i have to comment to counter all the negative comments about Sam. having followed and read everything he's done since 2005, the man is incredibly consistent. all of his actions and work align with what he says he is concerned about and doing. i can hardly think of a public figure with greater intellectual humility. for a decade he's invited incredibly smart people on his podcasts to talk about a variety of topics, usually with the purpose of learning from them. he's not a shill as he gives away memberships to his podcast and app for free. he isn't bound to audience capture as he regularly offends the right and left, and isn't on Twitter/ doesn't pay much attention to audience feedback. few people alive have done as much for "truth seeking" as this man, with the compassion and bravery to put himself in public and share a rare voice of reason for the benefit of everyone to think for themselves. i can't believe we are talking about the same person when i read all the hate comments for Sam, and i can only conclude those who leave such comments have very low intellectual humility and are emotionally driven. personally i am politically unaffiliated and i believe scientific understanding is the only framework for understanding reality, and i believe anti-science viewpoints are the cause of nearly every problem we face socially. Sam is the voice of reason, seeks out alternate viewpoints, and is constantly updating and correcting himself when he was wrong.
You do realize that Sam has said that straight up lying to the public can be justified? I'd take any "truth" from that man with a shovel of salt. And I actually used to be a fan of his...
@@iknownothing-m8c You misunderstood. The introduction (first paragraph) to his essay Lying (search for lying.pdf) states: "Lying is the royal road to chaos. "
@@nicholaslaport3354 I think he is talking about the Hunter Biden laptop situation, where Sam has said that he doesnt blame the NYT or whoever it was for delaying the news until after the election because he sees Trump as an existential threat. I can agree that that is a problematic opinion, and it borders on not telling the truth to be honest. I still listen to Sam Harris but I am quite tired of the endless talking about Trump.
I 100% agree with you. He's been one of the most intellectually honest public figures. All the Sam Harris haters are typically people that hear one thing that goes against their beliefs, and they start spewing BS about him.
I love Kiris and Harris being able to live exactly whats needed now. People coming together, sharing ideas, agree and disagree but still be able to sit in the same room with each with each other
Its to bad Harris went off the deep end over President Trump and the vax. I respect his intellect and used to watch a lot of the 4 horsemen, even though I do believe in Christ. But as of late Sam is a nutter.
Sam Harris saying that he doesn't really think or worry about what the audience wants bc someone is always upset about "something"... That has ALWAYS been true! It's why there is a saying "you can't please all of the people all of the time"
Sam Harris is a bigot, islamophobic, thinks black people are inferior and so on. That's it. If you aren't smart enough to figure that out and think he's some profound intellectual, then I feel bad for you.
He was talking about it from the perspective of someone who benefits from having a larger audience listening to what his opinions are on a regular basis
these dudes are simply pretending to be objective when it's obvious on many levels they are totally bias and agenda driven . Mostly , they over simplify and generalize on many subjects in order to appeal to their base . It's more like politics than journalism
Precisely. This is why the West is failing massively in the Academies right now with respect to doing real Science. Liars are not capable of doing Science because Science is the pursuit of Truth.
Sam won't debate RFK for the same reason he won't debate Bret Weinstein. People who aren't willing to engage but are bent on Gish Galloping and making a frustrating discussion all the while gaining a platform that neither deserve.
I would love to see Sam Harris and/or Douglas Murray take on Norman Finkelstein. I was quite disappointed with Konstantin Kisin’s and Francis Foster’s interview. They barely challenged Finkelstein. It looked like a missed opportunity to denounce his endless fabulations.
It could be interesting, but everyone already knows exactly what lies and distortions he'll peddle, so what's the point? It's about as useful as debating a flat earther.
Finkelstein is a fraud who feeds his fans propaganda. Unbearable to listen to. Sad that people actually take him seriously, but that's what propaganda is for, it controls the intellectually lazy.
Triggernometry isn't a podcast where they challenge their guests. It is a podcast to understand the point of view of their guest and give their guest the best opportunity to get their point across. Francis and Konstantin never challenge or ask deep questions on the podcast because that isn't the point of it, they understand that the point of the podcast is in the guest, and not in them. Konstantin always has deeper points and great questions etc on other peoples podcasts.
@@malenkoicp You’re quoting the exact rhetoric Fran and Kon use to sell their podcast as if they are somehow impartial and unbiased observers who pursue the truth in an attempt to be proactive in finding common ground and realizing harmony. They aren’t and they don’t. They are right wing nuts and their ideology permeates. Their very name comes from far right derogatory language. How has it come to pass that you cannot recognize reality.
One of the best interviews I have heard so far. Sam is right about twitter. It is like a negative black hole of hostility. I learned a lot from these speakers. It gave me hope about the future.
51:00 " "I had been a Maoist, and then when the Gang of Four was overthrown, I was completely distraught. I was bedridden for three weeks; it was a very painful experience for me. Not only because I had been wrong, but because I felt really embarrassed that I had been lecturing and pontificating with such self-confidence." -Norman Finkelstein are you guys stupid??
Yes. These people like the smell of their own farts and are guilty of confirmation bias; then discussing things they don't actually bother to fact check, with complete confidence. That's what is means to be a public intellectual in the days of the Internet.
Norman Finkelstein is terminally mentally broken and needs to be in padded cell for the rest of his life. See: his INSANE harassment of his neighbors in NYC.
magic beans anyone?? the entire financial system is collapsing and people think a few gold coins are going to save them from the negative consequences that follow
@ADRIFTHIPHOP gold is just one of many commodities. When one system falls another will take its place, the only thing that won't port over value to the new system is the fiat currency of the old system. Gold, iron, copper, silver, wheat, real estate. Store the value in whatever you want, some retain value better than others but few are worse than holding your digital dollars in a bank account. Gold and silver isn't snake oil.
5:22 "I've never made the claim that anyone should listen to me" ... Spare us the false humility platitudes and grow a spine, Mr. Kisin. Say you believe in your ideas and demonstrate why they're good.
@@ajs41 Ya, he's hard to beat in a setting like this, he's just such a gifted & skilled speaker, & he's lighting fast on his feet. I will add, those are all potential red flags for me. I happen to agree with most of what I hear from him & I do think he's a good actor, but folks who have that gift of the spoken word can be amongst the most dangerous in public spaces.
There isn't a single case of a gay person being thrown off a roof in Palestine. Konstantin will never provide a single name because it doesn't exist. Konstantin wouldn't know a fact if it smacked him in the face lol.
This was a great discussion. The Clickbait thumbnail for it really pissed me off. Sam and Konstantin were nothing but friendly and cordial, even agreeable.
41:12 I would push back against the black parents “have to have a talk with your kids”. I am white and my parents are from a military background, I was told from a young age and reiterated as I got older, that if police pull you over, you act as respectful as possible, comply completely even if you think it’s an error, because they have a very hard job with a lot of stress and their choices are based on split second choices that could mean they live or die. I was also taught that if you act like a criminal and dress like a criminal you will likely be treated like a criminal, because a police officer has to make choices for their safety based on impressions and patterns. That is reality.
Right. Don’t put on that Black skin when you go out of the house? Is that what you’re saying? What does a white collar criminal dress like? A presidential candidate?
What was wrong with what Sam said? Black parents need to talk with their children just as white parents need to do. What I'm hearing, by reading between the lines is that possibly black parents have not been siding with the law as they may be coming from an anti-establishmentarian point of view.
Having Norm Finkeslstein say the same thing over and over... there is already enough documented history of him repeating his own self importance, you do not need to platform it - again. That's how we relegate bad ideas to the dustbin.
And Sam doesn't repeat himself (or Israeli propaganda): human shields, Israel should defend itself, the IDF is a moral army, islam is an inferior culture. Repeat.
This is what I got from this discussion. Through truth, we counter chaos. Rationality, reason, and logic were in full display throughout the entirety of this video. Thank you, gentlemen, for the display of integrity and authenticity.
@adifferentlight5530 I'm not sure if truth can be chaotic. Well, it is true that there is chaos, but it is not true that truth can be chaotic. Truth can bring about chaos if you leave it in chaos. However, if you consistently seek truth, then it's only a matter of time before all is revealed.......... I guess that would be mostly in the objective world.
Konstantin somehow thinks that people whose entire brand is firehosing bullshit will sit there and have an honest conversation where they are systematically dismantled in front of their entire audience.
@@andybaldman no one is correct about everything all the time, but one will do well to listen to people who make an honest effort to be truthful rather than those media outlets that continually spew corporate/state propaganda of the type we see with CNN and MSNBC and NYT and the Washington Post and so on. Glen Greenwald is a good example of someone interested in truth, as is Konstantin Kisin. There are several.
Sam missed a point with the Trump/Rogan thing. He doesn't want Trump to have a platform for his own reasons. However if Joe Rogan wanted to have Trump on he could just as easily have the opposition to Trump the next episode thereby levelling the "campaign commercial" scales. But he doesn't suggest that. Sam tries to sound so reasonable and fact based, but he has his own opinions that colour everything just like every other human on the planet.
Sam Harris is one of the most despicable, bigoted Zionist apologists out there. You should watch his speech justifying the Iraq war. He's an Israeli PR person pretending to be an objective intellectual.
A few-steps down from the surface Mr. Harris knows he is opinionated... he knows atheism is a "religious" choice and worldview (e.g. anti-religion religious-approach to life)... he SIMPLY prioritizes pursuing Ideal of truth-seeking-approaches as a paradigm for reasoning. If he used this methodology from within a flexible-perspective of religion, his perception of religion would change. He would simply call it a "bet/gamble" and investment of faith via intuitional reasoning. His focal concerns are... on "blind beliefs" that ignore reason etc. and refute refinements.
I like Konstantins slight reaction to having Sam interrupt him after interrupting Sam a few minutes before and then almost immediately after. Also the hosts backwards hat🧢 lol very funny👍
Did you watch the same video I did? Tom and Konstantin clearly meant to have Sam debate RFK and Bret...to no avail. Their reasoning was somewhat sound but lacked merit. Meaningful debate begins with an earnest willingness to change one's mind. This is called, "intellectual integrity". That some people will be persuaded to Sam's point of view was the earnest objective but Sam will write you off his list if you are intellectually dishonest. Sam's fan base knows this about Sam and demands it. As Sam has said more than once, "the next sentence out of your mouth could change my mind". He actually means this.
I like Konstantin but I've yet to figure out why I should listen to a comedian talking about geopolitics and current affairs etc. What are his credentials for talking about anything? Has he even read any books? He just talks with such confidence that it makes you think he's an authority of some sort but he's not actually saying anything.
Agree. I heard him discuss economics and he was incorrect on basic theories. He is very clearly not an economist. He is a comedian. He has good social commentary. As they say, stay in your lane.
Why can't we just debate how a civil society can define right, relative to wrong, and proceed with how that society can establish guidelines under which those pursuing good are rewarded while, simultaneously, those pursuing what is deemed to be wrong, are punished to the full extent of the law?
Because power corrupts and the winners write the rules and the history books. Incurious people want easy answers. Civility is wonderful, but not if it as the cost of freedom. It’s complicated.
You are asking for equality before the law. That is NOT what the Islamo-Marxists want. They want special privileges, protections and entitlements. They do not tolerate opposition and have ways of silencing, censoring and criminilising wrong thought.
@FRank, you seem not to know that Rogan has had them both. Harris many times. You should ask yourself why you yourself are spreading mis/disinformation against Rogan who you have made false claims against.
It's tough to read some of these thoughtless comments. I catch some Impact Theory, but man, I'm happy to see the world through a different lens than some of these folks. Tom appreciates nuance, but it doesn't seem to transfer to his audience, unfortunately.
Like Sam Harris hasn't been caught lying. 2014 he was all "Mr. Conversation", "Society is a series of successful conversations", "Conversation is all we have." Years later he starts defending leftist censorship so long as it came from corporations, under the guise of "just start your own company" (and opposing Elon when he buys the company), "we can't risk talking about dangerous ideas right now", "sunlight is not the best disinfectant". As a fan of Sam for over a decade and a buyer of all of his books, listener to all of his podcasts and appearances, he ABSOLUTELY has been more dishonest and shifty ever since Trump.
@@KevinSolway Yeah quite possibly...I notice Richard Dawkins has been quiet about what Harris has been saying. Dawkins is totally against the trans bullshit that Harris has been pushing.
As most of the anti-sam crowd you trivialize everything that he has said out of context and strawman your way out with a juvenile black and white mentality.
I actually had a first hand experience with the cognitive bias/uneducated position in discussion recently with my cousin. She’s in her mid 30s, definitely on the left and extremely sympathetic to the idea of systemic racism in policing. When I asked her of examples of unarmed black men being killed by police, I was definitely a bit shocked because she said she had a ton of examples. As we went through each example, I remained silent, she had about 9 examples. At the end I informed her that she hadn’t shown me one single example. When I explained to her she had shown me examples of black men that had been killed by police, but were in fact armed. I come to find out, she didn’t know what the word “armed” meant…I kindly let her know this was meme level ignorance on her part
I mean to be fair there is plenty of examples of unarmed black and white men etc being killed by police. Just because she's a moron doesn't negate that
@@Coyot3-j2d Here’s an experiment: As an adult- How about having conversations with people who are indeed black, who have had first hand experiences or encounters with police. How about looking up the names of individuals who have lost their lives in police interactions for yourself in the past… I don’t know 10-15 years (it’s available online so you don’t have to hector your niece. Your niece is your source for information? anecdotes with your niece don’t allow you to lazily confirm your beliefs and then state them as facts to the rest of us. Grow up!
The Gaza situation is not quite as cut and dried as Mr Harris puts it. You don't have to be under the influence of your emotions to realize that enough is enough now.
@43:35 Konstantin: I am really reluctant to get involved.. beyond basic.. just because I don’t know enough about it” I call BS - the bad kind. because he goes on to say how uneducated people are about history yet he is lucky to have had a good one 2 Two he had this topic on his podcast. Truth may be hard to find but liers are easy to find. Konstantine is a liar.
Sam doesn't bother to mention how much he got wrong during Covid. We're suppose to be what he says now. It's everyone else like Tucker who are the problem.
Doesn’t everyone? He has an opinion but it’s usually rooted in science and objective rationale. What else is there? Religion or beliefs. They wouldn’t be “beliefs” if they could be proven in scientific terms - they’d be “facts or axioms”. Nobody “believes” 2+2=4. They “know” 2+2=4 because anyone can demonstrate it.
Maybe a cliche example but, Noam Chomsky has maintained a very well documented critical view of the state of Israel, as well as the history of its establishment and expansion. He has long condemned the treatment and status of the Palestinian people by the Israeli government and, more recently, the Netanyahu administration. I cant imagine that either guest would consider Chomsky a person lacking in critical thinking skills.. I wonder how each guest might approach Chomsky's perspective, and whether Harris in particular would consider platforming Chomsky and his views to be journalistically irresponsible.
@rde7202 If I'm understanding correctly... The assertion is that: Chomsky's analysis of the present conflict can be dismissed because of the consistency of Chomsky's anti-imperialist critique? While his commitment to anti-imperialism may not make him a Realist of international relations, it certainly doesn't undermine his intellectual integrity. Certainly not as much as precipitously disregarding his perspective would.
During COVID Chomsky was a complete failure and the worst of the worst of establishment tool advocating for restrictions on personal freedom ,forced vaccinations ,criminalization of law abiding citizens and of endless lockdowns ..he’s a tyrannical hack and an anti intellectual if there was one .
@@NicBur-td8jl Define Truth! sam can twist, turn, flip, sault and do verbal gymnastics -- yet he doesn't know what truth is. Without truth, he is just the same as RFK from a different perspective/world view. He feels he's right on every topic he speaks on, and anyone that disagree with him are conspiracy theorists, spreaders of disinformation, etc. Two sides of the same coin.
Sam’s comments on Rogan having Trump on his podcast aged well. He hit the nail on the head. Rogan did end up giving DJT a 2 hour campaign commercial that likely won him the election. No fact checks, no guard rails.
As opposed to every other time prior to now in u.s. history, almost certainly. Like saying "the most technologically advanced we've ever been." It doesn't mean it can't get better/less corrupt but that the past was worse/more corrupt.
Excruciating to hear sam bend over backwards to defend Israel's killing of civilians "well what's the context"; if you're going to be a moral relativist you might extend that same grace to the palestinian struggle for territorial integrity. What's the context of the palestinian resistance to the Israeli regime? Are there any consequences to an occupation of one state of another? Did it all start on October 7th or perhaps was there a little bit of context beforehand? Mindless, squalid angle
What’s crazy is that someone who discusses peaks and valleys on a “moral landscape” can also speak of context in this issue. It’s the reason I went from seeing him as a hero to a zero.
It's "Excruciating " knowing that people who seem intelligent don't get that civilians die in war, and of course they die while being used as human shields. The context of the "resistance" is that if Hamas disarmed and signed any deals Gaza would be in great shape. of course they wont though, because their goal is the genocide of all Jews in Israel. There's no territorial claim to Gaza by Israel, so they don't "resist" the "occupation", they want more.
I just want to say 2 things. listening to sam Harris 10-15 years ago really opened my eyes and mind to the potential of honesty and how arguing with humility and compassion can be moving and powerful. the second thing is this.. in the past 5 years, Sam has taught me a more important lesson, if you are a very compassionate person and an intellectual, its very easy to become the thing you would have once been disgusted by. I'll always have massive amounts of respect for Sam, but his ability to dismiss people for reasons that are at best half baked is really unfortunate.
@@freemanjoel how about anyone who differs in thought. the problem is when you go through life having only 2 types of people talking to you, either agreeing with you 100% or 0% you become callous and jaded. and you pick a team. there is zero room for nuance or empathy and you become a robot.
@@alanweiss3578 Didn't he specifically mention not platforming people who are unwilling to examine their pre-suppositions with honesty ? How is this 'anyone one who differs in thought'?
@@berenfinesmith because that criteria for conversation is completely subjective. I literally can't believe you are using this example, as it proves my point.
I really appreciate the conversation, I like the pushback between Sam and Konsnatin. It's definitely worth a listen. The major hangup I had in the discussion was how confident and definitive Sam is when passing judgment on RFK's vaccine stance. He simultaneously admits in order to debate him he would have to do extensive research while also being so sure that RFK's wrong he won't have him in for a discussion. This is a large red flag on a some personal bias for Sam. Early in the episode, they discuss the ability to hijack the scientific community by hiring doctors such as in the case of big tobacco. This is precisely why it took so long to overturn the previous scientific consensus that smoking was not just ok but healthy for people. So in one breath, he admits that science and consensus can be highjacked but also admits this topic isn't. This is the kind of intellectual insolation we all suffer from in some areas. "If I know all about topic X, I will not engage with individuals who believe the opposite because they don't offer me anything of value only negatives." This reveals a type of tribalism Sam finds detestable in other groups. If Sam was half as curious as he is confident in his stance perhaps a long-form discussion with RFK would reveal something of value to Sam even if his entire position doesn't change.
Junior's lawyer Aaron Siri has filed a petition with the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. Bringing polio back into fashion in the USA is not going to benefit anyone.
Well, my other comment keeps getting deleted... so I'm sure this one will too Anyway, here's just another example of why, in my opinion ... San just isn't the same guy he used to be Yes, I did find him to be reasonable & logical... but not anymore. So to add onto my previous point of how he's hypocritical... He slams Jordan for just listening to RFJ's version of Tapper & him. Sam criticism of Peterson for not calling him out blaa blaa But isn't it interesting that Sam just accepts Tapper's version of what happened? This is the inconsistency of Sam's reasoning. IMO .. If Sam was truly an intellectual person, he would have felt obligated, he would have felt it to be his duty to have had RFK on his Podcast and have asked him about this issue? This contradiction in what happened? But what does he do? He does what a lot of people do, when they want to push a particular belief they have ... an opinion, nothing more ... They don't want the conversation and have it revealed that it is infact, just his opinion, his preference to believe Tapper's version, over RFK. Because at the end of it all, Sam is as guilty of what he's criticizing Jordan of doing. This is just another example of Sam's reasoning... And yes, it's not different then how he argues religion, while failing to see that his issues with the religion ideology applies to any & all ideologies.... Yes, that includes Atheism .. Atheist societies, simply replace religious motives, with national motives, tribal motives ... w/e
Great debating! However, I wholly disagree with Tom and Konstantin on who should be interviewed. What if the leaders of Hamas contacted you daily for an interview? Do you really believe someone should be giving them a platform simply so all ideas are heard? I think not. Do either Tom or Konstantin have children? What a privileged life you must lead to believe that perpetuating ideas simply because they’re gaining popularity is a smart journalistic approach in today’s world. Ideas have the power to possess others….don’t give them massive platforms lightly. Also, engaging in that under the presumption that your audience will be wise enough to discern truth, in real time, or for that matter, believing you are wise enough to always do that 100% of the time is highly arrogant and utterly impossible. I do agree, it can be powerful to debunk ideas using these platforms, but I think, and what Sam is saying, is that should be done VERY specifically, and by the utmost qualified people to do so. Anyhow, thank you for a great podcast.
I don't agree with you, but you said what you said very well. Almost had me convinced. The comments, overall, for this talk, are highly intellectual. Reflects an interesting audience.
I'm guess I'm too American to agree with you. We believe in platforming all ideas as the idiocy of bad ideas will be exposed, and it's fun to pick them apart. Or if you find out you're the one that's wrong, then you learned something.
If you can’t easily discern that RFK is a radish short of a salad, then I put it to you that your ability to filter bs and judge character is TOTALLY off…
@@morpheusxnyc So you're thinking Jake Tapper is the believable one. CNN is owned by the elite and consistently carries water for the elite. They really don't even pretend to be objective anymore, as Dana Bash's butt-kissing interview of Harris demonstrated. Even Colbert's lefty audience laughed when he said CNN was an objective news organization. RFK has been fighting the elite over environmental issues and children's health for years. But I'm sure you think he's crazy because - oh yeah, - the MSM told you he was. I suggest actually listening to him speak for 30 minutes and let me know what he says that's crazy. Or you can just follow along with the rest of the sheep, secure in your superior powers of discernment..
@@morpheusxnyc So you're thinking Jake Tapper is the believable one. CNN is owned by the elite and consistently carries water for the elite. They really don't even pretend to be objective anymore, as Dana Bash's a-kissing interview of Harris demonstrated. Even Colbert's lefty audience laughed when he said CNN was an objective news organization. RFK has been fighting the elite over environmental issues and children's health for years. But I'm sure you think he's crazy because - oh yeah, - the MSM told you he was. I suggest actually listening to him speak for 30 minutes and let me know what he says that's crazy. Or you can just follow along with the rest of the sheep, secure in your superior powers of discernment.
Why is every critical comment about Sam always very broad, generalized statements? "I used to listen to Sam until he got TDS" "Sam is unbearable to listen to" "Sam was cool until COVID" That's always it. Just simple one liners like that. Honestly seems sketchy, like a lot of them are bots.
“That doesn’t answer the people who say it’s still completely unfair to not have looked at the laptop in a timely way and to shut down the New York Post’s Twitter account. That’s a left-wing conspiracy to deny the presidency to Donald Trump - absolutely it was, absolutely. But I think it was warranted.” I used to really enjoy Sam's logic until he threw it out the window with statements like this, just giving up on truth or fairness because... Trump. I didn't vote for Trump any of the 3 times he ran, and that still bothers me, because of who Sam was before Trump.
Konstantin, Tom: thanks so much for pressing Sam on the RFK request. It would be really helpful for him to roll up his sleeves and sort things out with RFK, but even seeing Sam's response to being pressed on the issue is somewhat informative (if a bit disappointing). Huge thank you to all three of you for your contributions to sensemaking.
Whether one agrees with him or not, Sam's stance has sound reasoning, essentially applying the logic of the saying "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." RFK is no fool, but the underlying point is some people like RFK will look at a body of evidence (take flat earth for example) and argue to no end an irrational conclusion on the evidence. So if you're in a position like Sam, in which you are deciding between a meaningful discussion on one hand, and arguing with a flat earther on the other, then opting for the former is understandable. I think Konst and Tom made a good appeal for Sam to consider bringing some of these RFK figures on to show a wider audience where some of their ideas are flawed. I tend to lean in their direction, but we would all have different standards for who we would invite on. For example, if I were a huge podcaster, I would never invite Alex Jones on because how he lied was so abhorrent.
Speaking about corruption. It is not how much they corrupt. If you corrupt, you corrupt. It is how much we ,the public, let them go away with it. Nowadays, in general, the public is clueless and oblivious about events around the world and inside the country. Divided, religiously support their leaders and agendas. It conditions perfect soil for corruption to grow without much resistance.
@MrNikeNicke yes, but thief is a thief. If you let him, he will steal everything. Same with politicians, they all corrupt. If we let them, they will steal everything. With public being oblivious and ignorant, basically that is what happens nowadays. They do what they want and getting away.
I'm 53 years old I've been driving since I was 18 years old I've been pulled over by the police in excess of 300 times in my life unfortunately I was unharmed but every time I hadn't committed a single crime I hadn't been speeding I hadn't done anything wrong there was no traffic violation and ultimately I wasn't even given a ticket more than once or twice out of that 300 times.. I do believe because of my personality and the way that I act that certainly saved me from any sort of abused and obviously death but I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that every time I was pulled over it was because I was black. Every one of those times. I had been observed and followed for a bit then pulled over but because I acted accordingly and respectfully I got out of it so no they didn't kill me but yes the racial bias was there. Anybody who tells me different simply wasn't there so there's some truth to some of these statistics that these guys curate conveniently but yes police officers Target black people
I just want to point out that I don't think your claim (which I personally accept is 100% true - and is very indicative of actual racial bias in policing) actually contradicts what Sam is saying. My understanding is that Roland Fryer's research on the topic supports both what you claim (that real bias in policing exists) and what Sam is saying (that there is not a lot of evidence in the data to support that black people are more likely to specifically be victims of a police shooting). I'm not making a claim either way - just letting you know that my understanding of what Fryer says.
"being interested in what's ultimately true is the way that we can overcome out inclination to believe things that charismatic people tell us" Konstantin's answer for why truth is important is great!
I really cracked up at Harris saying if he said anything that tuned out to be untrue he would "lose 100% of my audience." In fact he has made objectively incorrect statements on several occasions
Honestly the ego of an average mind stretching for superiority... Does this sort of comment make you feel superior or something? He misspoke, his mouth said contrite when he very clearly meant to say contrived. I can't say I particularly enjoy his show and I only listen if there's a compelling guest but this is so pathetic and there's so many nonsense comments like this here. Grow up and find some humility and good grace or you're just wasting your time listening to anything of substance.
@@stephenphillips3883 How did you arrive at this judgement about my mind, that it is "average?" Is it because of my reference to "The Princess Bride?" (Inigo says, "You keep on using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.") Perhaps you're endowed with the telepathic ability to discern IQ from an 8 word sentence online? I'm impressed no matter what your answer is. (Impressed at your temerity as well as your arrogance.) And, for the record, I thought he was intending to say "trite" in place of "contrite" since your suggestion of "contrived" is a past participle adjectival form whereas "trite" is a simple adjective which feels closer, but perhaps you are right. My mind is too average for me to ever know for certain.
the fact that they lie is not the most offensive thing ; because lying leads to the truth ..It is that they lie, and then they worship their own lies . You see ?
Yeah, if the whole "human shields" argument wouldn't work when applied to bombing the church/hospital/school in your neighborhood, then you're just ethnocentric when you accept it as applied to someone else's community.
Making any common sense to a Privileged Wealthy Collegiate Elitist SophistiCrat with a useless ivy League Liberal Arts Degree is like playing Chess with a Pigeon ... Spoiled Kid knocks over the pieces ... Sh*ts all over the board ... then struts around like they won the game.
Sam Harris is making an impact. He is a truth speaking person. I am very convinced that his perspective on what is happening is very informative. I admire him and respect his integrity.
Joe rogan... did fact check Alex Jones....many things wrte in time proven right. And which human has all things right. Sam Harris tries to use logic and good thinking. But doesnt do in depth study. There is stuff out there experts have explained... he never heard off. Like doctors still finding new information on covit vaccines.... etc. No one is talking about.
You can't argue with stupid, Sam. Most humans - unfortunately - think it's ok to exit logic when you back them into a corner. If you want to influence more people, you need rhetoric and charisma. Makes me sad, frankly. But it's true.
Konstantin - "People can't process information correctly, they only react and emote" also Konstantin - "It's okay to feature Norman Finkelstein unchallenged on my platform because people can see the truth from the lies on their own"
I think there's an underexplored area of whether or not people support Hamas or more specifically Palestine or whether they're against Israel. I think there's an area in which people look at Israel as the more capable nation of the two and expect them to de-escalate because they're essentially the bigger guy. At least in terms of firepower. I disagree with Israel 's use of force against Palestinians in the pursuit Hamas. But simply because they have the power to defend themselves and de-escalate a situation.
Get informed about matters before you embarrass yourself. Israel is surrounded by nations that truly hate them. Do you really think a death cult like Hamas would've lasted this long without help from other countries? Iran being one of them.
You disagree with their use of force against Palestinians- but they don't have a choice when hamas uses them as human shields to artificially inflate the civilian death count- and the Palestinians are largely *willing* to be their human shields.
Would Sam talk to the truly great scientists who stood tall during covid..dr Batacharya, Dr Kuldorff, Dr Atlas, Dr Ionnedis, Nick Hudson, Mike Yeadon, Dr Gold, Dr Marik, Dr Weinstein?
Sam's not as bad as some people. I'm with Sam about 80%+. But there are one or 2 crucial issues he's pushed but has not personally researched - so he got wrong. Probably because he took his advice from clever debaters. Lots of philosophers are wrong for that same reason. Philosophers are brilliant at decieving themselves.
@@SaltAndVinegarFlavourI mean, most people seem to struggle with basic introspection and being aware of the various cognitive biases that every human being experiences. There is an irony in Konstantin pushing Sam to debate conspiracy theorists when it takes an order of magnitude more effort to debunk bullshit than to spew it. Konstantin exemplifies everything wrong with the podcast world: Being on any guest you want. Make no effort to properly research literally anything. Rely on personal anecdotes to justify wide-ranging conclusions. Then try and push someone else to do the work he refuses to while giving air to looneys and making the problem worse.
WARNING: I will never ask for your contact info in the comments section, that is someone impersonating me!
Why did you deleted my message?
@@lifeisagift5627
Hi Tom. I despise your lazy timestamps, the bare minimum and specifically ambiguous to make us watch more ¬¬
I love all the rest...
Sam Harris does not want you to know about the Operation Northwoods and lavon affair
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
i have to comment to counter all the negative comments about Sam. having followed and read everything he's done since 2005, the man is incredibly consistent. all of his actions and work align with what he says he is concerned about and doing.
i can hardly think of a public figure with greater intellectual humility. for a decade he's invited incredibly smart people on his podcasts to talk about a variety of topics, usually with the purpose of learning from them.
he's not a shill as he gives away memberships to his podcast and app for free. he isn't bound to audience capture as he regularly offends the right and left, and isn't on Twitter/ doesn't pay much attention to audience feedback.
few people alive have done as much for "truth seeking" as this man, with the compassion and bravery to put himself in public and share a rare voice of reason for the benefit of everyone to think for themselves.
i can't believe we are talking about the same person when i read all the hate comments for Sam, and i can only conclude those who leave such comments have very low intellectual humility and are emotionally driven.
personally i am politically unaffiliated and i believe scientific understanding is the only framework for understanding reality, and i believe anti-science viewpoints are the cause of nearly every problem we face socially. Sam is the voice of reason, seeks out alternate viewpoints, and is constantly updating and correcting himself when he was wrong.
You do realize that Sam has said that straight up lying to the public can be justified? I'd take any "truth" from that man with a shovel of salt. And I actually used to be a fan of his...
@@iknownothing-m8c Are you serious? Sam believes lying is one of the greatest moral offenses. Can you elaborate?
@@iknownothing-m8c You misunderstood. The introduction (first paragraph) to his essay Lying (search for lying.pdf) states: "Lying is the royal road to chaos.
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@@nicholaslaport3354 I think he is talking about the Hunter Biden laptop situation, where Sam has said that he doesnt blame the NYT or whoever it was for delaying the news until after the election because he sees Trump as an existential threat. I can agree that that is a problematic opinion, and it borders on not telling the truth to be honest. I still listen to Sam Harris but I am quite tired of the endless talking about Trump.
I 100% agree with you. He's been one of the most intellectually honest public figures. All the Sam Harris haters are typically people that hear one thing that goes against their beliefs, and they start spewing BS about him.
00:00 - Tools distort reality 21:48 - Ideas & the truth 41:15 - Historical context matters 1:00:46 - The spread of misinformation 1:21:54 - Carefully engage with criticism 1:38:55 - Protecting democracy and capitalism
19:28 - You mentioned someone like Tucker Carlson.
I love Kiris and Harris being able to live exactly whats needed now. People coming together, sharing ideas, agree and disagree but still be able to sit in the same room with each with each other
Its to bad Harris went off the deep end over President Trump and the vax. I respect his intellect and used to watch a lot of the 4 horsemen, even though I do believe in Christ.
But as of late Sam is a nutter.
lol
People especially need 'truth' and facts, not talking heads...
Sam Harris saying that he doesn't really think or worry about what the audience wants bc someone is always upset about "something"...
That has ALWAYS been true!
It's why there is a saying "you can't please all of the people all of the time"
Sam Harris is a bigot, islamophobic, thinks black people are inferior and so on. That's it. If you aren't smart enough to figure that out and think he's some profound intellectual, then I feel bad for you.
He was talking about it from the perspective of someone who benefits from having a larger audience listening to what his opinions are on a regular basis
I think the line is ' you can't fool all the people all the time' ;-)
@@wheredidugo6739 both are common sayings I heard for decades
True, with social media the poison and hatred is spread and delivered in seconds, who needs it?
I am subscribed to Sam. When you value integrity it's easy to spot. Sam has true integrity.
Sam had integrity, but not anymore!
Two of my favorite thinkers. Good discussion.
Still prefer Sam Harris...
We can't know the truth without honesty and that's thin on the ground.
these dudes are simply pretending to be objective when it's obvious on many levels they are totally bias and agenda driven . Mostly , they over simplify and generalize on many subjects in order to appeal to their base . It's more like politics than journalism
We can have honesty...We can have the Trivium and critical thinking.
Nicely put
Somebody said this about people being interviewed: "If they're not anxious, they're not honest."
Precisely. This is why the West is failing massively in the Academies right now with respect to doing real Science. Liars are not capable of doing Science because Science is the pursuit of Truth.
"Digital Sewer" so rightly said Sam. Wish a lot more people would recognize this.
Great guests! Thank you! Always interesting to listen Sam Harris ❤
worst parts of this are when the host talks lol
Sam won't debate RFK for the same reason he won't debate Bret Weinstein. People who aren't willing to engage but are bent on Gish Galloping and making a frustrating discussion all the while gaining a platform that neither deserve.
How much does Sam pay you for your services
@@HarryPainter Yup...another nasty comment from yet another weak as fk, no name troll....
1st "gish galloping"? 2nd, bret weinstein is a fool.
Quick G search....works every time...Bret is a "fool" for selling out. Likely smarter than average which is why it's a shame he sold out. Ah well...
@@rustyosgood5667 How did he sell out?
Hi Tom. I despise your lazy timestamps, the bare minimum and specifically ambiguous to make us watch more ¬¬
I love all the rest...
Kisin has a gift to speak with spark, clearly and to the point. Love him!
I would love to see Sam Harris and/or Douglas Murray take on Norman Finkelstein. I was quite disappointed with Konstantin Kisin’s and Francis Foster’s interview. They barely challenged Finkelstein. It looked like a missed opportunity to denounce his endless fabulations.
It could be interesting, but everyone already knows exactly what lies and distortions he'll peddle, so what's the point? It's about as useful as debating a flat earther.
I believe Murray said he won't debate him because he considers him a psychopath or sociopath.
Finkelstein is a fraud who feeds his fans propaganda. Unbearable to listen to. Sad that people actually take him seriously, but that's what propaganda is for, it controls the intellectually lazy.
Triggernometry isn't a podcast where they challenge their guests. It is a podcast to understand the point of view of their guest and give their guest the best opportunity to get their point across. Francis and Konstantin never challenge or ask deep questions on the podcast because that isn't the point of it, they understand that the point of the podcast is in the guest, and not in them.
Konstantin always has deeper points and great questions etc on other peoples podcasts.
@@malenkoicp You’re quoting the exact rhetoric Fran and Kon use to sell their podcast as if they are somehow impartial and unbiased observers who pursue the truth in an attempt to be proactive in finding common ground and realizing harmony.
They aren’t and they don’t. They are right wing nuts and their ideology permeates. Their very name comes from far right derogatory language. How has it come to pass that you cannot recognize reality.
One of the best interviews I have heard so far. Sam is right about twitter. It is like a negative black hole of hostility.
I learned a lot from these speakers. It gave me hope about the future.
51:00 "
"I had been a Maoist, and then when the Gang of Four was overthrown, I was completely distraught. I was bedridden for three weeks; it was a very painful experience for me. Not only because I had been wrong, but because I felt really embarrassed that I had been lecturing and pontificating with such self-confidence."
-Norman Finkelstein are you guys stupid??
Yes. These people like the smell of their own farts and are guilty of confirmation bias; then discussing things they don't actually bother to fact check, with complete confidence. That's what is means to be a public intellectual in the days of the Internet.
@@chriseastopher yes public "intellectual" indeed :)
Another Jewish speaker, curious.
Another thing that moron was wrong about, but who is counting.
Norman Finkelstein is terminally mentally broken and needs to be in padded cell for the rest of his life. See: his INSANE harassment of his neighbors in NYC.
Good discussion. Thank you!
The fact that this dude is selling gold as one of his sponsors tells me a lot about his audience.
magic beans anyone?? the entire financial system is collapsing and people think a few gold coins are going to save them from the negative consequences that follow
When society collapses it'll be lead, not gold, that people will be interested in.
@ADRIFTHIPHOP gold is just one of many commodities. When one system falls another will take its place, the only thing that won't port over value to the new system is the fiat currency of the old system. Gold, iron, copper, silver, wheat, real estate. Store the value in whatever you want, some retain value better than others but few are worse than holding your digital dollars in a bank account. Gold and silver isn't snake oil.
More ironic is him advertising 'butcher box' as a body building aid. Harris is a better advert for bodybuilding than Bilyeu
5:22 "I've never made the claim that anyone should listen to me" ... Spare us the false humility platitudes and grow a spine, Mr. Kisin. Say you believe in your ideas and demonstrate why they're good.
Perhaps he is insecure in his beliefs
Well ha hasnt has he? Silly comment. He doesnt start his podcast or interviews saying "you must listen to this" . duh!
Mr Kisin has done an excellent job , so far and I thank him ...
It's a disingenuous thing to say when you start a serious political podcast. However, I like Konstantin.
"They will throw you off a fucking roof" - Konstantin Kisin
That's if you're lucky 😢
He was by far the best speaker on this video.
@@ajs41 Ya, he's hard to beat in a setting like this, he's just such a gifted & skilled speaker, & he's lighting fast on his feet. I will add, those are all potential red flags for me. I happen to agree with most of what I hear from him & I do think he's a good actor, but folks who have that gift of the spoken word can be amongst the most dangerous in public spaces.
There isn't a single case of a gay person being thrown off a roof in Palestine. Konstantin will never provide a single name because it doesn't exist. Konstantin wouldn't know a fact if it smacked him in the face lol.
@@scottsherman5262 Exactly, I think that Kisin is even better than people like Dawkins when it comes to showing how religions are dangerous
Outstanding stuff!
This was a great discussion. The Clickbait thumbnail for it really pissed me off. Sam and Konstantin were nothing but friendly and cordial, even agreeable.
41:12 I would push back against the black parents “have to have a talk with your kids”. I am white and my parents are from a military background, I was told from a young age and reiterated as I got older, that if police pull you over, you act as respectful as possible, comply completely even if you think it’s an error, because they have a very hard job with a lot of stress and their choices are based on split second choices that could mean they live or die. I was also taught that if you act like a criminal and dress like a criminal you will likely be treated like a criminal, because a police officer has to make choices for their safety based on impressions and patterns. That is reality.
Right. Don’t put on that Black skin when you go out of the house? Is that what you’re saying? What does a white collar criminal dress like? A presidential candidate?
What was wrong with what Sam said? Black parents need to talk with their children just as white parents need to do. What I'm hearing, by reading between the lines is that possibly black parents have not been siding with the law as they may be coming from an anti-establishmentarian point of view.
Having Norm Finkeslstein say the same thing over and over... there is already enough documented history of him repeating his own self importance, you do not need to platform it - again. That's how we relegate bad ideas to the dustbin.
And Sam doesn't repeat himself (or Israeli propaganda): human shields, Israel should defend itself, the IDF is a moral army, islam is an inferior culture. Repeat.
Two of my favorite people and another great conversation.
This is what I got from this discussion. Through truth, we counter chaos.
Rationality, reason, and logic were in full display throughout the entirety of this video. Thank you, gentlemen, for the display of integrity and authenticity.
Through truth we encounter chaos. What if the truth is chaotic?
@adifferentlight5530 I'm not sure if truth can be chaotic. Well, it is true that there is chaos, but it is not true that truth can be chaotic. Truth can bring about chaos if you leave it in chaos. However, if you consistently seek truth, then it's only a matter of time before all is revealed.......... I guess that would be mostly in the objective world.
Sam is source of Fresh Idea. All of the other "thinkers" are committed worrior of cults.
I love watch & listen him. 🎉🎉
Imagine if they used the algorithm to make people happier.
can't get rich that way
Konstantin somehow thinks that people whose entire brand is firehosing bullshit will sit there and have an honest conversation where they are systematically dismantled in front of their entire audience.
Awesome Conversation. Very well hosted.
This is the most “talking without saying anything” I’ve seen in a long time.
you must be new to the internet
It requires a bit of knowledge and context to grasp. How old are you?
Yup, I agree.
Serious, serious "fence sitting".
Like a glitch in the Matrix revealed something beneath.
A bit like "hearing without listening" yes? 😂
Since Kamala.
Sam points to CNN and Jake Tapper as purveyors of truth... I am speechless
What did you expect from a 'secular' extreme zionist?
Why? on the specific point he mentioned Tapper and CNN they were absolutely correct.
Who are your purveyors of truth?
@@andybaldman no one is correct about everything all the time, but one will do well to listen to people who make an honest effort to be truthful rather than those media outlets that continually spew corporate/state propaganda of the type we see with CNN and MSNBC and NYT and the Washington Post and so on. Glen Greenwald is a good example of someone interested in truth, as is Konstantin Kisin. There are several.
Spit my cornflakes out.....CNN top shelf truth tellers
Sam missed a point with the Trump/Rogan thing. He doesn't want Trump to have a platform for his own reasons. However if Joe Rogan wanted to have Trump on he could just as easily have the opposition to Trump the next episode thereby levelling the "campaign commercial" scales. But he doesn't suggest that. Sam tries to sound so reasonable and fact based, but he has his own opinions that colour everything just like every other human on the planet.
That's why I like Theo Von. He interviewed Trump, Bernie Sanders, and an ordinary plumber all in one week.
Sam missed a lot of things. He is a shill in my view
Sam Harris is one of the most despicable, bigoted Zionist apologists out there. You should watch his speech justifying the Iraq war. He's an Israeli PR person pretending to be an objective intellectual.
@@iknowmyself3643 Does Sam also work for Big Pharma? He seems to.
A few-steps down from the surface Mr. Harris knows he is opinionated... he knows atheism is a "religious" choice and worldview (e.g. anti-religion religious-approach to life)... he SIMPLY prioritizes pursuing Ideal of truth-seeking-approaches as a paradigm for reasoning. If he used this methodology from within a flexible-perspective of religion, his perception of religion would change. He would simply call it a "bet/gamble" and investment of faith via intuitional reasoning. His focal concerns are... on "blind beliefs" that ignore reason etc. and refute refinements.
So glad I found this video and yet another idea forum. More and more are coping up shedding light on closed minded beliefs. This gives me hope.
I like Konstantins slight reaction to having Sam interrupt him after interrupting Sam a few minutes before and then almost immediately after. Also the hosts backwards hat🧢 lol very funny👍
Would it have been less funny if the peak of his hat was forwards?
@@realMaverickBuckley...uhhhh
YES
whew
This isn't a debate. A typical conversation. No border, no country.
Did you watch the same video I did? Tom and Konstantin clearly meant to have Sam debate RFK and Bret...to no avail. Their reasoning was somewhat sound but lacked merit. Meaningful debate begins with an earnest willingness to change one's mind. This is called, "intellectual integrity". That some people will be persuaded to Sam's point of view was the earnest objective but Sam will write you off his list if you are intellectually dishonest. Sam's fan base knows this about Sam and demands it. As Sam has said more than once, "the next sentence out of your mouth could change my mind". He actually means this.
@rustyosgood5667 You're a very poor judge of authenticity.
@@beedebawng2556 Apparently so are all the modern intellectuals, DARPA and every AI CEO...and Konstantin. Aren't you rich...no name, no picture? LOL
@@beedebawng2556 Says the troll bot....
Agree with them Sam! Wedtlive to see you talking to more people you disagree with!!!
I'd love to see Sam Harris and Dave Smith debate
Thank you for this Tom ❤
I like Konstantin but I've yet to figure out why I should listen to a comedian talking about geopolitics and current affairs etc. What are his credentials for talking about anything? Has he even read any books? He just talks with such confidence that it makes you think he's an authority of some sort but he's not actually saying anything.
Yep. Once I caught on to him, I skipped over the parts where he speaks. :)
I think Konstantin expresses himself very well . He reads a lot and speaks truth ...
Agree. I heard him discuss economics and he was incorrect on basic theories. He is very clearly not an economist. He is a comedian. He has good social commentary. As they say, stay in your lane.
Why can't we just debate how a civil society can define right, relative to wrong, and proceed with how that society can establish guidelines under which those pursuing good are rewarded while, simultaneously, those pursuing what is deemed to be wrong, are punished to the full extent of the law?
Because power corrupts and the winners write the rules and the history books. Incurious people want easy answers. Civility is wonderful, but not if it as the cost of freedom. It’s complicated.
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The most important story on the earth
You are asking for equality before the law. That is NOT what the Islamo-Marxists want. They want special privileges, protections and entitlements. They do not tolerate opposition and have ways of silencing, censoring and criminilising wrong thought.
What a pleasant surprise episode, ty !
Fantastic conversation 🎉
Excellent sit-down Tom. Having shows with guests such as these gentlemen precisely separates you from Rogan. Consistently.
Except that Rogan had Sam on years ago.........more than once, I believe.
@@tomdivittis2688 Kisin has been on Rogan multiple times as well.
Sam Harris was how I discovered Joe Rogan in 2016
That very interesting. It's almost like you have never listened to Rogan's show.
@FRank, you seem not to know that Rogan has had them both. Harris many times. You should ask yourself why you yourself are spreading mis/disinformation against Rogan who you have made false claims against.
It's tough to read some of these thoughtless comments. I catch some Impact Theory, but man, I'm happy to see the world through a different lens than some of these folks. Tom appreciates nuance, but it doesn't seem to transfer to his audience, unfortunately.
The audience came expecting drama, and instead heard a civil conversation among moderates.
My thinking exactly. The irony of this being a conversation about the value of pursuing truth and an accurate view of the map is astonishing.
I swear most of these are bots. There's no way it's real people saying this stuff.
Like Sam Harris hasn't been caught lying. 2014 he was all "Mr. Conversation", "Society is a series of successful conversations", "Conversation is all we have."
Years later he starts defending leftist censorship so long as it came from corporations, under the guise of "just start your own company" (and opposing Elon when he buys the company), "we can't risk talking about dangerous ideas right now", "sunlight is not the best disinfectant".
As a fan of Sam for over a decade and a buyer of all of his books, listener to all of his podcasts and appearances, he ABSOLUTELY has been more dishonest and shifty ever since Trump.
You failed yourself being a fan of this Zionist puppet.
You've seen that too?... I found it very disappointing... He's not the same as the four horseman days for sure... 🤔
@@colinmarshall4778 I'll bet he was exactly the same back then, but he hid it. He was presenting a false front.
@@KevinSolway Yeah quite possibly...I notice Richard Dawkins has been quiet about what Harris has been saying. Dawkins is totally against the trans bullshit that Harris has been pushing.
As most of the anti-sam crowd you trivialize everything that he has said out of context and strawman your way out with a juvenile black and white mentality.
This is a great conversation when Tom isn't talking.
Regarding the laptop, it was in the hands of the FBI in 2019.
Doesn't seem like a debate but I appreciated the conversation! Great video
Filled with the customary Trump Derangement Syndrome
@@chichora123 true, trump supporters are indeed deranged beyond belief
Huge admirer of Sam Harris; don't always agree, but his logic is impeachable.
A unique idealistic realist, and a formidable intelligence who cares.
Hum , interesting ( I don't quite agree though ...
Subtext of Sam Harris. I used to worry about being apathetic, now I just don’t care.
I actually had a first hand experience with the cognitive bias/uneducated position in discussion recently with my cousin. She’s in her mid 30s, definitely on the left and extremely sympathetic to the idea of systemic racism in policing. When I asked her of examples of unarmed black men being killed by police, I was definitely a bit shocked because she said she had a ton of examples. As we went through each example, I remained silent, she had about 9 examples. At the end I informed her that she hadn’t shown me one single example. When I explained to her she had shown me examples of black men that had been killed by police, but were in fact armed. I come to find out, she didn’t know what the word “armed” meant…I kindly let her know this was meme level ignorance on her part
"Armed"...clearly means that they had arms...with hands and everything.
Can’t say the same about Hezbollah am i rite
I mean to be fair there is plenty of examples of unarmed black and white men etc being killed by police. Just because she's a moron doesn't negate that
@@Coyot3-j2d Here’s an experiment: As an adult- How about having conversations with people who are indeed black, who have had first hand experiences or encounters with police. How about looking up the names of individuals who have lost their lives in police interactions for yourself in the past… I don’t know 10-15 years (it’s available online so you don’t have to hector your niece. Your niece is your source for information? anecdotes with your niece don’t allow you to lazily confirm your beliefs and then state them as facts to the rest of us. Grow up!
The Gaza situation is not quite as cut and dried as Mr Harris puts it. You don't have to be under the influence of your emotions to realize that enough is enough now.
Sure it is . All muslims hate Jews, because their book tells them to !!
Tom and Konstantin really won't let go about about Sam and his guests. He made his position clear and Konstantin made the same point about five times.
Ok but who was right?
Excellent conversation! All three of you, just excellent. Much appreciated. 🙏
@43:35 Konstantin: I am really reluctant to get involved.. beyond basic.. just because I don’t know enough about it” I call BS - the bad kind. because he goes on to say how uneducated people are about history yet he is lucky to have had a good one 2 Two he had this topic on his podcast. Truth may be hard to find but liers are easy to find. Konstantine is a liar.
I had the same reaction and immediately thought this dude is FOS!!
He is not a liar !
Sam Harris over rates his objectivity, and rationality.
yes
I guess he likes Kamela more.
Sam doesn't bother to mention how much he got wrong during Covid. We're suppose to be what he says now. It's everyone else like Tucker who are the problem.
Doesn’t everyone?
He has an opinion but it’s usually rooted in science and objective rationale. What else is there? Religion or beliefs. They wouldn’t be “beliefs” if they could be proven in scientific terms - they’d be “facts or axioms”. Nobody “believes” 2+2=4. They “know” 2+2=4 because anyone can demonstrate it.
Give us an example where he over rates his" objectivity" and/or "rationality"?
Great and very intelligent discussion!
Before I begin to watch this episode, I want more debates TOM PLEASE 😂❤
Maybe a cliche example but, Noam Chomsky has maintained a very well documented critical view of the state of Israel, as well as the history of its establishment and expansion. He has long condemned the treatment and status of the Palestinian people by the Israeli government and, more recently, the Netanyahu administration. I cant imagine that either guest would consider Chomsky a person lacking in critical thinking skills.. I wonder how each guest might approach Chomsky's perspective, and whether Harris in particular would consider platforming Chomsky and his views to be journalistically irresponsible.
And he replied to my undergraduate email when I was researching the issue! The man is a titan whether you agree or disagree!
@rde7202 If I'm understanding correctly... The assertion is that: Chomsky's analysis of the present conflict can be dismissed because of the consistency of Chomsky's anti-imperialist critique? While his commitment to anti-imperialism may not make him a Realist of international relations, it certainly doesn't undermine his intellectual integrity. Certainly not as much as precipitously disregarding his perspective would.
chomsky isnt understansing islam ideology and was totally loosing it in the covid mass psychosis
Pr Chomsky is a real intellectual, you will never see him talk to / about these clowns.
During COVID Chomsky was a complete failure and the worst of the worst of establishment tool advocating for restrictions on personal freedom ,forced vaccinations ,criminalization of law abiding citizens and of endless lockdowns ..he’s a tyrannical hack and an anti intellectual if there was one .
How is this a debate if the monitor keeps interjecting his opinions?
He loves the sound of his own voice, unlike anyone else.
He talks a lot and says absolutely nothing
Tom is insufferable. He has two fascinating guests and can’t help but try to inject himself into it. It’s pure ego and a lack of self awareness.
Well, I get you, but also because it it's a debate on his podcast, with him as mediator, not at a university. It's perfectly reasonable to expect.
Never vibes with the dude...a try hard ? Or soemthing?
Without truth there is no reality.
So what do we do?
@@NicBur-td8jl Define Truth!
sam can twist, turn, flip, sault and do verbal gymnastics -- yet he doesn't know what truth is. Without truth, he is just the same as RFK from a different perspective/world view. He feels he's right on every topic he speaks on, and anyone that disagree with him are conspiracy theorists, spreaders of disinformation, etc.
Two sides of the same coin.
And there is no reality.
Sam’s comments on Rogan having Trump on his podcast aged well. He hit the nail on the head. Rogan did end up giving DJT a 2 hour campaign commercial that likely won him the election. No fact checks, no guard rails.
The least corrupt institution we’ve had???
@@Methbillybased
Department of cute kitty cats is pretty clean
I thought this was a ridiculous statement also.
As opposed to every other time prior to now in u.s. history, almost certainly. Like saying "the most technologically advanced we've ever been." It doesn't mean it can't get better/less corrupt but that the past was worse/more corrupt.
@@allsystems321go We know what it means, but it isn't true, and no one believes it.
Excruciating to hear sam bend over backwards to defend Israel's killing of civilians "well what's the context"; if you're going to be a moral relativist you might extend that same grace to the palestinian struggle for territorial integrity. What's the context of the palestinian resistance to the Israeli regime? Are there any consequences to an occupation of one state of another? Did it all start on October 7th or perhaps was there a little bit of context beforehand? Mindless, squalid angle
What’s crazy is that someone who discusses peaks and valleys on a “moral landscape” can also speak of context in this issue. It’s the reason I went from seeing him as a hero to a zero.
It's "Excruciating " knowing that people who seem intelligent don't get that civilians die in war, and of course they die while being used as human shields. The context of the "resistance" is that if Hamas disarmed and signed any deals Gaza would be in great shape. of course they wont though, because their goal is the genocide of all Jews in Israel. There's no territorial claim to Gaza by Israel, so they don't "resist" the "occupation", they want more.
is collateral damage context? If so, then there is no moral equivalence between Hamas and the IDF
sam is a slimy pseudo intellectual.
You want pathological compassion out? Take the vote from women.
That was so un-PC but so, so, true.
😂😂😂
I don't agree , to me all citizens who are at least twenty one years old , can vote if they are not in prison ...
THANK YOU
I just want to say 2 things. listening to sam Harris 10-15 years ago really opened my eyes and mind to the potential of honesty and how arguing with humility and compassion can be moving and powerful. the second thing is this.. in the past 5 years, Sam has taught me a more important lesson, if you are a very compassionate person and an intellectual, its very easy to become the thing you would have once been disgusted by. I'll always have massive amounts of respect for Sam, but his ability to dismiss people for reasons that are at best half baked is really unfortunate.
You lost the plot
Which people is he dismissing with a half-baked ideas?
@@freemanjoel how about anyone who differs in thought. the problem is when you go through life having only 2 types of people talking to you, either agreeing with you 100% or 0% you become callous and jaded. and you pick a team. there is zero room for nuance or empathy and you become a robot.
@@alanweiss3578 Didn't he specifically mention not platforming people who are unwilling to examine their pre-suppositions with honesty ? How is this 'anyone one who differs in thought'?
@@berenfinesmith because that criteria for conversation is completely subjective. I literally can't believe you are using this example, as it proves my point.
I wonder how Sam would have felt, if the laptop belonged to Don Jnr?
we all know the answer, TDS has got him hard
@@killerbern666 lol
I really appreciate the conversation, I like the pushback between Sam and Konsnatin. It's definitely worth a listen.
The major hangup I had in the discussion was how confident and definitive Sam is when passing judgment on RFK's vaccine stance. He simultaneously admits in order to debate him he would have to do extensive research while also being so sure that RFK's wrong he won't have him in for a discussion. This is a large red flag on a some personal bias for Sam.
Early in the episode, they discuss the ability to hijack the scientific community by hiring doctors such as in the case of big tobacco. This is precisely why it took so long to overturn the previous scientific consensus that smoking was not just ok but healthy for people. So in one breath, he admits that science and consensus can be highjacked but also admits this topic isn't.
This is the kind of intellectual insolation we all suffer from in some areas. "If I know all about topic X, I will not engage with individuals who believe the opposite because they don't offer me anything of value only negatives." This reveals a type of tribalism Sam finds detestable in other groups. If Sam was half as curious as he is confident in his stance perhaps a long-form discussion with RFK would reveal something of value to Sam even if his entire position doesn't change.
Junior's lawyer Aaron Siri has filed a petition with the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine.
Bringing polio back into fashion in the USA is not going to benefit anyone.
Agreed. I also call it academic arrogance on the part of Sam.
Well, my other comment keeps getting deleted... so I'm sure this one will too
Anyway, here's just another example of why, in my opinion ... San just isn't the same guy he used to be
Yes, I did find him to be reasonable & logical... but not anymore.
So to add onto my previous point of how he's hypocritical...
He slams Jordan for just listening to RFJ's version of Tapper & him. Sam criticism of Peterson for not calling him out blaa blaa
But isn't it interesting that Sam just accepts Tapper's version of what happened?
This is the inconsistency of Sam's reasoning.
IMO ..
If Sam was truly an intellectual person, he would have felt obligated, he would have felt it to be his duty to have had RFK on his Podcast and have asked him about this issue? This contradiction in what happened?
But what does he do? He does what a lot of people do, when they want to push a particular belief they have ... an opinion, nothing more ...
They don't want the conversation and have it revealed that it is infact, just his opinion, his preference to believe Tapper's version, over RFK.
Because at the end of it all, Sam is as guilty of what he's criticizing Jordan of doing.
This is just another example of Sam's reasoning...
And yes, it's not different then how he argues religion, while failing to see that his issues with the religion ideology applies to any & all ideologies.... Yes, that includes Atheism ..
Atheist societies, simply replace religious motives, with national motives, tribal motives ... w/e
Great debating! However, I wholly disagree with Tom and Konstantin on who should be interviewed. What if the leaders of Hamas contacted you daily for an interview? Do you really believe someone should be giving them a platform simply so all ideas are heard? I think not. Do either Tom or Konstantin have children? What a privileged life you must lead to believe that perpetuating ideas simply because they’re gaining popularity is a smart journalistic approach in today’s world. Ideas have the power to possess others….don’t give them massive platforms lightly. Also, engaging in that under the presumption that your audience will be wise enough to discern truth, in real time, or for that matter, believing you are wise enough to always do that 100% of the time is highly arrogant and utterly impossible. I do agree, it can be powerful to debunk ideas using these platforms, but I think, and what Sam is saying, is that should be done VERY specifically, and by the utmost qualified people to do so. Anyhow, thank you for a great podcast.
I don't agree with you, but you said what you said very well. Almost had me convinced.
The comments, overall, for this talk, are highly intellectual. Reflects an interesting audience.
I'm guess I'm too American to agree with you. We believe in platforming all ideas as the idiocy of bad ideas will be exposed, and it's fun to pick them apart. Or if you find out you're the one that's wrong, then you learned something.
It is bizarre to me that if Tapper and RFK have different versions of the same event Harris would conclude that RFK is the liar.
If Sam thinks he has the truth he should not be afraid to debate it ongoing.
If you can’t easily discern that RFK is a radish short of a salad, then I put it to you that your ability to filter bs and judge character is TOTALLY off…
The fact that it would be bizarre to you speaks volumes about your discernment, knowledge base and credulity.
@@morpheusxnyc So you're thinking Jake Tapper is the believable one. CNN is owned by the elite and consistently carries water for the elite. They really don't even pretend to be objective anymore, as Dana Bash's butt-kissing interview of Harris demonstrated. Even Colbert's lefty audience laughed when he said CNN was an objective news organization. RFK has been fighting the elite over environmental issues and children's health for years. But I'm sure you think he's crazy because - oh yeah, - the MSM told you he was. I suggest actually listening to him speak for 30 minutes and let me know what he says that's crazy. Or you can just follow along with the rest of the sheep, secure in your superior powers of discernment..
@@morpheusxnyc So you're thinking Jake Tapper is the believable one. CNN is owned by the elite and consistently carries water for the elite. They really don't even pretend to be objective anymore, as Dana Bash's a-kissing interview of Harris demonstrated. Even Colbert's lefty audience laughed when he said CNN was an objective news organization. RFK has been fighting the elite over environmental issues and children's health for years. But I'm sure you think he's crazy because - oh yeah, - the MSM told you he was. I suggest actually listening to him speak for 30 minutes and let me know what he says that's crazy. Or you can just follow along with the rest of the sheep, secure in your superior powers of discernment.
Why is every critical comment about Sam always very broad, generalized statements?
"I used to listen to Sam until he got TDS"
"Sam is unbearable to listen to"
"Sam was cool until COVID"
That's always it. Just simple one liners like that. Honestly seems sketchy, like a lot of them are bots.
A lot of them are probably bots. The remaining comments are people who are so out of touch with reality that they might as well be bots
“That doesn’t answer the people who say it’s still completely unfair to not have looked at the laptop in a timely way and to shut down the New York Post’s Twitter account. That’s a left-wing conspiracy to deny the presidency to Donald Trump - absolutely it was, absolutely. But I think it was warranted.”
I used to really enjoy Sam's logic until he threw it out the window with statements like this, just giving up on truth or fairness because... Trump.
I didn't vote for Trump any of the 3 times he ran, and that still bothers me, because of who Sam was before Trump.
I love Sam Harris! He’s always so laid back. Speaks facts! And is completely BIASED! Well said as always Sam 👏 👏 😊
Biased???
Konstantin, Tom: thanks so much for pressing Sam on the RFK request. It would be really helpful for him to roll up his sleeves and sort things out with RFK, but even seeing Sam's response to being pressed on the issue is somewhat informative (if a bit disappointing). Huge thank you to all three of you for your contributions to sensemaking.
Whether one agrees with him or not, Sam's stance has sound reasoning, essentially applying the logic of the saying "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." RFK is no fool, but the underlying point is some people like RFK will look at a body of evidence (take flat earth for example) and argue to no end an irrational conclusion on the evidence. So if you're in a position like Sam, in which you are deciding between a meaningful discussion on one hand, and arguing with a flat earther on the other, then opting for the former is understandable.
I think Konst and Tom made a good appeal for Sam to consider bringing some of these RFK figures on to show a wider audience where some of their ideas are flawed. I tend to lean in their direction, but we would all have different standards for who we would invite on. For example, if I were a huge podcaster, I would never invite Alex Jones on because how he lied was so abhorrent.
❤KONSTANTIN❤
Wow. Keep doing you, Tom
Speaking about corruption. It is not how much they corrupt. If you corrupt, you corrupt. It is how much we ,the public, let them go away with it. Nowadays, in general, the public is clueless and oblivious about events around the world and inside the country. Divided, religiously support their leaders and agendas. It conditions perfect soil for corruption to grow without much resistance.
I agree, it amazes me how many people support the very system that wants to control them and take away their freedoms
The degree of corruption is definitely important
@MrNikeNicke yes, but thief is a thief. If you let him, he will steal everything. Same with politicians, they all corrupt. If we let them, they will steal everything. With public being oblivious and ignorant, basically that is what happens nowadays. They do what they want and getting away.
Good statement Victor , but the degree of corruption does matter ...
I'm 53 years old I've been driving since I was 18 years old I've been pulled over by the police in excess of 300 times in my life unfortunately I was unharmed but every time I hadn't committed a single crime I hadn't been speeding I hadn't done anything wrong there was no traffic violation and ultimately I wasn't even given a ticket more than once or twice out of that 300 times.. I do believe because of my personality and the way that I act that certainly saved me from any sort of abused and obviously death but I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that every time I was pulled over it was because I was black. Every one of those times. I had been observed and followed for a bit then pulled over but because I acted accordingly and respectfully I got out of it so no they didn't kill me but yes the racial bias was there. Anybody who tells me different simply wasn't there so there's some truth to some of these statistics that these guys curate conveniently but yes police officers Target black people
I just want to point out that I don't think your claim (which I personally accept is 100% true - and is very indicative of actual racial bias in policing) actually contradicts what Sam is saying. My understanding is that Roland Fryer's research on the topic supports both what you claim (that real bias in policing exists) and what Sam is saying (that there is not a lot of evidence in the data to support that black people are more likely to specifically be victims of a police shooting). I'm not making a claim either way - just letting you know that my understanding of what Fryer says.
53-18= 35 years of driving. Divide 300 by 35 that's 8-9 times a year you're pulled over. That's a YOU problem bud. Not cause of your skin lol.
@@lafelkins not sure your followed his point
I trust what RFK is saying 10000x more than Sam Harris. Sam comes from the Academia swamp that has caused so many of these problems.
Love that Sam.does not pander to a specific audience like most podcasters or media outlets.
"being interested in what's ultimately true is the way that we can overcome out inclination to believe things that charismatic people tell us"
Konstantin's answer for why truth is important is great!
I really cracked up at Harris saying if he said anything that tuned out to be untrue he would "lose 100% of my audience." In fact he has made objectively incorrect statements on several occasions
@@CantonBn and later admitted that he didn't care because reasons
53:01 "Contrite" doesn't mean what he thinks it means.
This guy completely kills the flow of the chat whenever he speaks
He probably thinks it's a super-mega-ultra-powered version of "trite"
Honestly the ego of an average mind stretching for superiority... Does this sort of comment make you feel superior or something? He misspoke, his mouth said contrite when he very clearly meant to say contrived. I can't say I particularly enjoy his show and I only listen if there's a compelling guest but this is so pathetic and there's so many nonsense comments like this here. Grow up and find some humility and good grace or you're just wasting your time listening to anything of substance.
@@stephenphillips3883 How did you arrive at this judgement about my mind, that it is "average?" Is it because of my reference to "The Princess Bride?" (Inigo says, "You keep on using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.") Perhaps you're endowed with the telepathic ability to discern IQ from an 8 word sentence online? I'm impressed no matter what your answer is. (Impressed at your temerity as well as your arrogance.) And, for the record, I thought he was intending to say "trite" in place of "contrite" since your suggestion of "contrived" is a past participle adjectival form whereas "trite" is a simple adjective which feels closer, but perhaps you are right. My mind is too average for me to ever know for certain.
@@johnblack7862 lol
the fact that they lie is not the most offensive thing ; because lying leads to the truth ..It is that they lie, and then they worship their own lies . You see ?
Excellent !!
If instead of a guy getting beaten up, it's a 1 year old. Then you dont need the context.
Yeah, if the whole "human shields" argument wouldn't work when applied to bombing the church/hospital/school in your neighborhood, then you're just ethnocentric when you accept it as applied to someone else's community.
Making any common sense to a Privileged Wealthy Collegiate Elitist SophistiCrat with a useless ivy League Liberal Arts Degree is like playing Chess with a Pigeon ... Spoiled Kid knocks over the pieces ... Sh*ts all over the board ... then struts around like they won the game.
Sam Harris is making an impact.
He is a truth speaking person.
I am very convinced that his perspective on what is happening is very informative.
I admire him and respect his integrity.
Joe rogan... did fact check Alex Jones....many things wrte in time proven right. And which human has all things right.
Sam Harris tries to use logic and good thinking. But doesnt do in depth study. There is stuff out there experts have explained... he never heard off. Like doctors still finding new information on covit vaccines.... etc. No one is talking about.
ok Sam
You can't argue with stupid, Sam. Most humans - unfortunately - think it's ok to exit logic when you back them into a corner. If you want to influence more people, you need rhetoric and charisma. Makes me sad, frankly. But it's true.
Beautifully put
Konstantin - "People can't process information correctly, they only react and emote"
also Konstantin - "It's okay to feature Norman Finkelstein unchallenged on my platform because people can see the truth from the lies on their own"
On the surface contradictory, but also taken out of context. There are, after all, different types of people.
I think there's an underexplored area of whether or not people support Hamas or more specifically Palestine or whether they're against Israel. I think there's an area in which people look at Israel as the more capable nation of the two and expect them to de-escalate because they're essentially the bigger guy. At least in terms of firepower.
I disagree with Israel 's use of force against Palestinians in the pursuit Hamas. But simply because they have the power to defend themselves and de-escalate a situation.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? De-escalation is how oct-7 happened in the first place. Do you realize that?
Get informed about matters before you embarrass yourself. Israel is surrounded by nations that truly hate them. Do you really think a death cult like Hamas would've lasted this long without help from other countries? Iran being one of them.
You disagree with their use of force against Palestinians- but they don't have a choice when hamas uses them as human shields to artificially inflate the civilian death count- and the Palestinians are largely *willing* to be their human shields.
Say what you want about Israel's current Gaza campaign, no palestinians have invaded Israel and murdered civilians since it started.
@@hanskrause8315 no, they just cheered and danced from the sidelines. they're getting everything they deserve.
"You can think in perfect straight lines. I think in fractals."
Sometimes Tom really says the silliest things.
4:00 this is the truest thing anyone has said in this hyper-media era! Listen to that again!
Would Sam talk to the truly great scientists who stood tall during covid..dr Batacharya, Dr Kuldorff, Dr Atlas, Dr Ionnedis, Nick Hudson, Mike Yeadon, Dr Gold, Dr Marik, Dr Weinstein?
I've wondered the same thing.
It’s never been about individual scientists. It’s always been about broad scientific consensus
and Dr. Malone !
every time i hear sam harris speak i'm amazed at how quickly he can manage to mention "trump bad" regardless of the subject being discussed.
bad TDS
Sam is okay with using lawfare and avoiding political interference as long as it’s for his side. That’s pretty clear now.
The rational side?
Konstantin 🔥
Man. Sam Harris referring to others as hypocrites, and being intellectually inconsistent is rich.
Sam's not as bad as some people. I'm with Sam about 80%+. But there are one or 2 crucial issues he's pushed but has not personally researched - so he got wrong. Probably because he took his advice from clever debaters. Lots of philosophers are wrong for that same reason. Philosophers are brilliant at decieving themselves.
I see people say stuff like this about Sam all the time but never give examples.
@@mark4asp *People* are good at deceiving themselves. You included.
@@SaltAndVinegarFlavourI mean, most people seem to struggle with basic introspection and being aware of the various cognitive biases that every human being experiences.
There is an irony in Konstantin pushing Sam to debate conspiracy theorists when it takes an order of magnitude more effort to debunk bullshit than to spew it. Konstantin exemplifies everything wrong with the podcast world:
Being on any guest you want. Make no effort to properly research literally anything. Rely on personal anecdotes to justify wide-ranging conclusions. Then try and push someone else to do the work he refuses to while giving air to looneys and making the problem worse.
Nothing he has not been able to say to their faces...