Sam Harris, PhD on Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More

00:00 Intro
02:13 Where Sam and I first met
05:42 fMRI machines and the study of belief and uncertainty
10:31 Lie detectors and the future of belief detectors
12:47 Why "micro-expression" analysis is probably overstated.
16:42 Sam's views on religion
22:52 Sam has never promulgated a nuclear first strike on anyone
24:52 Why Malala Yousafzai should have won the Nobel Peace Prize…but why it’s probably a good thing she didn’t
29:08 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
31:26 When religion bullies and threatens those who speak out
36:55 Transcendent experiences without religion
40:57 Meditation and pharmacology to help present-state awareness and well-being
42:55 What types of meditation Sam recommends and why
47:24 Resources for meditation
49:35 Psychedelic drugs—the good, the bad, and the sublime
59:08 My psychedelic experiences
1:01:58 Is it possible to decrease the likelihood of a bad trip? (No.)
1:08:15 What meditation offers, for Sam, that psychedelics does not
1:11:08 Parting thoughts

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