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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:
Listen to the Making Sense podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5rgumWEx4FsqIY8e1wJNAk?si=14b735150ec24b84
Sam’s website:
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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
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