Thoughts on Sam Harris

[Timur]

12 hours ago, josh jones said:

honestly I'm so grossed out and put off by Leo that I'm probably gonna bail on this forum. I was just trying to figure out what kind of people follow him and why, and I think I kinda got an answer.

The people here, who are supposed to have spiritual tendencies, tend to have zero spirituality in them and 100 per cent delusion and irrational and ridiculous arrogance.

 

But Mr. Guras answers to the questions here are very well written and quite helpful ( at least if the questions are practical ).

[Opo]

7 minutes ago, Timur said:

The people here, who are supposed to have spiritual tendencies, tend to have zero spirituality in them and 100 per cent delusion and irrational and ridiculous arrogance.

What do you mean by spirituality? 

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, Timur said:

The people here, who are supposed to have spiritual tendencies, tend to have zero spirituality in them and 100 per cent delusion and irrational and ridiculous arrogance.

Any examples?

[Roy]

Sam Harris is fantastic. He's just gotta do more psychedelics and stop giving so much craps about the culture war, and Islam, and he could serve as the perfect bridge between ultra rationalist Orange and relativistic/spiritual Green.

It would also help if he distanced himself some more from the intellectual dark web and debating so he can focus more on his own individual pursuits. Maybe Covid will facilitate this a bit. Like many other figures in this space he is too invested in defending his identity and worrying too much about what people think.

 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Roy

[tuckerwphotography]

22 hours ago, Roy said:

It would also help if he distanced himself some more from the intellectual dark web and debating so he can focus more on his own individual pursuits. Maybe Covid will facilitate this a bit. Like many other figures in this space he is too invested in defending his identity and worrying too much about what people think.

 

Agree. Regarding intellectual dark web...I don't know too much about it other than Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris and some others are in that world. It seems to be an odd mix of mostly stage Orange thinkers? Again, don't know much about it, curious if you have insights into that movement and what they're all about. 

[Willie]

@tuckerwphotography

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html

It’s a small yet diverse group of intellectuals who occupy their own niche and don’t necessarily agree with each other politically. But they all are outspoken in their own ways and are against the “cancel culture” and backlash that comes mainly from liberals.

[Leo Gura]

2 hours ago, Willie said:

a small yet diverse group of intellectuals

Calling them diverse and intellectuals is a bit much

[Carl-Richard]

@tuckerwphotography The intellectual darkweb is a bunch of old white dudes 

[Leo Gura]

2 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

@tuckerwphotography The intellectual darkweb is a bunch of old white dudes 

Half of them are pretty young tho. Not a point to hang your hat on.

Pseudo-intellectual white web

[Carl-Richard]

Just now, Leo Gura said:

Half of them are pretty young tho. Not a point to hang your hat on.

Old at heart

[Leo Gura]

Just now, Carl-Richard said:

Old at heart

Old in the head.

[Carl-Richard]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Old in the head.