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Sam Harris

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April 09, 1967

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http://www.samharris.org

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Philosophy, Science, Religion & Spirituality

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Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American non-fiction writer, philosopher and neuroscientist. He is the author of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason (2004), which won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award, and Letter to a Christian Nation (2006), a rejoinder to the criticism his first book attracted. His new book, The Moral Landscape, explores how science might determine human values.

After coming under intense criticism in response to his attacks on dogmatic religious belief, Harris is cautious about revealing details of his personal life and history. He has said that he was raised by a Jewish mother and a Quaker father, and he told Newswe ...more

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#112 — The Intellectual Dark Web

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eric Weinstein and Ben Shapiro about the breakdown of shared values, the problem with identity politics, religion, free will, the primacy of reason, and many other topics.

Eric Weinstein is a managing director of Thiel Capital in San Francisco. He is also a research fellow at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University. Weinstein

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Sam Harris’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 238,295 ratings · 15,497 reviews · 61 distinct works • Similar authors

	Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion 3.90 avg rating — 51,155 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to a Christian Nation 3.99 avg rating — 42,529 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason 3.89 avg rating — 43,458 ratings — published 2004 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Will 3.86 avg rating — 38,069 ratings — published 2012 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values 3.90 avg rating — 24,319 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lying 3.88 avg rating — 22,456 ratings — published 2011 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue by Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 7,452 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Sense 4.13 avg rating — 2,215 ratings — published 2020 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief by Sam Harris, Jonas T. Kaplan 3.66 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Functional Neuroimaging of Belief, Disbelief, and Uncertainty by Sam Harris, Mark S. Cohen, Sameer A. Sheth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

tags: george-w-bush, god, religion

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“In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

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“I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

tags: faith, skepticism

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Polls

The Atheist Book Club: August-September Group Read: Call to Vote (ends July 28)

Note: A shorter 2nd voting round will be created if a specific title is not clearly chosen by participants, or if specific titles are difficult to buy/borrow (at the discretion of the moderators' team)

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

22 votes, 29.7%

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

10 votes, 13.5%

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

5 votes, 6.8%

On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt by Richard Carrier

5 votes, 6.8%

Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life by Louise M. Antony

5 votes, 6.8%

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins

4 votes, 5.4%

Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening by Maajid Nawaz

4 votes, 5.4%

Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding by Steven K. Green

4 votes, 5.4%

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett

3 votes, 4.1%

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

3 votes, 4.1%

Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction by John Brockman

3 votes, 4.1%

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz

2 votes, 2.7%

Everybody Is Wrong About God by James A. Lindsay

2 votes, 2.7%

Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef

1 vote, 1.4%

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

1 vote, 1.4%

74 total votes

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