Sam Harris: Fearless Among Peers

This is my first time seeing Sam Harris. This was directly after Neil Degrasse Tysons "Stupid Design" Speech. Also the moment I had a moment of clarity 3:50.
Sam Harris speaks in between lectures and answers questions of his peers. I named the video "Fearless Among Peers" due to the people present while he was speaking. Roger Bingham, Steven Weinberg, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Shermer, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Scott Atran etc.

These Clips are from the "Beyond Belief: Science, Reason, Religion & Survival" November 5-7, 2006. http://thesciencenetwork.org/programs/beyond-belief-science-religion-reason-a...

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[bronzmash]

@ramatirthadasa ..that person in Lawrence Krauss. Look him up, he's far from being a dumbass. He is credited with the famous line: "Forget Jesus, stars died so that you could be here."

[ChristopherHitchslap]

@bronzmash If you watch his part in this debate you can tell Lawrence Krauss was on the fence about this subject. He seems to be all the way on the side of reason now.

[MrLtPink]

Sam Harris should be made President of the world.

[brunodemoura]

I think Sam Harris is the smartest man alive.

[sdacrowe]

@sdacrowe Oops, sorry for the typo, that & the british should have went in the parenthesis after biology...

[sdacrowe]

@brunodemoura Well, I have a bias, Richard is my favorite ( I enjoy evolution biology, & he teaches it ) & the British, astrophysics & neuroscience are a little over my head. I think Richard, being a professor, has a way of speaking, that the common non scientific minds can understand...lol. But, yes we can agree that they are all brilliant.

[sdacrowe]

There's more Christian mass shootings than suicide bombers. There are also Christian bombers, they just don't include themself in this assault.

[sdacrowe]

I'm so glad he touched on the nature of sociopathy.

[brunodemoura]

@sdacrowe I actually disagree...I think both (Sam & Neil) are smartest than Richard. I think Richard has more limited views... not good philosophy background. But of course, he is brilhant too.

[sdacrowe]

@brunodemoura I think Richard is the smartest man alive, Sam & Neil are equal ( strong second, one trumps the either at different times ) in my opinion. But, they are all the top in each of their different fields.

[BER2ERKER]

@BER2ERKER he, not he's*

[BER2ERKER]

@AntitheistPOV That was Lawrence Krauss that asked the question; he's always asks purposely hard questions, as to play the devil's advocate. He was pretty much just provoking, but I guess Sam surprised everyone with his hesitant response to reincarnation.

[BER2ERKER]

@AntitheistPOV I was surprised by that, but it doesn't change the way I perceive his point. I'd like to see what he would say about that now, if asked. Either way, what he was saying is completely reasonable to me. Some beliefs are crazier and more dangerous than others, and they shouldn't be treated equally. Regardless, it's weird how he responded about reincarnation (it still doesn't change his point though).