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#68 — Reality and the Imagination

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Benefits of Thinking in Terms of Reality

I think we still want to differentiate between stories and concepts that are obviously false right. I don't have to be confused about the nature of reality to see the benefit of thinking in terms of human rights or to use money do you disagree with that or are we on the same page there? Some stories are much more beneficial than other stories because they demand a kind of different kind maybe of belief but what happens is even if you start by a convention like money that yes everybody knows that these pieces of paper have no value.

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