Making Sense of Belief and Unbelief | Episode 6 of The Essential Sam Harris

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#454 — More From Sam: Minnesota, Greenland, Iran, S**thole Countries, and More

In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron dive into the chaotic start to 2026. They discuss the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, the Trump administration's response and rhetoric, the "evil Chauncey Gardiner" approach to acquiring Greenland, the potent ...  Show more

#453 — AI and the New Face of Antisemitism

Sam Harris speaks with Judea Pearl about causality, AI, and antisemitism. They discuss why LLMs won't spawn AGI, alignment concerns in the race for AGI, Pearl's public life after the murder of his son Daniel, the post-October 7th shift toward open anti-Zionism, the overlap betwee ...  Show more

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