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#365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Platforming Controversial People

"I think we have an uncanny valley problem with respect to this issue of whether or not to speak to bad people," he says. "If a person is sufficiently bad, right, if they're all the way out of the valley, then you can talk to them and it's just totally unproblematic to talk to them." He adds: "There are debates worth having even given that limitation... But still, there are those topics where I'll debate someone just because I'm the right person for the job"

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