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

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Empathy or Reason?

Sam Harris: What is more effective at making a net positive impact on the world, empathy or reason? He says there are at least two kinds of empathy. The emotional social contagion piece is a bad guide rather often for ethical behavior and ethical intuitions. But it's not that he would want to dispense with any part of empathy either.

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