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Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. Paul Bloom studies how children and adults make sense of the world, with a special focus on pleasure, morality, religion, fiction, and art. He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching. He is past-president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and co-editor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He has written for scientific journals such as Nature and Science, and for popular outlets such as The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of six books, including The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning.

Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.

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#14 — The Virtues of Cold Blood

The Best of Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.

56 epizódok

#Science #Society #Relationship #Sam Harris

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#175 — Leaving the Faith 1:20:11

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Sam Harris speaks with Yasmine Mohammed about her book Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam . They discuss her family background and indoctrination into conservative Islam, the double standard that Western liberals use when thinking about women in the Muslim community, the state of feminism in general, honor violence, the validity of criticizing other cultures, and many other topics. Yasmine Mohammed is a human rights activist and writer. She advocates for the rights of women living within Islamic majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism. She is the founder of Free Hearts Free Minds , an organization that provides psychological support for ex-Muslims living within Muslim majority countries. Website: YasmineMohammed.com Twitter: @YasMohammedxx Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#151 — Will We Destroy the Future? 1:33:05

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Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods, moral illusions, the asymmetry between happiness and suffering, utilitarianism, “the vulnerable world hypothesis,” the history of nuclear deterrence, the possible need for “turnkey totalitarianism,” whether we’re living in a computer simulation, the Doomsday Argument, the implications of extraterrestrial life, and other topics. Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence. He is a Professor at Oxford University, where he leads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias , Global Catastrophic Risks , Human Enhancement , and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies , a New York Times bestseller. Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#207 — Can We Pull Back From The Brink? 1:53:05

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Sam discusses the 2020 social protests and civil unrest, in light of what we know about racism and police violence in America. Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.

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#104 — The Lessons of Death 1:08:00

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Sam Harris speaks with Frank Ostaseski about death and dying—and about how the awareness of death can improve our lives in each moment. Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher, international lecturer, and a leading voice in end-of-life care. In 1987, he co-founded the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2004, he created the Metta Institute to provide innovative educational programs and professional trainings that foster compassionate, mindfulness-based care. Mr. Ostaseski’s groundbreaking work has been widely featured in the media, including the Bill Moyers television series On Our Own Terms , the PBS series With Eyes Open , The Oprah Winfrey Show , and in numerous print publications. AARP magazine named him one of America’s 50 most innovative people. In 2001, he was honored by the Dalai Lama for his many years of compassionate service to the dying and their families. He is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully . mettainstitute.org Fiveinvitations.com Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#91 — The Biology of Good and Evil 1:38:22

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Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the brain and human behavior. They discuss the relationship between reason and emotion, the role of the frontal cortex, the illusion of free will, punishment and retributive justice, neurological disorders and abnormal behavior, the relationship between science and religion, and other topics. Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. He is the author of A Primate’s Memoir , The Trouble with Testosterone , Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers , and Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst . Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#125 — What is Christianity? 1:50:10

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Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic training in New Testament scholarship, his loss of faith, the most convincing argument in defense of Christianity, the status of miracles, the composition of the New Testament, the resurrection of Jesus, the nature of heaven and hell, the book of Revelation, the End Times, self-contradictions in the Bible, the concept of a messiah, whether Jesus actually existed, Christianity as a cult of human sacrifice, the conversion of Constantine, and other topics. Bart D. Ehrman is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God . Ehrman is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He has been featured in Time , The New Yorker , and The Washington Post , and has appeared on NBC, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC, major NPR shows, and other top print and broadcast media outlets. His most recent book is The Triumph of Christianity . Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#22 — Surviving the Cosmos 1:53:00

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Sam Harris speaks with David Deutsch about his book, The Beginning of Infinity . They discuss the boundary between science and philosophy, the nature of scientific authority, the utility of knowledge, artificial intelligence, moral relativism, the Fermi problem, and other topics. David Deutsch is best known as the founding father of the quantum theory of computation, and for his work on Everettian (multiverse) quantum theory. He is a Visiting Professor of Physics at Oxford University, where he works on “anything fundamental.” At present, that mainly means his proposed constructor theory . He has written two books – The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity – aimed at the general reader. Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#68 — Reality and the Imagination 1:12:00

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Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about meditation, the need for stories, the power of technology to erase the boundary between fact and fiction, wealth inequality, the problem of finding meaning in a world without work, religion as a virtual reality game, the difference between pain and suffering, and other topics. Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in history from Oxford University and is a professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He specialized in World History, medieval history and military history, but his current research focuses on macro-historical questions: What is the relation between history and biology? What is the essential difference between Homo sapiens and other animals? Is there justice in history? Does history have a direction? Did people become happier as history unfolded? He is the author of two blockbuster books, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#14 — The Virtues of Cold Blood 1:29:28

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Sam Harris speaks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the limitations of empathy as a guide to moral reasoning, why empathy is a bad metric for measuring one’s character, cognitive biases, and other topics. Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. Paul Bloom studies how children and adults make sense of the world, with a special focus on pleasure, morality, religion, fiction, and art. He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching. He is past-president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology , and co-editor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences . He has written for scientific journals such as Nature and Science , and for popular outlets such as The New York Times , The Guardian , The New Yorker , and The Atlantic Monthly . He is the author of six books, including The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning . Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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#34 — The Light of the Mind 1:44:21

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Sam Harris speaks with philosopher David Chalmers about the nature of consciousness, the challenges of understanding it scientifically, and the prospect that we will one day build it into our machines. David Chalmers is Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University, and also holds a part-time position at the Australian National University. He is well-known for his work in the philosophy of mind, especially for his formulation of the “hard problem” of consciousness. His 1996 book The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory was successful with both popular and academic audiences. Chalmers co-founded the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and has organized some of the most important conferences in the field. He also works on many other issues in philosophy and cognitive science, and has articles on the possibility of a “singularity” in artificial intelligence and on philosophical issues arising from the movie The Matrix . Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.…

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