224. Questioning Sam Harris

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This episode was recorded on November 25, 2021.

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the "Waking up" app.

Dr. Harris and I discuss the is/ought problem, dreams, attention, evidence, consciousness, logic, psychedelics, religion, Waking Up, and much more.

Meditate with the Waking Up app:

https://wakingup.com

Listen to the Making Sense podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/5rgumWEx4FsqIY8e1wJNAk?si=14b735150ec24b84

Sam’s website:

http://SamHarris.org

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Timestamps

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[00:00]Intro

[02:48]Background

[06:04]The debates

[12:25]Waking Up

[16:18]The is/ought problem (1)

[23:42](Breaking out of) everyday patterns

[24:22]Experience & Expectations

[32:26]Evidence & Logic

[33:10]The is/ought problem (2)

[34:56]The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

[40:52]Attention

[42:38]Carl Rogers

[49:21](Dis)satisfaction

[51:01]Discomfort

[51:17]Entering meditative states

[54:06]Being like a mirror

[55:58]Thoughts & The Self

[56:56]Suffering

[01:01:03]Dreaming

[01:09:15]The Self & Psychedelics

[01:14:29]Prayer

[01:18:24]Organized religion

[01:25:33]The postmodern predicament

[01:41:54]Sacred texts

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