, I'm still not sure what you believe on that point, frankly. And if I'm not sure, no one out there is.
What I fear about the way you talk about religion is that at the end of all these conversations, I'm still not sure what you believe on that point, frankly. And if I'm not sure, no one out there is.
But how about a best guess?
But how about a best guess?
But how about a best guess?
What did you do? What did you switch to? Or what did you eat rather?
What did you do? What did you switch to? Or what did you eat rather?
What did you do? What did you switch to? Or what did you eat rather?
But I want to start with the intervention you attempted to perform on our mutual friend Joe. I hope he's still a mutual friend. That remains to be seen, I guess. Yeah. And his sidekick, Dave Smith, over on the podcast. Because I thought what you attempted there was fantastic and much needed. I mean, this was a kind of moral intervention, which I thought was very important to do.
But I want to start with the intervention you attempted to perform on our mutual friend Joe. I hope he's still a mutual friend. That remains to be seen, I guess. Yeah. And his sidekick, Dave Smith, over on the podcast. Because I thought what you attempted there was fantastic and much needed. I mean, this was a kind of moral intervention, which I thought was very important to do.
But I want to start with the intervention you attempted to perform on our mutual friend Joe. I hope he's still a mutual friend. That remains to be seen, I guess. Yeah. And his sidekick, Dave Smith, over on the podcast. Because I thought what you attempted there was fantastic and much needed. I mean, this was a kind of moral intervention, which I thought was very important to do.
I've been attempting my version of it, not directly in dialogue with Joe, but I certainly would do that as well. But what, you know, it was, I thought... What she said was quite brilliant and important, and I think there are probably a few crucial points that were misunderstood.
I've been attempting my version of it, not directly in dialogue with Joe, but I certainly would do that as well. But what, you know, it was, I thought... What she said was quite brilliant and important, and I think there are probably a few crucial points that were misunderstood.
I've been attempting my version of it, not directly in dialogue with Joe, but I certainly would do that as well. But what, you know, it was, I thought... What she said was quite brilliant and important, and I think there are probably a few crucial points that were misunderstood.
The conventional sense of self that people are walking around with is an illusion. Virtually everyone feels like they are a thinker of thoughts, an experiencer of experience, looking out at a world that is not them.
The conventional sense of self that people are walking around with is an illusion. Virtually everyone feels like they are a thinker of thoughts, an experiencer of experience, looking out at a world that is not them.
The conventional sense of self that people are walking around with is an illusion. Virtually everyone feels like they are a thinker of thoughts, an experiencer of experience, looking out at a world that is not them.
There's a few things I believe that are, that I believe pretty firmly here. One is that The conventional sense of self that people are walking around with is an illusion which can be discovered to be such. So you can inspect it to the point where you no longer feel that way in the same sense. And it's not to say that you would never use the word self again or that you find yourself –
There's a few things I believe that are, that I believe pretty firmly here. One is that The conventional sense of self that people are walking around with is an illusion which can be discovered to be such. So you can inspect it to the point where you no longer feel that way in the same sense. And it's not to say that you would never use the word self again or that you find yourself –