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EEVblog => EEVblog Specific => Topic started by: nixxon on December 28, 2015, 10:24:48 pm

Title: Thank you, Dave!
Post by: nixxon on December 28, 2015, 10:24:48 pm

Dave!

In Your video regarding #833 - Mailbag you link to a video including Sam Harris.

I am very grateful for your paying attention to  Sam Harris. I had never heard of him before. But - after watching some interviews on YouTube - he just makes sense.

Please watch this AAR (After Action Review) interview first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQqxlzHJrU0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQqxlzHJrU0)

In the interview linked above, Mr Harris actually does not make a single statement that I disagre with. And that has never happened to me before. Ever! I wish the majority of the public opinion were close to half as sound and reasonable as he is...

I hope Mr. Harris' thoughts will contribute to the repair of our world, as it is represented to us by the media today!

Again, Thank You very much, Dave.  :-+

This video is pretty decent as well. 10 yrs old though.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxhU3eeSKw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxhU3eeSKw)

Title: Re: Thank you, Dave!
Post by: steverino on January 01, 2016, 02:56:10 am

I too only recently became aware of Sam Harris.  A very good discussion about "Man Made?" religions, with Sam Harris and the late Christopher Hitchens, can be found at youtube (the video quality isn't the best): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCjy52h0hc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCjy52h0hc).   

I was very impressed with Mr. Harris' arguments in the linked video (and for me, always impressed with Hithchens' arguments).   I don't want this post to be about the topic of religion, but to show a very entertaining, thoughtful discussion including Sam Harris.