Podcast Mentions
Free Will
Sam Harris
From the A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true sour...
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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Sam Harris's book 'Free Will' explores the concept that humans don't have any real control over their actions and that their decisions are not their fault. It argues that free will is an illusion and that our actions are determined by factors beyond our conscious control.
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Look into it. Sam Harris's book 'Free Will.'
— Episode: E339 Nikki Glaser
Episode: E339 Nikki Glaser
Sam Harris's book 'Free Will' explores the concept that humans don't have any real control over their actions and that their decisions are not their fault. It argues that free will is an illusion and that our actions are determined by factors beyond our conscious control.
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Look into it. Sam Harris's book 'Free Will.'
The concept that you have any control over anything you do. You want to talk about. You're not in control of your own life.
It's a short book called Free Will by Sam Harris.
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The Matt Walsh Show
Matt Walsh noted that Sam Harris had written a very short book called *Free Will* and suggested it as a worthwhile read for confronting his worldview.
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Sam Harris obviously is somebody who you know I talked about the book about free will that he wrote um very very small book now that obviously is if you're a Christian conservative assuming you're not...
— Episode: Ep. 407 - Welfare For the Upper Class
Episode: Ep. 407 - Welfare For the Upper Class
Matt Walsh noted that Sam Harris had written a very short book called *Free Will* and suggested it as a worthwhile read for confronting his worldview.
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Sam Harris obviously is somebody who you know I talked about the book about free will that he wrote um very very small book now that obviously is if you're a Christian conservative assuming you're not a Calvinist he's directly confronting you and presenting arguments against your view and I do think it's good and healthy and necessary for us to read that stuff and interact with it.
Episode: Ep. 404 - Socialist Fight!
Matt referenced a line from Sam Harris's book Free Will, describing it as the strongest line where Harris imagines switching places with a murderer.
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There was one line in his book ... strongest line in the book where he's talking about you know, if I were to change places With a murderer ...
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10% Happier with Dan Harris
The book was mentioned as Harris' argument that free will does not exist.
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and Sam is he's an old old friend of yours I think I can safely say on both of our behalf that he is just a one of our favorite people and awesome he has a great meditation app called waking up which...
— Episode: Joseph Goldstein On: Karma, Rebirth, And...
Episode: Joseph Goldstein On: Karma, Rebirth, And Other Pla...
The book was mentioned as Harris' argument that free will does not exist.
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and Sam is he's an old old friend of yours I think I can safely say on both of our behalf that he is just a one of our favorite people and awesome he has a great meditation app called waking up which I'll put a link to in the show notes but I'm bringing him up now because he wrote a book which I also link to in the show notes called free will in which he argues that we don't have free will.
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No Stupid Questions
Sam Harris' book "Free Will" was discussed, claiming that free will does not exist and is a necessary illusion that helps people process life.
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And he was reading a book called Free Will by Sam Harris, which he gave me.
— Episode: 183. Does Free Will Exist, and Does It M...
Episode: 183. Does Free Will Exist, and Does It Matter?
Sam Harris' book "Free Will" was discussed, claiming that free will does not exist and is a necessary illusion that helps people process life.
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And he was reading a book called Free Will by Sam Harris, which he gave me.
Claims that free will does not exist, that it is a necessary illusion that helps you kind of process your life.
And Sam Harris actually if you listen to any of his podcasts or anything, he says if this is going to be hard for you to think about the idea that free will doesn't exist.
He goes through at the beginning of his book, this terrible murder that happened.
I think there's a reason why these arguments are made.
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