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Feb 2022
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224. Questioning Sam Harris

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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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


#Philosophy #Ethics #Meditation #Mindfulness #SamHarris 

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