Episode #543
Sam Harris
Books mentioned
Waking Up
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:00
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Letter to a Christian Nation
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:00
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The End of Faith
Mentioned by Speaker not yet confirmed · at 00:08:30 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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On Having No Head
Mentioned by Sam Harris · at 00:47:36 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Free Will
Mentioned by Sam Harris · at 01:50:55 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Sam Harris, a neuroscientist and author, discusses Waking Up, secular spirituality, meditation, introspection, and how examining the ego and automatic thoughts can reduce suffering. He and Joe Rogan also explore altered states, flow, martial arts, social power, free will, determinism, moral responsibility, and what understanding causality means for ethics and criminal justice.
What they talked about
- Spirituality without religion
- Losing the sense of self through meditation
- The illusion of the thinker of thoughts
- Mindfulness and observing thoughts
- Free will as an illusion
- Implications of determinism for ethics and justice
- Martial arts and the evolution of techniques
- Public speaking and oratory styles
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