I was really enjoying the initial "Ask Me Anything" segment where the audience participated but felt that Eric Weinstein stole the show during the second half. Eric Weinstein's appearance onstage didn't seem planned. I have nothing against Eric Weinstein but it seems that he invited himself onstage and then the rest of the segment was just a duet conversation between Eric Weinstein and Sam Harris where the audience was mostly left out.
it seems like they planned it. “You said something on the phone I would like to air publicly..” Eric: can I come up? Sam: Sure come on up” it didn’t seem that out of the blue.
@@Cyborous Eric Weinstein's appearance onstage doesn't appear planned and this is why. 1) If Eric Weinstein was planned to be onstage, why didn't Sam Harris say something about Eric Weinstein at his introduction and why didn't they put out a stool ahead of time? 2) If Eric Weinstein was planned to be onstage, why didn't they set him up with a headset mic like Sam Harris? It seems odd to give someone a handheld mic to speak for a lengthy amount of time. 3) If Eric Weinstein was planned to be onstage, why are there three water bottles on the table? If they plan to have two people onstage, an even number of water bottles would make sense but not an odd number.
@@karenc.9275 The instant Eric Weinstein plops down on the stool brought out for him , he distinctly says “talk about being set up to fail” as a quip to Sam Harris’ sardonic commendation . It was planned ✌️
@@prabhanshurajpoot7419 There definitely is. I've been paying attention to Sam Harris pretty much since he burst on the scene, and he has not been in his best form in recent years. Still insightful, but I feel that fear has started to guide his thinking a bit more. That being said, the side that has started to attack him relentlessly in comment threads is a pretty sad thing to see. It proves that those who listen to such rational and reasonable people like Sam and Bret can so easily be taken by the same foolish tribalism and schadenfreude they so often defame others for.
Eric admit it. You don't have the understanding that Sam has. We love you Eric, you have many great understandings. But Sam is just smarter than you. Admit it and come back. I believe in you. Just admit that Sam is smarter than you. Listen to him.
These kinds of Town Halls or professional panels should be mandated or at least heavily incentivized for anybody participating/living in a community, similar to getting jury duty. It used to be that you only had to provide for the basic needs of a society, such as being a juror or voter, but with the regime change led by tech, there are too many interconnected variables that, even in moments of good faith, can always plummet conversations or any relationship-based activity into chaos, which is why we are seeing such a wild west behavioral culture in politics and all media forms. A randomized selection of citizens to converse with each other in this kind of format with a panel of various experts. Every few months or however long, people should kind of be forced to work together to address the cultural problems that we so-often just place onto our opposition, whoever we perceive them to be at the time. The problem that I see is that there will always be the people that choose to be here, physically or on TH-cam, trying to develop and there will always be people who just don't care or, more likely imo, don't even think about working towards a better society, and while its great that this stuff is even available, it simply does not provide for those who need it the most. People trying to be better naturally leave the rest in the dust and slowly drag societies forward, it should be the opposite, with those people directly pushing and encouraging the rest to forge the paths themselves knowing we are all here supporting (ultimately we are always superposed between both sides). With the digital world providing everybody with a voice, societies can't depend on people being ignored or dying off, it's kind of an all-or-nothing culture now, so we better work together. I'm probably wrong on how to approach this, but community-driven events that focus on just working together nonpolitically with incentive structures to *literally* include all people in any given community should be a thing and, to my knowledge, there is nothing out there besides these niche versions with people who are already on the "same team"
Eric, Sam, and Daniel S. Please if you have not already make a video demonstrating how to do good sense making. Pick a very narrow, specific issue, and actually do the sense making. If someone knows of a video where they do this, please post link. Thanks!
Eric is that kid who tries to stay over at your house all weekend the very first time he's let into your friend group. I felt embarrassed for Sam after a while. You know he would have preferred Eric gracefully leave the stage after a question or two, but he couldn't humiliate him by hinting at it in front of a crowd. I don't dislike the guy, but I get the impression that Eric could be a tenured professor teaching nine 100-level metaphysics classes a week and still seek an audience for his ramblings.
Unless I'm just missing it, I can't seem to find any kind of description on where this took place, etc., beyond "..sam held a q&a and Eric joined too." Anyone know?
Grouping people and then looking for differences in the groups is pointless. No two groups are the same at anything and they never will be. We are all humans and it shouldn't matter who cures cancer it should only matter that its cured. Not that an even number of random groups work on it.
So disappointing that he shared the stage with Weinstein, I cannot stand him... he bloviates about quantum this and quantum that, he never adds anything of substance to the conversation.
If you just keep your mouth shut, thats sanity. Brilliamt Sam. Yes, sometimes we are just thoughting. We need not be so fascinated by it or do amything with it. One thing that helps me however if my thoughting is creating ill feelings is tbink "...and this is whats happening now". And usually, nothing is actually happening other than thoighting, and thats where i find a slice of peace.
Eric seems so perplexed on the chess thing... I believe being exceptionally good at chess pertains to a very specific type of mental functioning that men simply are better at than women. It's possible that in some other aspect of mental functioning or intelligence women may turn out to be far better than men...
When Weinstein opens with Ben Shapiro, he looses me. It’s a preemptive strategy to disarm critics. If you’re so ‘jaded’ and can’t place Tommy Robinson on a spectrum: well, maybe time to get out of the kitchen. I’m sick of rational discourse getting sidelined by extremist views because public intellectuals are so thin skinned.
All of this panic about how people are going to be influenced, ignores the fact that the individual needs to be capable of evaluating information. You can't make the public think or behave sensibly by walking around on eggshells. Everyone involved should insist that the public learn about how to process information effectively. Nobody is even suggesting that it's a good idea. People generally believe that they are born with the ability to understand whatever they hear, and build conclusions. It's a skill that requires effort. People have no idea what Baseian reasoning is or induction or any of the tried and true methods are all about. Critical thinking is not culturally encouraged. Talk about overlooking the root of the problem.
No amount of Critical Thinking or Bayesian Inference , was enough to convince Sam Harris , Eric Weinstein ( and a million other quasi-intellectuals) that this COOVID paranoia was a misrepresentation of the facts and utter hyperbole 😂 These past 3 years have been a farce , and these ( ostensibly ) intellectuals would rather discuss Donald Trump . What a pathetic moment in history 🤷
I don’t get that the idea of the metaphysical being irrational. The unified theory of physics has hit a wall in many ways. We know a lot about what we don’t know. So how come it’s so hard to accept that their are processes and information transfers which are inscrutable? That doesn’t prove the existence of any deity but opens a pragmatic choice to ‘choose your faith’. Sorry, still chaotic, but disempowers the absolutists who are the extremes left and right.
The Mind is bundle of thoughts, the thoughts arise because there is a thinker. The thinker is the ego. The ego and mind are the same. Ego is the root-thought from which all other thoughts arise.
@@taeeererer for the sake of clarity and saving of time let’s cut the shit that you are going to defend or discuss Sam Harris. Like .. that’s not going to happen. Some headline or shill told you how to feel and here we are. I’ll give you the floor though if you want to try and make the “ends justify the means” argument work.
I understand you're purposefully conflating religion and the "religion of XYZ", but your jab still doesn't work since there are religions that don't believe in 'God'. Religion necessarily entailing a belief in 'God' would have to be true in order for your slight against Sam to even begin to make sense. Like I said, I get what you're trying to do- Sam is now religious [about the vaccine]- therefore he's no longer an atheist. It just does not work since religion is not the incompatible part with atheism; the belief in 'God' is. So unless you're also trying to insinuate Big Pharma is his 'God' or some crap, the most you could say is that Sam is an atheist that is also religious. *Although I find it ridiculous when people take the position that 'everyone is religious' because they can 'be religious about XYZ'. Take yourself for example, you're a devout Anti-Covidian. Very religious indeed.
@@mattblack118 it's still your opinion even if you didn't freely form it. if you stole a car and everybody agrees your hand was forced, we would still say that you are the one that stole the car, but we would acknowledge all the other factors that forced your hand. also, a lot of people don't think free will exists...long before sam.
So easy for Sam and his cohorts to think of nothin nothing nothingness The vast majority of us have to think of our bills to pay We dint have fkn 8 hours a day to think of this bull
I guess Sam likes less critical feedback as he gets from those seeking him out in TH-cam. I used to follow Sam before Trump caused him to lose his grip on reality
The fact that you think someone criticizing your cult leader means they "lost their grip" is just proving Sam's point that you are someone who has had their mind controlled by a cult. You can't take any good faith criticism, your mind is incapable of even fathoming the idea that maybe Trump wasn't a good guy. Turn the mirror on yourself kid, you have lost your mind hahahaha
@@iannovak5223 Valid point and spoken like a true Sam Harrisian. It's just "a mind capable of independent thought" doesn't roll off the tongue as well.
I think he's right on the money regarding Trump.. none seems to take seriously what he says because everyone seems to think he's just an entertainer. That has happened in history too many times for us to take lightly TBH, and yet people's stupidity seems to have no limit.
@@johndough1264 Doesn’t that kind of disprove your thesis that he’s a rigid ideologue, blinded by partisanship? If he were, wouldn’t he say that Trump _is_ a dictator? I think you have it wrong; Sam clearly really doesn’t like the phenomenon of Trump, but if you listen to what he says about him, it’s very clear that the primary reason he doesn’t like him is because he lies a great deal, and Sam values honesty above pretty much everything else. He’s even written a book just about lying, and has famously said he thinks it is almost never ok to lie. So it’s not surprising he would have a special dislike for someone who, whether you like him or not, clearly plays pretty loosely with the truth. Moreover, I don’t at all believe the idea that Sam doesn’t like Trump for partisan reasons; he has said on numerous occasions that he doesn’t care about partisan politics, doesn’t identify closely with the Democrats, doesn’t actually like Hillary either, and actually agrees with “probably 80%” of Trump’s policies. That doesn’t sound like a fanatical Democrat to me. He admits he agrees with many of Trump’s policies; he just really, really doesn’t like the lying. And he also thought not agreeing to a peaceful transfer of power was an extreme violation of our democratic norms. It really nothing to do with partisanship or Sam not liking Republicans.
You really should provide the date of recording. This is 4 years old
Wow, this was going great until Eric Weinstein got up on stage, huh?
I was really enjoying the initial "Ask Me Anything" segment where the audience participated but felt that Eric Weinstein stole the show during the second half. Eric Weinstein's appearance onstage didn't seem planned. I have nothing against Eric Weinstein but it seems that he invited himself onstage and then the rest of the segment was just a duet conversation between Eric Weinstein and Sam Harris where the audience was mostly left out.
it seems like they planned it. “You said something on the phone I would like to air publicly..” Eric: can I come up? Sam: Sure come on up” it didn’t seem that out of the blue.
@@Cyborous Eric Weinstein's appearance onstage doesn't appear planned and this is why.
1) If Eric Weinstein was planned to be onstage, why didn't Sam Harris say something about Eric Weinstein at his introduction and why didn't they put out a stool ahead of time?
2) If Eric Weinstein was planned to be onstage, why didn't they set him up with a headset mic like Sam Harris? It seems odd to give someone a handheld mic to speak for a lengthy amount of time.
3) If Eric Weinstein was planned to be onstage, why are there three water bottles on the table? If they plan to have two people onstage, an even number of water bottles would make sense but not an odd number.
Purchased a Sam Harris, got a free Weinstein. Definite upgrade.
Yeah he does that.
@@karenc.9275
The instant Eric Weinstein plops down on the stool brought out for him , he distinctly says “talk about being set up to fail” as a quip to Sam Harris’ sardonic commendation .
It was planned ✌️
Thanks for uploading it. I love it❤
"We need quantum liberalism"
Eric please.
Based on Eric Weinstein’s reference to IDW Article being written a year and a day prior; this town hall meet took place sometime in May, 2019…
It's too bad the notes do not say that!!!!!
Yes. This was long before Sam made a mockery of himself on Triggernometry.
@@mattblack118 The only people making a mockery are the people who constantly mock themselves with their Sam Derangement Syndrome.
@@RoadRunner217 There is some truth to what Matt feels. Sam was a full blown twitter addict during those times.
@@prabhanshurajpoot7419 There definitely is. I've been paying attention to Sam Harris pretty much since he burst on the scene, and he has not been in his best form in recent years. Still insightful, but I feel that fear has started to guide his thinking a bit more. That being said, the side that has started to attack him relentlessly in comment threads is a pretty sad thing to see. It proves that those who listen to such rational and reasonable people like Sam and Bret can so easily be taken by the same foolish tribalism and schadenfreude they so often defame others for.
Give that man a proper chair!
Electric?😂
Thank you for uploading this! It appears old but I’ve never seen it.
It was held in 2019
Really Thank you for uploading this
I enjoyed listening to this, thank you!! 😊
This is awesome. I love it!!! Keep doing this brother
Thanks! Will do!
Eric admit it. You don't have the understanding that Sam has. We love you Eric, you have many great understandings. But Sam is just smarter than you. Admit it and come back. I believe in you. Just admit that Sam is smarter than you. Listen to him.
Well said
First half: a mind aware of its ego
Second half: an ego aware of its mind.
If you really think Sam is aware of his ego you should do a deeper dive on him lol
The way my guy’s girlfriend looks at him as he’s asking a real question is priceless 17:32
These kinds of Town Halls or professional panels should be mandated or at least heavily incentivized for anybody participating/living in a community, similar to getting jury duty. It used to be that you only had to provide for the basic needs of a society, such as being a juror or voter, but with the regime change led by tech, there are too many interconnected variables that, even in moments of good faith, can always plummet conversations or any relationship-based activity into chaos, which is why we are seeing such a wild west behavioral culture in politics and all media forms. A randomized selection of citizens to converse with each other in this kind of format with a panel of various experts. Every few months or however long, people should kind of be forced to work together to address the cultural problems that we so-often just place onto our opposition, whoever we perceive them to be at the time.
The problem that I see is that there will always be the people that choose to be here, physically or on TH-cam, trying to develop and there will always be people who just don't care or, more likely imo, don't even think about working towards a better society, and while its great that this stuff is even available, it simply does not provide for those who need it the most. People trying to be better naturally leave the rest in the dust and slowly drag societies forward, it should be the opposite, with those people directly pushing and encouraging the rest to forge the paths themselves knowing we are all here supporting (ultimately we are always superposed between both sides). With the digital world providing everybody with a voice, societies can't depend on people being ignored or dying off, it's kind of an all-or-nothing culture now, so we better work together.
I'm probably wrong on how to approach this, but community-driven events that focus on just working together nonpolitically with incentive structures to *literally* include all people in any given community should be a thing and, to my knowledge, there is nothing out there besides these niche versions with people who are already on the "same team"
Huh?
.lk.............o.
..........k
you are 100% right. we need platforms encouraging people to get together and discuss common problems.
Damn, these places really need an audio engineer. The question mic is soooo unstable
Eric, Sam, and Daniel S. Please if you have not already make a video demonstrating how to do good sense making. Pick a very narrow, specific issue, and actually do the sense making. If someone knows of a video where they do this, please post link. Thanks!
This is an example. But perhaps the issue should be slightly larger. th-cam.com/video/twAP3buj9Og/w-d-xo.html
This is great ! live stand up podcasting ! love it ..... awesome
Glad you enjoy it!
Eric is that kid who tries to stay over at your house all weekend the very first time he's let into your friend group.
I felt embarrassed for Sam after a while. You know he would have preferred Eric gracefully leave the stage after a question or two, but he couldn't humiliate him by hinting at it in front of a crowd.
I don't dislike the guy, but I get the impression that Eric could be a tenured professor teaching nine 100-level metaphysics classes a week and still seek an audience for his ramblings.
Unless I'm just missing it, I can't seem to find any kind of description on where this took place, etc., beyond "..sam held a q&a and Eric joined too." Anyone know?
This is the not any official video, I didn’t find any second hand information about the town hall and where it took place etc
@@snehilsinghal6312 Gotcha, nbd. Thanks for the reply and for the content!
Was that Zedd (electronic dance music Sj/producer) in the audience?!
I think so lol
I've never seen two people and an audience work so hard and use so many words to say: We need to care more for truth and less for ideologies.
This is way more entertaining and funny to watch at 1/2 speed.
I don't agree with Sam and Eric about everything, but they've definitely expanded my horizons. Love both these guys!
The woman's question about the end of the book, how he seemingly contradicts himself, was a good one. His answer was all over the place🤷🏻♂️
I heard him explain in every which way, how that was not a contradiction.
The free will argument is missing some premises.
Grouping people and then looking for differences in the groups is pointless. No two groups are the same at anything and they never will be. We are all humans and it shouldn't matter who cures cancer it should only matter that its cured. Not that an even number of random groups work on it.
I JUST realized Sam Harris is basically birdman.
Ah yes, a video from the time when Sam would still share a platform with the Weinsteins...
before it was so blatantly obvious that the bros were conmen
Glad thats over
So disappointing that he shared the stage with Weinstein, I cannot stand him... he bloviates about quantum this and quantum that, he never adds anything of substance to the conversation.
Is Sam morphing into Ben Stiller?
I loved it until Eric Weinstein started monopolizing the AMA. I was here for Sam Harris, not him.
If you just keep your mouth shut, thats sanity. Brilliamt Sam. Yes, sometimes we are just thoughting. We need not be so fascinated by it or do amything with it. One thing that helps me however if my thoughting is creating ill feelings is tbink "...and this is whats happening now". And usually, nothing is actually happening other than thoighting, and thats where i find a slice of peace.
When was this?
2019
4 years before Sam made a mockery of himself on Triggernometry.
@@mattblack118 lol Its going to be ok 😂
Eric seems so perplexed on the chess thing... I believe being exceptionally good at chess pertains to a very specific type of mental functioning that men simply are better at than women. It's possible that in some other aspect of mental functioning or intelligence women may turn out to be far better than men...
This is neither here nor there, but so much of the audience looks alike. Great content, though.
6:18 Ah! I see him.
When Weinstein opens with Ben Shapiro, he looses me. It’s a preemptive strategy to disarm critics. If you’re so ‘jaded’ and can’t place Tommy Robinson on a spectrum: well, maybe time to get out of the kitchen. I’m sick of rational discourse getting sidelined by extremist views because public intellectuals are so thin skinned.
Third
Yo, When is Tropic Thunder 2 coming out ?
All of this panic about how people are going to be influenced, ignores the fact that the individual needs to be capable of evaluating information.
You can't make the public think or behave sensibly by walking around on eggshells.
Everyone involved should insist that the public learn about how to process information effectively. Nobody is even suggesting that it's a good idea. People generally believe that they are born with the ability to understand whatever they hear, and build conclusions. It's a skill that requires effort. People have no idea what Baseian reasoning is or induction or any of the tried and true methods are all about. Critical thinking is not culturally encouraged. Talk about overlooking the root of the problem.
No amount of Critical Thinking or Bayesian Inference , was enough to convince Sam Harris , Eric Weinstein ( and a million other quasi-intellectuals) that this COOVID paranoia was a misrepresentation of the facts and utter hyperbole 😂
These past 3 years have been a farce , and these ( ostensibly ) intellectuals would rather discuss Donald Trump .
What a pathetic moment in history 🤷
Eric Weinstein has to be the single most annoying intellectual, socalled, on social media. Like a bad smell, he just won't away.
How old is this
The event was held on May 9th, 2019
I don’t get that the idea of the metaphysical being irrational. The unified theory of physics has hit a wall in many ways. We know a lot about what we don’t know. So how come it’s so hard to accept that their are processes and information transfers which are inscrutable? That doesn’t prove the existence of any deity but opens a pragmatic choice to ‘choose your faith’. Sorry, still chaotic, but disempowers the absolutists who are the extremes left and right.
No evidence for it. Just like there’s no evidence for leprecauns or fairies.
1:22:36 mason hartman 🤩
Who invited Eric....
His Blimp Ego.
Excelent Sam Harris
has Eric's gut always been this massive? dude has let himself go
he's more worried about a vaccine than heart disease... kekw
19:59
Actually, 1/4 speed is absolutely hysterical. Sam's voice...😂😂😂
Casual. Try 0,01% speed.
You were high, weren’t you?
@@karagi101 Nope. Stone cold sober.
Sam Harris is cool af but Eric Weinstein is significantly less cool. I have spoken.
The "spectrum disorder" is bad education 😂
Why does the brain keep thinking thoughts? The heart beats. The mind thinks. Its just what it does.
Why does gravity pull and not push?
The Mind is bundle of thoughts, the thoughts arise because there is a thinker. The thinker is the ego. The ego and mind are the same. Ego is the root-thought from which all other thoughts arise.
📍1:21:18
Great until Eric takes over.
What about Trump tho?
@1.02.. haha eric Weinstein.. maybe try and find out about tommy Robinson
sometimes i get the vibe that these IDW types have been getting high off their own farts.
Sorry Sam you let the veil drop and you revealed your true form. A former atheist turned devout Covidian
Trump Derangement Syndrome is the likely causal link.
This is nothing but an ad hominem. Completely devoid of any actual thought out argument
@@taeeererer for the sake of clarity and saving of time let’s cut the shit that you are going to defend or discuss Sam Harris. Like .. that’s not going to happen. Some headline or shill told you how to feel and here we are.
I’ll give you the floor though if you want to try and make the “ends justify the means” argument work.
I understand you're purposefully conflating religion and the "religion of XYZ", but your jab still doesn't work since there are religions that don't believe in 'God'. Religion necessarily entailing a belief in 'God' would have to be true in order for your slight against Sam to even begin to make sense.
Like I said, I get what you're trying to do- Sam is now religious [about the vaccine]- therefore he's no longer an atheist. It just does not work since religion is not the incompatible part with atheism; the belief in 'God' is. So unless you're also trying to insinuate Big Pharma is his 'God' or some crap, the most you could say is that Sam is an atheist that is also religious. *Although I find it ridiculous when people take the position that 'everyone is religious' because they can 'be religious about XYZ'.
Take yourself for example, you're a devout Anti-Covidian. Very religious indeed.
30 mins in and a headless horseman
Maybe I should stay away from this
@ 58 we don’t as in me call Ben Shapiro alt right straw man eric
Once again Sam doesn't admit he was wrong and it's getting to be tiresome and embarrassing
Sam the sham said Sam I am!
Was this before or after Sam made a mockery of himself on Triggernometry?
Thats just your opinion
@@jessgarza88 According to mental and moral gymnast, Sam Harris, there is no free will, therefore it can't be my opinion. 😄
@@mattblack118 whoa what a freaking own
@@jessgarza88 Twas
@@mattblack118 it's still your opinion even if you didn't freely form it. if you stole a car and everybody agrees your hand was forced, we would still say that you are the one that stole the car, but we would acknowledge all the other factors that forced your hand. also, a lot of people don't think free will exists...long before sam.
For those that don't think Eric's appearance here was planned, you all really need to grow up. It was absolutely planned.
I really appreciate Ben Stiller taking audience questions.
The most tired joke about Sam Harris. Be more original
What about the effects of thousands of years of misogyny and it’s correlation to the development of the male brain and its ability to excel at chess?
from 2019? before the "child in the basement" incident? no interest in harris anymore
Bye then 👋
@@ThePaulaon1 for sure
@@BrunoJennrich You still here?
@@ThePaulaon1 just because i did not block you
@@majorkuntz have you seen the interview harris took with triggernometry? or are you just blabla-ing without any knowledge and understanding?
So easy for Sam and his cohorts to think of nothin nothing nothingness
The vast majority of us have to think of our bills to pay
We dint have fkn 8 hours a day to think of this bull
I guess Sam likes less critical feedback as he gets from those seeking him out in TH-cam. I used to follow Sam before Trump caused him to lose his grip on reality
The fact that you think someone criticizing your cult leader means they "lost their grip" is just proving Sam's point that you are someone who has had their mind controlled by a cult.
You can't take any good faith criticism, your mind is incapable of even fathoming the idea that maybe Trump wasn't a good guy. Turn the mirror on yourself kid, you have lost your mind hahahaha
Sam's cult is so interesting, it completely revolves around him and his ego.
This must have been before Sam completely lost his mind.
lost how?
@@CausallyExplained i think he means that because he doesnt agree with him that Sam lost his mind somehow
Yes. Although according to Sam there is no free will, ergo it's debatable he had a mind to begin with.
@@mattblack118 Good crack at a joke but the existence of a Mind in no way depends on whether Free Will exists.
@@iannovak5223 Valid point and spoken like a true Sam Harrisian. It's just "a mind capable of independent thought" doesn't roll off the tongue as well.
So sad to see Sam lose his rationality over trump
I think he's right on the money regarding Trump.. none seems to take seriously what he says because everyone seems to think he's just an entertainer. That has happened in history too many times for us to take lightly TBH, and yet people's stupidity seems to have no limit.
@@st3ppenwolf nah he’s completely biased and willing to overlook the same for his side. It’s really sad to see he’s so blinded by his ideology.
@@st3ppenwolf completely unwilling to be intellectually honest with trump or covid. He’s a ivory tower intellectual.
And just for reference in a recent interview he said in no way does he think trump is a dictator
@@johndough1264 Doesn’t that kind of disprove your thesis that he’s a rigid ideologue, blinded by partisanship? If he were, wouldn’t he say that Trump _is_ a dictator? I think you have it wrong; Sam clearly really doesn’t like the phenomenon of Trump, but if you listen to what he says about him, it’s very clear that the primary reason he doesn’t like him is because he lies a great deal, and Sam values honesty above pretty much everything else. He’s even written a book just about lying, and has famously said he thinks it is almost never ok to lie. So it’s not surprising he would have a special dislike for someone who, whether you like him or not, clearly plays pretty loosely with the truth. Moreover, I don’t at all believe the idea that Sam doesn’t like Trump for partisan reasons; he has said on numerous occasions that he doesn’t care about partisan politics, doesn’t identify closely with the Democrats, doesn’t actually like Hillary either, and actually agrees with “probably 80%” of Trump’s policies. That doesn’t sound like a fanatical Democrat to me. He admits he agrees with many of Trump’s policies; he just really, really doesn’t like the lying. And he also thought not agreeing to a peaceful transfer of power was an extreme violation of our democratic norms. It really nothing to do with partisanship or Sam not liking Republicans.
Sam has lost the Plot
How old is this
The event was held on May 9th, 2019