I thought it was a surprisingly humanizing talk because he just that just his way he goes through, he anticipates the misgivings of everyone there who had to lie to everyone they knew. He does exactly what you're saying. He's like, I get it. I'm with you. I think this is shady. But you know, this is what the council wants to he gets one question. And then he says like, and also I'll be needing formal security oaths by everyone who has knowledge of this. Then he like cuts and he's like, are there any more questions? And that's why everyone shuts up.
We welcome Sam Harris back to the show for a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick’s confounding 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey." How long is the Dawn of Man? What does the second monolith do exactly? Why are the humans so banal and expressionless? What are HAL’S motivations? Has he planned his mutiny from the start, or does the Council’s deception make him manlfunction? Or something else? Who is the Council anyway? Was HAL meant to go through the stargate? What is the final leap forward in consciousness? The hotel room, the starchild, all the rectangles, rectangles everywhere, the music – what does it all mean????
Plus Sam has some thoughts about our Rorty episode and David tries to rile Tamler up about Kanye’s antisemitism.
note: there's a bit of an abrupt transition between our brief opening and Sam telling a story about Rorty in around the 9 minute mark... couldn't be helped.
Special Guest: Sam Harris.
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