224. Questioning Sam Harris

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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As an alternative for those who would rather listen ad-free, sign up for a premium subscription to receive the following: *All JBP Podcast episodes ad-free *Monthly Ask-Me-Anything episodes (and the ability to ask questions) *Presale access to events *Premium, detailed show notes for future episodes Sign up here: https://jordanbpeterson.supercast.com 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: https://wakingup.com Listen to the Making Sense podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5rgumWEx4FsqIY8e1wJNAk?si=14b735150ec24b84 Sam’s website: http://SamHarris.org _____________ Timestamps _____________ [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 #Philosophy #Ethics #Meditation #Mindfulness #SamHarris

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0:00.0	Welcome to season four episode 81 of the JBP podcast. I'm Michaela Peterson. Sam Harris joined
0:07.1	dad on this episode and they had a chance to talk again after a long hiatus. As most of you know,
0:12.8	or might know, Sam is a philosopher and neuroscientist, a New York Times bestselling author,
0:18.2	the host of the Making Sense podcast and the creator of Waking Up, a meditation app informed
0:23.4	by decades of firsthand experience under various teachers and traditions. Dad and Sam discuss the
0:29.2	is ought problem, meaning you can't make claims about how the world ought to be based on what
0:34.1	already is. They also touched on religion, psychedelics, perception and attention,
0:39.4	the Waking Up app, which mom has been using for about a year now and more. By the way,
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1:35.5	Hello everyone. I'm pleased today in a variety of ways to have as my guest, Dr. Sam Harris,
1:42.8	who is undoubtedly familiar to many of you watching or listening to this. Sam is a neuroscientist
1:49.4	philosopher and author of five New York Times bestsellers. His work covers a wide range of topics,
1:55.7	neuroscience, moral, philosophy, religion, meditation, practice, political polarization, rationality,
2:04.0	but generally focuses on our developing understanding of ourselves and how our developing understanding
2:10.2	of ourselves in the world is changing our sense of how we should live. His books include The End of
2:15.5	Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying and Waking Up. Sam hosts the popular Making Sense
2:23.6	Podcast. There's also the creator of the Waking Up app which we're going to talk about a fair bit
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