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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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