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#323 - Science & Survival

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Double Standard of Moral Judgments

Cheers: You don't declare epistemological bankruptcy in the same way when the topic is physics as you do when it's aesthetics or ethics. Cheers: That's a double standard that I find fishy. And if we get to a point where we could interface with technology such that we could dial in any possible state of consciousness, I mean, just imagine a helmet I could put on your head and you could decide to have any possible set of human experiences. We're very likely meandering toward a future of that kindwhere not only are we going to have to talk about the differences between ethical and aesthetic intuitions and priorities now, but also talking about the wisdom or lack thereof

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