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#327 - Transformative Experiences

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Importance of Regret

If we hold to that they must have full control, then there must be something else that's gone wrong. We're interested in assigning praise and blame where we think it would have an effect on what an agent would be able to do or what would make themselves do. So like the parent who maybe regrets having a child, I think sometimes such parents shouldn't feel regret because I don't think there was any way that they could have known how they were going to respond. Most people respond with happiness and satisfaction. They transform in various ways so that they're happy to be in a situation that they're in but it doesn't happen to everyone.

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