Tag Archives: Sam Harris

Sam Harris – Lying

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

I mentioned in a previous post that Sam Harris had a new e-book coming out. Unfortunately, it premiered on Kindle and I didn’t get around to reading it until a few days weeks ago when it came out in PDF … Continue reading →

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Sam Harris on Self Defense

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

So I’m gonna be really lazy with my posts for the next few days. I got Modern Warfare 3 last night (One-word review: Meh) and On Thursday night I’ll be getting Skryim. Also, I get my copy of Inheritance tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Sam Harris: Science Can Determine Moral Values

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Is that a controversial and attention grabbing title? Good, because it might intrigue you enough to watch this 25 minute TED talk, but bad because I don’t think it’s controversial at all. Let me know what you think. Because TED … Continue reading →

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New Book From Sam Harris: Lying

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

So I just heard about this book yesterday and it comes out on September 19th! I think it’s going to be a short follow up book like Letter to a Christian Nation was for The End of Faith. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Sam Harris – How Rich Is Too Rich: Fallout

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

In this post, I discussed my thoughts on Sam Harris’ recent article on taxation. He’s written a follow-up article, in which he more-or-less defends his position and expresses his dismay with some of feedback. The article is called How to … Continue reading →

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Sam Harris: How Rich Is Too Rich?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

As a person who doesn’t really have a political affiliation, I am sometimes perplexed by the zeal with which some people defend and argue from a particular political standpoint. One of these issues is the conservative stance against tax increases. For … Continue reading →

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