sam harris

Harris is a guy that I find incredibly disappointing. I really liked some of the points he made in debates around the peak of the 4 Horsemen Era, but egad, he has disgraced himself since. This seems to be the bottom, giving a fawning interview to Charles Murray. Here is a great article breaking...

This may be an interesting topic. These two begin a discussion in which they agree with the need for academic freedom, and then move on to an area where they disagree. It seems that Jordan Peterson has an argument that the *truth of religion resides in its evolutionarily derived power to prolong...

Sam Harris has now posted an email exchange between himself and Noam Chomsky. It's quite amusing in a way. Harris seems to have been emboldened to email Chomsky following Krauss's discussion with Chomsky earlier this year and to say that he would like a public discussion of their differences...

A recent discussion elsewhere triggered this thought. Sam Harris opposed Francis Collins appointment as head of the NIH on the basis that Collins’ religious beliefs made him unfit for the office. A number of people have agreed with Harris on this. Harris also indicated in the same article...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60 There are, I just noticed, several articles (guardian, daily.uk etc) about the 'debate' between Ben Affleck, Sam Harris and Bill Maher on liberal principles with regards to criticism (and failure of doing so) of islamic theocracies et al. Have...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeQupAICEAASqGa.png:large A very well-made point. There should be no limits to skeptical inquiry. I challenge anyone to find anything objectionable in the quote.

Is anyone considering entering this? http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-moral-landscape-challenge1 What do we think of Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape? This TED talk briefly summarizes his argument: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

Sam Harris makes an interesting point in this article on his website, demonstrating that we resist the scientific facts when they threaten a cherished practice. The reason I am posting this is the underlying point of his article that resistance to science is not the preserve of the religious...

This is an interesting article dealing with the misuse of Neuroscience. Sam Harris is specifically picked out.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/5-most-awful-atheists An article by Ian Murphy on alternet gives his list of "The 5 Most Awful Atheists". (I read it via a link on Pharyngula.) In my opinion, an article like this is rather tawdry. I am not fond of cheap titles like the one used for this article...

In 'honour' of the Fall of Jonah Lehrer (he of the fake Bob Dylan quotes) Sam Harris has released his book on deceit, 'Lying' as a free ebook; PDF and mobi formats. Link.

From The End of Faith, page 41: It seems Sam Harris has a rather lot of spooky beliefs.:boxedin:

"But can there be any difficulty in proving, that vice and virtue are not matters of fact, whose existence we can infer by reason? Take any action allow'd to be vicious: Wilful murder, for instance. Examine it in all lights, and see if you can find that matter of fact, or real existence, which...

Sam Harris is on Jon Stewart's show right now. ETA: D'oh! I meant to have the title say that he's on Stewart's show. Steve S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww This is Sam Harris at TED. Can science answer moral questions? Does Sam Harris even answer that question in this talk? What do you think?

This is a revelation that resulted from simply exquisite timing. I've wandered into a pool of truthers over at the911forums. The indignation that arises by saying something as benign as "you're wrong about that" is astonishing. A touch of disagreement (plus a few out-&-out "you really screwed...

Following the path of atheists for whom I have a great deal of respect, such as Bertrand Russell and Richard Carrier, I decided to make a brief statement of the principal reasons why I am not a Christian. Myself a three-time contributor to Internet Infidels' Secular Web...

This book has been touted as the “answer” to the recent spate of popular books by atheists, particularly Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens. Hedges, a journalist with the New York Times, was raised Christian and attended Harvard Divinity School. He has written on religion in the United...

Apologies for another Palin thread, it's probably important enough. Sam Harris' article Allegedly tattoos are fine as long as you have a tattoo of a Christian Fish. Also, you cannot get the gas line through Alaska unless your 'heart is right with the Lord'. And no matter how hard you try...

I have not read Hitchens or Dennett's books, yet I hope to get around to the latters' soon (Hitchens has the tendency to either enrage me or enlighten me). I have just finished both of Sam Harris' books, and have to argue that The End Of Faith is a better book than The God Delusion. Dawkins'...

For anyone who has read them or heard them speak, they ask the same question. "Why is religion offered special priviledges?" I think I have an answer, but I want to pose it to you guys to see if it's sound. Maybe if there is no flaw in this reasoning, I might shoot Dawkins an Email. In order...

Sam Harris has put Stanley Fish's editorial called The Three Atheists, originally published in the New York Times, up on his website. Here's the beginning: Full article.

An good debate at the American Jewish University between Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe: http://www.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=1766&u=7037&t=0 I haven't seen it all yet, but the first 40 minutes were excellent. Both speakers are likeable and polite enough to actually listen to...

Apologies if this has already been posted, but I haven't noticed it. The video of a two-hour roundtable discussion among Dawkins, Harris, Dennett, and Hitchens is available on Google Video. Part One Part Two My recommendation for a weekend afternoon: 1. Mix martini 2. Start video...

From, "Atheism's Wrong Turn: Mindless argument found in godless books" by Damon Linker, The New Republic, Monday, December 10, 2007: Full article: Atheism's Wrong Turn (subscription required)

Wow. Incredible. I myself had not yet chosen a word to describe my choice to have no religious/spiritual beliefs. I had thought "why do I need a word?" but hadn't really given it much more thought. Sam Harris gave it some thought. Some serious thought. Anyone agree/disagree/thinking...

Great article by Sam Harris in the Washington Post. It is "an edited transcript of a talk given at the Atheist Alliance conference in Washington D.C. on September 28th, 2007": http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sam_harris/2007/10/the_problem_with_atheism.html Among other things, he...

I read this article by Sam Harris and I just had to pass on some quotes from it because it eloquently expresses something I've been thinking myself: and Those are the quotes that struck me most, but I think it is an interesting read. "The Lamb of God" means that Jesus was a scapegoat, a...

"In Defense of Witchcraft" by Sam Harris (remarks about the reviews on atheist books) Full: huffingtonpost.com or richarddawkins.net

In today's Toronto Star -- Behind the atheist upsurge http://www.thestar.com/article/228562# by Tom Harpur and Personally I think that the sudden flood of atheist books is a result of it being now possible to make the case without having your kids stoned on the way to school or your house...