What is wrong with Sam Harris? He recently appeared on the British podcast "TRIGGERnometry" and...

That was a really stupid comment, but it isn't that much different from comments made by Trump who followed a similar path. Trump was a registered Democrat in NYC until he realized he could grift Republicans more easily, and turned into what he is today. I doubt he really has any political beliefs at all. He will say or do anything that will benefit himself in the here and now, just like Harris.

BohemianBabe · M

He spent years criticizing Christians, which endeared him to the Left...then when that got boring to people and the novelty wore off he started criticizing Islam, and to an obsessive degree. Although this brought him attention, it also isolated him from many liberals

This is a big misconception. Leftists were fine with him criticizing Christianity and Islam. What we didn't like was him being a religion reductionist when it came it Islam. He would say things like, Palestine is the way it is because of Islam, while ignoring the role that Israel plays. He'd also say only Muslim communities are still living in the Middle Ages, even though there are also Christian countries where they still stone gays and "witches" to death. And within America, we have plenty of Evangelicals that are still living in the Middle Ages.

And Liberals generally don't like Anti-Theism because Liberals are stupid.

plungesponge · 41-45, M

I have heard him say similar things before in comparing Trump to Biden and his point seems to be that Biden represents a sane leader rooted in reality, so even if he was perverted and devious enough to have murdered children, that is still a safer choice than giving the nuclear codes to someone like Trump who appears to live in delusion, potentially leading to millions of dead children. It's an extreme example but I don't think it's incomprehensible

Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M

Tbh though I've listened to them a lot in the past, I find the self proclaimed intellectuals to lose their perspective as they gain a following due to the positive feedback loop around them at all times. They also tend to waffle and intellectualise so much they devoid themselves from the reality of what they're talking about and end up with bad takes that people take as granted because "smart person/smart sounding person said it".

They forget every human is fallable in their knowledge and they're often tripped up by opinion and bias which they all fall into eventually. Look at Jordon Peterson for example.

faithfulhusband · C

i think he believes everything he says so i like him

DownTheStreet · 56-60, M

Simple answer is: follow the money

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

I love that you're doing something the left does all the time.