Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content cover image

#317 - What Do We Know About Our Minds?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

00:00

The Importance of Rationality in Society

"I have a part in my book where I think I disagree with most of my colleagues," he says. "If your goal is to get things right, then we should be working to find the truth and appealing to science." But often for many people, it's more important to get along than believe what other people are telling you about something like Barack Obama being born in Kenya. He argues that this kind of loyalty test represents a kind of social pathology.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app