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Making Sense with Sam Harris

By Sam Harris

Sam Harris interviews guests about the mind, ethics, society and current events.

These are Stoa's briefs of episodes from Making Sense with Sam Harris. The episodes belong to their makers, and every brief links to the original.

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  • The Two Reasons to Meditate

    Making Sense with Sam Harris 13 min

    The host explains why people meditate for two different reasons, easing suffering and understanding the mind, and argues the two ultimately converge.

  • Sam Harris on 9/11, Belief, and the Islamophobia Debate

    Making Sense with Sam Harris 38 min

    Sam Harris marks the 25th anniversary of September 11th by arguing that sincere religious belief, not poverty or madness, drove the attacks and still drives jihadism today.

  • Kahneman on Intuition, Framing, and Moral Judgment

    Making Sense with Sam Harris 48 min

    Sam Harris and psychologist Daniel Kahneman discuss when intuition can be trusted and how framing shapes our moral judgments.

  • Could Large Language Models Already Be Conscious?

    Making Sense with Sam Harris 1 hr 26 min

    Sam Harris and Cameron Berg examine whether today's AI systems might already have some form of consciousness or sentience, and what follows morally if they do.