Sam Harris: Faith & Reason in the Modern World (Q&A 2/2)

Sam Harris: Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World, Aspen Ideas Festival (2007)

Sam Harris gives a lecture on the dangers of mixing iron age philosophies with modern day technology, the common misconceptions theists have about atheists and why we need to build a morality system separate from faith.

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[RhondaH]

Can we get Sam to debate Sarah Palin? That would definitely be worth watching.

[PiroNiro]

That would be very sad to watch. :)

[wubbe]

Sam is my favorite "horseman of the apocalypse". Everyone debating him, however fundamentalist a person, will have to bite his tongue with respect to what he says. A champion of reason, honesty, science. You will be at pain trying to find a person articulating him or herself better than Sam does. You just listen to him, and you know it's right.

[Coruscator]

As always, Sam is amazingly lucid and just so... sane.

If only more people would listen to what he has to say.

[swjazz7]

@RhondaH yes!

[debjyotiarr]

Wait! The question on relativity and electromagnetism is incorrect. Einstein's Relativity and Maxwell's electromagnetism (not what the questioner said) are perfectly compatible - they are consistent. In fact, it was the inconsistency of electromagnetism and Newtonian mechanics which got Einstein started onto relativity.

[lukeinoz]

244 dislikes for part 1

240 dislikes for parts 2,3,4, and Q&A part 1

241 dislikes for part 5

239 dislikes for Q&A part 2

What a CROCK… clearly a vote bot or a campaign by someone that feels threatened by reasonable discussion!!!

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

great science podcast on meditation and the brain/mind google:

Brain Science Podcast Dan Siegel

youtube vidson meditation and neuroscience:

Dan Siegel Google Talk

and

Dan Rather Reports Mind Science

[sam51092]

Hahaha that'd be like watching superman kick a puppy. Thumbs up.

[baillou2]

Sam and Sarah! I'd pay good money to see that any day!!!

[kksf1979]

Sam harris is great. Im from England and I know I am bias but I always think that Hitchens but especially Dawkins have a rational and cutting intellect in their presentation that Americans very rarely match-excluding Obama( absolutely NO offence meant) but Sam Harris is truly excellent. He is such a great public speaker and argues with unrivalled clarity. Good on you son!

[joesimki]

The low rating thing is odd huh?!

I would presume it is most likely people of faith who are insulted by Sam's utterly compelling and honest presentation of his concerns, sticking in a low rating but stopping short of explaining their misgivings. Except, not many other videos on the Four Horsemen seem to have this problem right?

Anywhoo, Harris is fantastic, utterly brilliant in everything he does.

[anarchowolf]

Unfortunately you can just imagine how much more polarized the U.S. would become regarding atheism. "Least trusted group in America". I don't believe Mr.Obama's infamous comment was far off. Not that I support either camp.