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<span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spirituality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spirituality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Spirituality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spirituality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Science_and_morality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Science_and_morality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Science and morality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Science_and_morality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Free_will" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Free_will"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Free will</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Free_will-sublist" 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="سم هریس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سم هریس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8" title="স্যাম হ্যারিস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="স্যাম হ্যারিস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Сам Харис – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сам Харис" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82" title="Σαμ Χάρρις – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σαμ Χάρρις" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="سم هریس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سم هریس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%98_%ED%95%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="샘 해리스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샘 해리스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%B4_%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD" title="Սեմ Հարիս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սեմ Հարիս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8" title="सैम हैरिस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सैम हैरिस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sam Harris" 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lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Sam Harris" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_(schrijver)" title="Sam Harris (schrijver) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sam Harris (schrijver)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9" title="サム・ハリス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サム・ハリス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris" 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style="display:inline;" class="fn">Sam Harris</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Harris_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harris in 2016"><img alt="Harris in 2016" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Sam_Harris_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Sam_Harris_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Sam_Harris_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Sam_Harris_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Sam_Harris_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Sam_Harris_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2972" data-file-height="3885" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Harris in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Samuel Benjamin Harris<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-04-09</span>) </span>April 9, 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Nonfiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonfiction">Nonfiction</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">Neuroscience</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-pardi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pardi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> religion, <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics">ethics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Politics" title="Politics">politics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/PEN_American_Center_inactive_awards#Martha_Albrand_Award_for_First_Nonfiction_(1989–2006)" title="PEN American Center inactive awards">PEN/Martha Albrand Award</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Webby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Webby Award">Webby Award</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Annaka_Harris" title="Annaka Harris">Annaka Gorton</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2004)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Berkeley Harris</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Harris" title="Susan Harris">Susan Spivak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Harris_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sam_Harris_signature.svg/150px-Sam_Harris_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sam_Harris_signature.svg/225px-Sam_Harris_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sam_Harris_signature.svg/300px-Sam_Harris_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="220" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><hr /><b>Philosophy career</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Era</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_philosophy" title="Contemporary philosophy">Contemporary philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/366925574/"><i>The moral landscape: How science could determine human values</i></a> (2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Doctoral_advisor" title="Doctoral advisor">Doctoral advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_S._Cohen" title="Mark S. Cohen">Mark Cohen</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://samharris.org">samharris<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel Benjamin Harris</b> (born April 9, 1967) is an American <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neuroscientist" title="Neuroscientist">neuroscientist</a>, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including <a href="/wiki/Rationality" title="Rationality">rationality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics">ethics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Free_will" title="Free will">free will</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_drug" title="Psychedelic drug">psychedelics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind" title="Philosophy of mind">philosophy of mind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Politics" title="Politics">politics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a>. Harris came to prominence for his <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_religion" title="Criticism of religion">criticism of religion</a>, and he is known as one of the <a href="/wiki/New_Atheism#"Four_Horsemen"" title="New Atheism">"Four Horsemen" of New Atheism</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dennett" title="Daniel Dennett">Daniel Dennett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-phil-now_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phil-now-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BJJ_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BJJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris's first book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i> (2004), won the <a href="/wiki/PEN_American_Center_inactive_awards#Martha_Albrand_Award_for_First_Nonfiction_(1989–2006)" title="PEN American Center inactive awards">PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction</a> and remained on <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list"><i>The New York Times</i> Best Seller list</a> for 33 weeks. Harris has since written six additional books: <i><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_a_Christian_Nation" title="Letter to a Christian Nation">Letter to a Christian Nation</a></i> in 2006, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape" title="The Moral Landscape">The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values</a></i> in 2010, the long-form essay <i><a href="/wiki/Lying_(Harris_book)" title="Lying (Harris book)">Lying</a></i> in 2011, the short book <i><a href="/wiki/Free_Will_(book)" title="Free Will (book)">Free Will</a></i> in 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/Waking_Up:_A_Guide_to_Spirituality_Without_Religion" title="Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion">Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion</a></i> in 2014, and (with British writer <a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Maajid Nawaz</a>) <i><a href="/wiki/Islam_and_the_Future_of_Tolerance" title="Islam and the Future of Tolerance">Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue</a></i> in 2015. Harris's work has been translated into over 20 languages. Some critics have argued that Harris's writings are <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris and his supporters, however, reject this characterization,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> adding that such a labeling is an attempt to silence criticism.<sup id="cite_ref-Indi1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indi1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris has debated with many prominent figures on the topics of God or religion, including <a href="/wiki/William_Lane_Craig" title="William Lane Craig">William Lane Craig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peterson" title="Jordan Peterson">Jordan Peterson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Warren" title="Rick Warren">Rick Warren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wright_(journalist)" title="Robert Wright (journalist)">Robert Wright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan" title="Andrew Sullivan">Andrew Sullivan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cenk_Uygur" title="Cenk Uygur">Cenk Uygur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reza_Aslan" title="Reza Aslan">Reza Aslan</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Wolpe" title="David Wolpe">David Wolpe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deepak_Chopra" title="Deepak Chopra">Deepak Chopra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shapiro" title="Ben Shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Singer" title="Peter Singer">Peter Singer</a>. Since September 2013, Harris has hosted the <i>Making Sense</i> podcast (originally titled <i>Waking Up</i>), which has a large listenership. Around 2018, he was described as one of the marginalized "renegade" intellectuals,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though Harris disagreed with that characterization.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-republic_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-republic-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2018, Harris released a <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">app</a>, <i>Waking Up with Sam Harris</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. He is also considered a prominent figure in the <a href="/wiki/Mindfulness" title="Mindfulness">Mindfulness</a> movement, promoting meditation practices without the need for any religious beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-Salon-Sam_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon-Sam-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samuel Benjamin Harris was born in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, on April 9, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Playboy_Interview_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Playboy_Interview-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the son of the late actor Berkeley Harris, who appeared mainly in <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a> films, and television writer and producer <a href="/wiki/Susan_Harris" title="Susan Harris">Susan Harris</a> (née Spivak), who created <i><a href="/wiki/Soap_(TV_series)" title="Soap (TV series)">Soap</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Girls" title="The Golden Girls">The Golden Girls</a></i>, among other series.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-spiritual_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-spiritual-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SusanHarris_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SusanHarris-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, born in North Carolina, came from a <a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quaker</a> background, and his mother is <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> but not religious.<sup id="cite_ref-Tablet1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tablet1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised by his mother following his parents' divorce when he was age two.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris has stated that his upbringing was entirely secular and that his parents rarely discussed religion, though he also stated that he was not raised as an <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While his original major was in English, Harris became interested in philosophical questions while at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> after an experience with <a href="/wiki/Empathogen%E2%80%93entactogen" class="mw-redirect" title="Empathogen–entactogen">MDMA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The experience interested him in the idea he might be able to achieve spiritual insights without the use of drugs.<sup id="cite_ref-newsweek.com_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsweek.com-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leaving Stanford in his second year, a quarter after his psychoactive experience, he visited <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, where he studied <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> with teachers of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> religions,<sup id="cite_ref-newsweek.com_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsweek.com-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Segal2006_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segal2006-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Dilgo_Khyentse" title="Dilgo Khyentse">Dilgo Khyentse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Science_on_the_Brink_of_Death_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Science_on_the_Brink_of_Death-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a few weeks in the early 1990s, he was a volunteer guard in the security detail of <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">the Dalai Lama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Segal2006_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segal2006-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, after eleven years overseas, Harris returned to Stanford, completing a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Segal2006_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segal2006-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris began writing his first book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i>, immediately after the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Segal2006_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segal2006-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He received a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cognitive_neuroscience" title="Cognitive neuroscience">cognitive neuroscience</a> in 2009 from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Segal2006_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segal2006-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Greenberg_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenberg-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HealyLATimes_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealyLATimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using <a href="/wiki/Functional_magnetic_resonance_imaging" title="Functional magnetic resonance imaging">functional magnetic resonance imaging</a> to conduct research into the neural basis of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty.<sup id="cite_ref-Segal2006_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segal2006-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HealyLATimes_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealyLATimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His thesis was titled <i>The Moral Landscape: How Science Could Determine Human Values</i>. His advisor was <a href="/wiki/Mark_S._Cohen" title="Mark S. Cohen">Mark S. Cohen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thesis_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thesis-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris's writing concerns <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_religion" title="Criticism of religion">criticism of religion</a>. He came to prominence for his criticism of religion (<a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> in particular) and he is described as one of the <a href="/wiki/New_Atheism#"Four_Horsemen"" title="New Atheism">Four Horsemen of Atheism</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dennett" title="Daniel Dennett">Daniel Dennett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bowles_2019_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bowles_2019-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-phil-now_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phil-now-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has written for publications such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> (of London), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-edge-bio_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edge-bio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five of Harris's books have been <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list"><i>New York Times</i> bestsellers</a>, and his writing has been translated into over 20 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-edge-bio_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edge-bio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i> (2004) remained on <i>The New York Times</i> Best Seller list for 33 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcast">Podcast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Podcast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2013, Harris began releasing the <i>Waking Up</i> podcast (since re-titled <i>Making Sense</i>). Episodes vary in length but often last over two hours.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-podcasts_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-podcasts-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Releases do not follow a regular schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The podcast focuses on a wide array of topics related to science and spirituality, including philosophy, religion, morality, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics and artificial intelligence. Harris has interviewed a wide range of guests, including scientists, philosophers, spiritual teachers, and authors. Guests have included <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peterson" title="Jordan Peterson">Jordan Peterson</a>, Dan Dennett, <a href="/wiki/Janna_Levin" title="Janna Levin">Janna Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Singer" title="Peter Singer">Peter Singer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Chalmers" title="David Chalmers">David Chalmers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Weiss_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weiss-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-spiritual_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-spiritual-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vox-thn_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vox-thn-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meditation_app">Meditation app</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Meditation app"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2018, Harris released a meditation course app, <i>Waking Up with Sam Harris</i>. The app provides daily meditations; long guided meditations; daily "Moments" (brief meditations and reminders); conversations with thought leaders in psychology, meditation, philosophy, psychedelics, and other disciplines; a selection of lessons on various topics, such as <i>Mind & Emotion</i>, <i>Free Will</i>, and <i>Doing Good</i>; and more. Users of the app are introduced to several types of meditation, such as <a href="/wiki/Mindfulness" title="Mindfulness">mindfulness</a> meditation, <a href="/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Vipassanā">vipassanā</a>-style meditation, <a href="/wiki/Mett%C4%81#Mettā_meditation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mettā">loving-kindness meditation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dzogchen" title="Dzogchen">Dzogchen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-app-review_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-app-review-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2020, Harris announced his commitment to donate at least 10% of Waking Up's profits to highly <a href="/wiki/Effective_altruism" title="Effective altruism">effective</a> charities,<sup id="cite_ref-wakingup-2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wakingup-2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus becoming the first company to sign the <a href="/wiki/Giving_What_We_Can" title="Giving What We Can">Giving What We Can</a> pledge for companies.<sup id="cite_ref-gwwc-members_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwwc-members-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pledge was retroactive, taking into account the profits since the day the app launched two years previously.<sup id="cite_ref-wakingup-2_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wakingup-2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Socio-religious_Views">Socio-religious Views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Socio-religious Views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks plainlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:200%;font-weight:normal;padding-bottom:0.15em;"><a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">Atheism</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0.3em 0.3em 0.6em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Implicit_and_explicit_atheism" title="Implicit and explicit atheism">Implicit and explicit atheism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy)" title="Naturalism (philosophy)">Naturalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negative_and_positive_atheism" title="Negative and positive atheism">Negative and positive atheism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0.3em 0.3em 0.6em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_atheism" title="History of atheism">History of atheism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atheism_during_the_Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Atheism during the Age of Enlightenment">Atheism during the Age of Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Atheism" title="New Atheism">New Atheism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Society</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0.3em 0.3em 0.6em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atheist_feminism" title="Atheist feminism">Atheist feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_religion" title="Criticism of religion">Criticism of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism" title="Demographics of atheism">Demographics of atheism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrimination_against_atheists" title="Discrimination against atheists">Discrimination against atheists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_ethics" title="Secular ethics">Secular ethics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">Secularism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_atheism" title="State atheism">State atheism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Arguments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0.3em 0.3em 0.6em;;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Existence_of_God#Arguments_against_its/their_existence" title="Existence of God">Arguments for atheism</a> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atheist%27s_wager" title="Atheist's wager">Atheist's wager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Problem_of_the_creator_of_God" title="Problem of the creator of God">Creator of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evil_God_challenge" title="Evil God challenge">Evil God challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fate_of_the_unlearned" title="Fate of the unlearned"><span class="wrap">Fate of the unlearned</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argument_from_free_will" title="Argument from free will">Free will</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_of_the_gaps" title="God of the gaps">God of the gaps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitchens%27s_razor" title="Hitchens's razor">Hitchens's razor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incompatible-properties_argument" title="Incompatible-properties argument"><span class="wrap">Incompatible properties</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argument_from_inconsistent_revelations" class="mw-redirect" title="Argument from inconsistent revelations">Inconsistent revelation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argument_from_nonbelief" title="Argument from nonbelief">Nonbelief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occam%27s_razor#Religion" title="Occam's razor">Occam's razor</a></li> <li><a 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C. Grayling">A. C. Grayling</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sam Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baron_d%27Holbach" title="Baron d'Holbach">Baron d'Holbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Krauss" title="Lawrence Krauss">Lawrence Krauss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lou_Martin" title="Michael Lou Martin">Michael Lou Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Marx" title="Karl Marx">Karl Marx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Meslier" title="Jean Meslier">Jean Meslier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Onfray" title="Michel Onfray">Michel Onfray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Bertrand Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Singer" title="Peter Singer">Peter Singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_J._Stenger" title="Victor J. 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Delusion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God_Is_Not_Great" title="God Is Not Great">God Is Not Great</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_System_of_Nature" title="The System of Nature">The System of Nature</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Related stances</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0.3em 0.3em 0.6em;;padding-bottom:0;"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">Irreligion</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Atheism_sidebar" title="Template:Atheism sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Atheism_sidebar" title="Template talk:Atheism sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Atheism_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Atheism sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Harris is generally a critic of religion, and is considered a leading figure in the <a href="/wiki/New_Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="New Atheist">New Atheist</a> movement. Harris is particularly opposed to what he refers to as <a href="/wiki/Dogma" title="Dogma">dogmatic</a> belief, and says that "Pretending to know things one doesn't know is a betrayal of science – and yet it is the lifeblood of religion."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While purportedly opposed to religion in general and the belief systems of them, Harris believes that all religions are not created equal.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-spiritual_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-spiritual-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often invoking the non-violent nature of <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Jains-Today_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jains-Today-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to contrast with <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Salon_don_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon_don-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris argues that the differences in religious doctrines and scriptures are the main indicators of a religion's value.<sup id="cite_ref-response-controversy_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-response-controversy-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Sam_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Sam-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2006 Harris debated <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wright_(journalist)" title="Robert Wright (journalist)">Robert Wright</a> on the rationality of religious belief.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, he engaged in a lengthy debate with conservative commentator <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan" title="Andrew Sullivan">Andrew Sullivan</a> on the Internet forum <i><a href="/wiki/Beliefnet" title="Beliefnet">Beliefnet</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-harris-sullivan_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-sullivan-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2007, Harris debated with evangelical pastor <a href="/wiki/Rick_Warren" title="Rick Warren">Rick Warren</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-harris-warren_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-warren-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris debated with Rabbi <a href="/wiki/David_Wolpe" title="David Wolpe">David Wolpe</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-harris-wolpe-debate_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-wolpe-debate-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, Harris joined <a href="/wiki/Michael_Shermer" title="Michael Shermer">Michael Shermer</a> to debate with <a href="/wiki/Deepak_Chopra" title="Deepak Chopra">Deepak Chopra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean_Houston" title="Jean Houston">Jean Houston</a> on the future of God in a debate hosted by <i><a href="/wiki/Nightline" title="Nightline">ABC News Nightline</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nightline-debate_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nightline-debate-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris debated with Christian philosopher <a href="/wiki/William_Lane_Craig" title="William Lane Craig">William Lane Craig</a> in April 2011 on whether there can be an <a href="/wiki/Objectivity_(philosophy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Objectivity (philosophy)">objective</a> <a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">morality</a> without God.<sup id="cite_ref-craig-new-theist_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig-new-theist-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June and July 2018, he met with Canadian psychologist <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peterson" title="Jordan Peterson">Jordan Peterson</a> for a series of debates on religion, particularly the relationship between religious values and scientific fact in defining truth.<sup id="cite_ref-observer-harris-peterson_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-observer-harris-peterson-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spectator-harris-peterson_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spectator-harris-peterson-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris has debated with the scholar <a href="/wiki/Reza_Aslan" title="Reza Aslan">Reza Aslan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jennek-thesis_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jennek-thesis-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Harris described <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> as "all fringe and no center",<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wrote in <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i> that "the doctrine of Islam<span class="nowrap"> </span>... represents a unique danger to all of us", arguing that the <a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">war on terror</a> is really a war against Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams-2016_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-2016-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Harris in the famous “Four Horsemen” debate asked fellow atheists, Hitchens, Dawkins, and Dennett, “Do you feel there's any burden we have, as critics of religion, to be evenhanded in our criticism of religion, or is it fair to notice that there's a spectrum of religious ideas and commitments and Islam is on one end of it and the Amish and the Jains and others are on another end, and there are real differences here that we have to take seriously.”<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Harris said he considers Islam to be "especially belligerent and inimical to the norms of civil discourse", as it involves what Harris considers to be "bad ideas, held for bad reasons, leading to bad behavior."<sup id="cite_ref-response-controversy_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-response-controversy-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015 Harris and secular Islamic activist <a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Maajid Nawaz</a> cowrote<i> <a href="/wiki/Islam_and_the_Future_of_Tolerance" title="Islam and the Future of Tolerance">Islam and the Future of Tolerance</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this book, Harris argues that the word <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a> is a "pernicious meme", a label which prevents discussion about the threat of Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams-2016_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-2016-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris has been described in 2020 by Jonathan Matusitz, Associate Professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida_College_of_Sciences" title="University of Central Florida College of Sciences">University of Central Florida</a>, as "a champion of the <a href="/wiki/Counter-jihad" title="Counter-jihad">counter-jihad</a> left".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris is also critical of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_right" title="Christian right">Christian right</a> in politics in the United States, blaming them for the political focus on "pseudo-problems like gay marriage".<sup id="cite_ref-albert-mohler_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albert-mohler-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also critical of <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Christianity" title="Liberal Christianity">liberal Christianity</a> – as represented, for instance, by the theology of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tillich" title="Paul Tillich">Paul Tillich</a> – which he argues claims to base its beliefs on the Bible despite actually being influenced by secular modernity. He further states that in so doing liberal Christianity provides rhetorical cover to fundamentalists.<sup id="cite_ref-albert-mohler_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albert-mohler-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris emphasizes that all religions are not the same and that if any religion can be considered a "religion of peace", it is not Islam, but rather <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Salon_don_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon_don-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jains-Today_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jains-Today-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Sam_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Sam-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which emerged in India around the same time as Buddhism, and has non-violence as its core doctrine.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Sam_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Sam-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He underscores that to be a practicing Jain, one has to be a vegetarian and a pacifist, while the Jain monks even wear masks in order to avoid breathing in any living thing.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Sam_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Sam-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jains-Today_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jains-Today-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But, he points out that even the Jain religion has its problems, as Jains believe certain things based on insufficient evidence, which leads to some religious dogmas.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Sam_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Sam-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris has often noted some positive aspects of <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> thought, especially in relation to meditation, such as <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>'s emphasis that one's behavior and intentions impact the mind, and in order to achieve happiness, one needs to strive towards "overcoming fear and hatred" while "maximizing love and compassion".<sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Sam_46-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Sam-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, while discussing his book <i>Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion,</i> Harris noted that the West could learn a lot from the East about the traditions of meditation found in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-spiritual_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-spiritual-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he considers that meditation can be practiced without any traditional religious beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-Salon-Sam_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon-Sam-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spirituality">Spirituality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Spirituality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris holds that there is "nothing irrational about seeking the states of mind that lie at the core of many religions. Compassion, awe, devotion, and feelings of oneness are surely among the most valuable experiences a person can have", <sup id="cite_ref-newsweek.com_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsweek.com-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> saying:<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Everything of value that people get from religion can be had more honestly, without presuming anything on insufficient evidence. The rest is self-deception, set to music.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Sam Harris (15 March 2007), <i>SamHarris.org</i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Harris rejects the dichotomy between <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rationality" title="Rationality">rationality</a>, favoring a middle path that preserves spirituality and science but does not involve religion.<sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He writes that spirituality should be understood in light of scientific disciplines like <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a> and <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Science, he contends, can show how to maximize human well-being, but may fail to answer certain questions about the nature of being, answers to some of which he says are discoverable directly through our experience.<sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His conception of spirituality does not involve a belief in any god.<sup id="cite_ref-h-smith_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h-smith-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Waking_Up:_A_Guide_to_Spirituality_Without_Religion" title="Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion">Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion</a></i> (2014), Harris describes his experience with <a href="/wiki/Dzogchen" title="Dzogchen">Dzogchen</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan Buddhist">Tibetan Buddhist</a> meditation practice, and recommends it to his readers.<sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He writes that the purpose of spirituality (as he defines it – he concedes that the term's uses are diverse and sometimes indefensible) is to become aware that our sense of self is illusory, and says this realization brings both happiness and insight into the nature of <a href="/wiki/Consciousness" title="Consciousness">consciousness</a>, mirroring core Buddhist beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kirkus_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kirkus-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This process of realization, he argues, is based on experience and is not contingent on <a href="/wiki/Faith" title="Faith">faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-spiritual_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-spiritual-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When you learn how to meditate, you recognize that there is another possibility, which is to be vividly aware of your experience in each moment in a way that frees you from routine misery.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Sam Harris (February 2019), <i>The Guardian</i></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_and_morality">Science and morality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Science and morality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Science_of_morality" title="Science of morality">Science of morality</a></div> <p>Harris considers that the <a href="/wiki/Well-being" title="Well-being">well-being</a> of conscious creatures forms the basis of morality. In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape" title="The Moral Landscape">The Moral Landscape</a></i>, he argues that science can in principle answer moral questions and help maximize well-being.<sup id="cite_ref-Salon_don_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon_don-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris rejects the moral authority of religion, and points to what he sees as failures or misplaced priorities, for example saying that "The Catholic Church is more concerned about preventing contraception than preventing child rape".<sup id="cite_ref-Salon_don_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon_don-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris also criticizes <a href="/wiki/Cultural_relativism" title="Cultural relativism">cultural</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moral_relativism" title="Moral relativism">moral relativism</a>, arguing that it prevents people from making objective moral judgments about practices that clearly harm human well-being, such as <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a>. Harris contends that we can make scientifically-based claims about the negative impacts of such practices on human welfare, and that withholding judgment in these cases is tantamount to claiming complete ignorance about what contributes to human well-being.<sup id="cite_ref-Salon_don_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon_don-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Free_will">Free will</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Free will"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will" title="Neuroscience of free will">Neuroscience of free will</a></div> <p>Harris says that the idea of <a href="/wiki/Free_will" title="Free will">free will</a> "cannot be mapped on to any conceivable reality" and is incoherent.<sup id="cite_ref-pardi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pardi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris writes in <i><a href="/wiki/Free_Will_(book)" title="Free Will (book)">Free Will</a></i> that neuroscience "reveals you to be a biochemical puppet."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Harris agrees with philosopher <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dennett" title="Daniel Dennett">Daniel Dennett</a> on several fundamental points about free will - that the conventional libertarian idea makes no sense scientifically and that determinism doesn't imply fatalism - he disagrees with Dennett's approach of revising the concept. Harris argues that the traditional notion of free will is fundamentally flawed and its illusion needs to be dispelled rather than redefined, as it leads to problematic moral impulses like vengeance and affects the criminal justice system.<sup id="cite_ref-harris-freewill_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-freewill-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Philosopher Daniel Dennett argued that Harris's book <i>Free Will</i> successfully refuted the common understanding of free will, but that he failed to respond adequately to the <a href="/wiki/Compatibilist" class="mw-redirect" title="Compatibilist">compatibilist</a> understanding of free will. Dennett said the book was valuable because it expressed the views of many eminent scientists, but that it nonetheless contained a "veritable museum of mistakes" and that "Harris and others need to do their homework if they want to engage with the best thought on the topic."<sup id="cite_ref-dennett-review_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dennett-review-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artificial_intelligence">Artificial intelligence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Artificial intelligence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris is particularly concerned with <a href="/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Existential risk from artificial general intelligence">existential risks from artificial general intelligence</a>, a topic he has discussed in depth.<sup id="cite_ref-edge-ai_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edge-ai-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2016 <a href="/wiki/TED_talk" class="mw-redirect" title="TED talk">TED talk</a>, he argued that it will be a major threat in the future, and criticized the lack of human interest on the subject.<sup id="cite_ref-aitedtalk-davey_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aitedtalk-davey-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said that <a href="/wiki/Artificial_superintelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Artificial superintelligence">artificial superintelligence</a> will inevitably be developed if three assumptions hold true: intelligence is a product of information processing in physical systems, humans will continue to improve intelligent machines, and human intelligence is far from the peak of possible intelligence.<sup id="cite_ref-aitedtalk-davey_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aitedtalk-davey-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He described making <a href="/wiki/AI_alignment" title="AI alignment">artificial superintelligence safe</a> as "one of the greatest challenges our species will ever face", indicating that it would warrant immediate consideration.<sup id="cite_ref-aitedtalk-davey_72-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aitedtalk-davey-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris describes himself as a liberal, even though he criticizes some aspects of both right and left. He is a registered <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has never voted <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> in presidential elections.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He supports <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drug_liberalization" title="Drug liberalization">decriminalizing drugs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-laharris_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-laharris-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism_of_the_Bush_Administration">Criticism of the Bush Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Criticism of the Bush Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris frequently criticized <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> over his support for <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> and his coziness with <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an op-ed for the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> in 2006, Harris said that he supported most of the criticism against the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">Bush administration</a>'s <a href="/wiki/War_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Iraq">war in Iraq</a>, and all criticism of fiscal policy and the administration's treatment of science. Harris also said that liberalism has grown "dangerously out of touch with the realities of our world" regarding threats posed by <a href="/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism" title="Islamic fundamentalism">Islamic fundamentalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-laharris_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-laharris-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris criticized the Bush administration for its use of torture at <a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse" title="Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse">Abu Ghraib</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantánamo Bay</a>, but also argued that there can be a rational case for torture in rare circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris opposes religious claims to Israel's right to exist as a <a href="/wiki/Jewish_state" title="Jewish state">Jewish state</a>. Nonetheless, Harris has said that due to the hostility towards Jews, if there is one religious group which needs protections in the form of a state, it is Jews and the state of Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris has criticized both Israel and Palestine for committing war crimes in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a>. He said in 2014 that he believes Israel genuinely wants peace and that its neighbors are more devoted to the destruction of Israel. Harris has also said that Palestine is more guilty, citing <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>' use of human shields and genocidal rhetoric towards the Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He names these as reasons that Israel has a right to defend itself against Palestine.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a> that began in October 2023, Harris expressed support for Israel and rejected arguments that Israel provoked Hamas by building <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlements</a> in the West Bank, arguing that Gaza had not been occupied since 2005. He also condemned the <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas attack on Israel">2023 Hamas attack on Israel</a>, which led to the war.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 United States presidential election</a>, he supported the candidacy of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and opposed Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>'s candidacy.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 United States presidential election</a>, Harris supported <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> in the Democratic Party presidential primaries against <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and despite calling her "a terribly flawed candidate for the presidency", he favored her in the general election and came out strongly in opposition to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s candidacy.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Weiss_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weiss-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris has criticized Trump for lying, stating in 2018 that Trump "has assaulted truth more than anyone in human history."<sup id="cite_ref-Weiss_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weiss-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 United States presidential election</a>, Harris supported <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Yang" title="Andrew Yang">Andrew Yang</a> in the Democratic primaries.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris also introduced Yang to podcaster <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rogan" title="Joe Rogan">Joe Rogan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 2020 election, he said that he did not care what was on <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Biden" title="Hunter Biden">Hunter Biden</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controversy" title="Hunter Biden laptop controversy">laptop</a>, telling the <a href="/wiki/Triggernometry_(podcast)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triggernometry (podcast)">Triggernometry</a> podcast that "Hunter Biden literally could have had the corpses of children in his basement – I would not have cared",<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arguing more broadly that both Trump and Biden had been in the public eye for decades, and that Biden would have had to have engaged in an extraordinarily large scale of mendacity to come even close to the level of scandal Trump is known to have engaged in. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 United States presidential election</a>, Harris endorsed <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just a few days before the elections, he joined in a debate on the <i>Honestly</i> podcast where he argued in favor of supporting Kamala Harris, while <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shapiro" title="Ben Shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a> presented the case for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economics">Economics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris supports raising taxes on the wealthy and reducing government spending, and has criticized billionaires like <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Buffett" title="Warren Buffett">Warren Buffett</a> for paying relatively little in tax. He has proposed taxing 10% for estates worth above 10 million, taxing 50% for estates worth over a billion dollars, and then using the money to fund an infrastructure bank.<sup id="cite_ref-too-rich_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-too-rich-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has accused conservatives of perceiving raising taxes as a form of theft or punishment, and of believing that by being rich they create value for others.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-too-rich_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-too-rich-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has described this view as ludicrous, saying that "<a href="/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market">markets</a> aren't perfectly reflective of the value of goods and services, and many wealthy people don't create much in the way of value for others. In fact, as our recent financial crisis has shown, it is possible for a few people to become extraordinarily rich by wrecking the global economy".<sup id="cite_ref-too-rich_91-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-too-rich-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_rights">Gun rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gun rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris owns guns and wrote in 2015 that he understood people's hostility towards <a href="/wiki/Gun_culture_in_the_United_States" title="Gun culture in the United States">gun culture in the United States</a> and the political influence of the <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rifle Association of America">National Rifle Association of America</a>. However, he argued that there is a rational case for gun ownership due to the fact that the police cannot always be relied on and that guns are a good alternative.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-riddle_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riddle-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris has stated that he disagrees with proposals by liberals and gun control advocates for restricting guns, such as the <a href="/wiki/Assault_weapons_ban_(USA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assault weapons ban (USA)">assault weapons ban</a>, since more gun crimes are committed with handguns than the semi-automatic weapons which the ban would target. Harris has also said that the left-wing media gets many things wrong about guns. He has, however, offered support for certain regulations on gun ownership, such as mandatory training, licensure, and background checks before a gun can be legally purchased.<sup id="cite_ref-riddle_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riddle-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COVID-19_pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: COVID-19 pandemic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, he criticized commentators for pushing views on COVID-19 that he considered to be "patently insane". Harris accused these commentators of believing that COVID-19 policies were a way of implementing social control and to crackdown on people's freedom politically.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris has feuded with <a href="/wiki/Bret_Weinstein" title="Bret Weinstein">Bret Weinstein</a> over his views on COVID-19.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, he said that if COVID-19 had killed more children, there would be no patience for vaccine skepticism.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, he hosted <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ridley" title="Matt Ridley">Matt Ridley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alina_Chan" title="Alina Chan">Alina Chan</a> on his podcast to discuss the <a href="/wiki/Origins_of_COVID-19" class="mw-redirect" title="Origins of COVID-19">origins of COVID-19</a> and the potential that the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory" title="COVID-19 lab leak theory">COVID-19 virus was made in a lab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intellectual_dark_web">Intellectual dark web</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Intellectual dark web"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris has been described, alongside others such as <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rogan" title="Joe Rogan">Joe Rogan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bret_Weinstein" title="Bret Weinstein">Bret Weinstein</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peterson" title="Jordan Peterson">Jordan Peterson</a>, as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_dark_web" title="Intellectual dark web">intellectual dark web</a>, a group that opposes political correctness and identity politics.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>New York Times</i> book reviewer <a href="/wiki/Bari_Weiss" title="Bari Weiss">Bari Weiss</a> described the group as "a collection of iconoclastic thinkers, academic renegades and media personalities who are having a rolling conversation – on podcasts, YouTube and Twitter, and in sold-out auditoriums – that sound unlike anything else happening, at least publicly, in the culture right now."<sup id="cite_ref-Weiss_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weiss-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2020, Harris stated that he does not identify as a part of that group.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-republic_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-republic-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021 Harris stated that he had "turn[ed] in [his] imaginary membership card to this imaginary organization".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023 during an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Beast" title="The Daily Beast">The Daily Beast</a></i>, Harris explained that he had broken away from the intellectual dark web due to disagreements with Bret Weinstein, and <a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Maajid Nawaz</a>'s "obsession" with COVID-19 conspiracy theories and criticism of COVID-19 policies. He also described becoming disenchanted with <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rubin" title="Dave Rubin">Dave Rubin</a> for having been captured by his audience and said "Rubin became far more cynical than I would have thought possible. And it's very depressing. He was a friend, he's not a friend anymore".<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2017, Harris hosted the social scientist <a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_(political_scientist)" title="Charles Murray (political scientist)">Charles Murray</a> on his podcast, discussing topics including the <a href="/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ" title="Heritability of IQ">heritability of IQ</a> and <a href="/wiki/Race_and_intelligence" title="Race and intelligence">race and intelligence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-harris-ekeal_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-ekeal-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris stated the invitation was out of indignation at a violent protest against Murray at <a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a> the month before and not out of particular interest in the material at hand.<sup id="cite_ref-harris-ekeal_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-ekeal-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The podcast episode garnered significant criticism, most notably from <i><a href="/wiki/Vox_(website)" title="Vox (website)">Vox</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-vox-thn_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vox-thn-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vox-klein_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vox-klein-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Slate_(magazine)" title="Slate (magazine)">Slate</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-slate-iq_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slate-iq-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <i>Vox</i> article, scientists, including <a href="/wiki/Eric_Turkheimer" title="Eric Turkheimer">Eric Turkheimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Paige_Harden" title="Kathryn Paige Harden">Kathryn Paige Harden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Nisbett" title="Richard E. Nisbett">Richard E. Nisbett</a>, accused Harris of participating in "pseudoscientific racialist speculation" and peddling "junk science". Harris and Murray were defended by commentators <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan" title="Andrew Sullivan">Andrew Sullivan</a><sup id="cite_ref-sullivan-genetics_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sullivan-genetics-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Smith_(critic)" title="Kyle Smith (critic)">Kyle Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smith-nr_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-nr-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris and <i>Vox</i> editor-at-large <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Klein" title="Ezra Klein">Ezra Klein</a> later discussed the affair in a podcast interview in which Klein accused Harris of "thinking tribally" and Harris accused the <i>Vox</i> article of leading people to think he was racist.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wright-wired_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright-wired-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusations_of_Islamophobia">Accusations of Islamophobia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Accusations of Islamophobia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris has been accused of <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a> by linguist and political commentator <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aj-chomsky_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aj-chomsky-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Harris and Chomsky exchanged a series of emails on terrorism and U.S. foreign policy in 2015, Chomsky said Harris had not prepared adequately for the exchange and that this revealed his work as unserious.<sup id="cite_ref-salon-chomsky_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-chomsky-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2016 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English" title="Al Jazeera English">Al Jazeera English</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> <i><a href="/wiki/UpFront" title="UpFront">UpFront</a></i>, Chomsky further criticized Harris, saying he "specializes in hysterical, slanderous charges against people he doesn't like."<sup id="cite_ref-aj-chomsky_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aj-chomsky-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris has countered that his views on this and other topics are frequently misrepresented by "unethical critics" who "deliberately" take his words out of context.<sup id="cite_ref-response-controversy_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-response-controversy-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also criticized the validity of the term "Islamophobia".<sup id="cite_ref-Indi12_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indi12-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "My criticism of Islam is a criticism of beliefs and their consequences, but my fellow liberals reflexively view it as an expression of intolerance toward people,"<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he wrote following a disagreement with actor <a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> in October 2014 on the show <i><a href="/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher" title="Real Time with Bill Maher">Real Time with Bill Maher</a></i>. Affleck had described Harris's and host <a href="/wiki/Bill_Maher" title="Bill Maher">Bill Maher</a>'s views on Muslims as "gross" and "racist", and Harris's statement that "Islam is the <a href="/wiki/Mother_lode" title="Mother lode">mother lode</a> of bad ideas" as an "ugly thing to say". Affleck also compared Harris's and Maher's rhetoric to that of people who use <a href="/wiki/Antisemitic_canard" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisemitic canard">antisemitic canards</a> or define African Americans in terms of intraracial crime.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative American</a> media pundits in turn criticized Affleck and praised Harris and Maher for broaching the topic, saying that discussing it had become taboo.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywood-affleck_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywood-affleck-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris's dialogue on Islam with <a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Maajid Nawaz</a> received a combination of positive reviews<sup id="cite_ref-National_Review_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Review-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pw-harris-nawaz_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pw-harris-nawaz-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sonenshine-harris-nawaz_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sonenshine-harris-nawaz-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and mixed reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-kirkus-harris-nawaz_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kirkus-harris-nawaz-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-manji-harris-nawaz_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manji-harris-nawaz-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Irshad_Manji" title="Irshad Manji">Irshad Manji</a> wrote: "Their back-and-forth clarifies multiple confusions that plague the public conversation about Islam." Of Harris specifically, she said "[he] is right that liberals must end their silence about the religious motives behind much Islamist terror. At the same time, he ought to call out another double standard that feeds the liberal reflex to excuse Islamists: Atheists do not make nearly enough noise about hatred toward Muslims."<sup id="cite_ref-manji-harris-nawaz_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manji-harris-nawaz-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris opposed <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">Executive Order 13769</a>, which limited the entry of refugees from Muslim-majority countries to the United States, stating that it was “unethical with regard to the plight of refugees…and bound to be ineffective in stopping the spread of <a href="/wiki/Islamism" title="Islamism">Islamism</a>.”<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Hatewatch</i> staff at the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center" title="Southern Poverty Law Center">Southern Poverty Law Center</a> (SPLC) wrote that members of the "skeptics" movement, of which Harris is "one of the most public faces", help to "channel people into the <a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-right</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bari_Weiss" title="Bari Weiss">Bari Weiss</a> wrote that the SPLC had misrepresented Harris's views.<sup id="cite_ref-Weiss_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weiss-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nathan_J._Robinson" title="Nathan J. Robinson">Nathan J. Robinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hedges" title="Chris Hedges">Chris Hedges</a> criticized Harris for discussing in an excerpt from <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i> the possibility of a nuclear first strike against an Islamist regime that acquired long-range nuclear weapons and that would be undeterred by the threat of mutual destruction due to beliefs in jihad and martyrdom.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_recognition">Reception and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Reception and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harris's first two books, in which he lays out his criticisms of religion, received negative reviews from Christian scholars.<sup id="cite_ref-albert-mohler_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albert-mohler-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Simpson-ct_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simpson-ct-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-novak-nr_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novak-nr-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From secular sources, the books received a mixture of negative reviews<sup id="cite_ref-a-saxton_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-saxton-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and positive reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-merritt-observer_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merritt-observer-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his review of <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i>, American historian <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Saxton" title="Alexander Saxton">Alexander Saxton</a> criticized what he called Harris's "vitriolic and <i>selective</i> polemic against Islam", (emphasis in original) which he said "obscure[s] the obvious reality that the invasion of Iraq and the War against Terror are driven by religious irrationalities, cultivated and conceded to, at high policy levels in the U.S., and which are at least comparable to the irrationality of Islamic crusaders and Jihadists."<sup id="cite_ref-a-saxton_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-saxton-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By contrast, <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Merritt" title="Stephanie Merritt">Stephanie Merritt</a> wrote of the same book that Harris's "central argument in <i>The End of Faith</i> is sound: religion is the only area of human knowledge in which it is still acceptable to hold beliefs dating from antiquity and a modern society should subject those beliefs to the same principles that govern scientific, medical or geographical inquiry – particularly if they are inherently hostile to those with different ideas."<sup id="cite_ref-merritt-observer_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merritt-observer-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris's first book, <i>The End of Faith</i> (2004), won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction.<sup id="cite_ref-pen.org_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pen.org-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris's next two books, which discuss philosophical issues relating to ethics and free will, received several negative academic reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-appiah-nyt_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appiah-nyt-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atran_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atran-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kmalik_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kmalik-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his review of <i>The Moral Landscape</i>, neuroscientist <a href="/wiki/Kenan_Malik" title="Kenan Malik">Kenan Malik</a> criticized Harris for not engaging adequately with philosophical literature: "Imagine a sociologist who wrote about evolutionary theory without discussing the work of Darwin, Fisher, Mayr, Hamilton, Trivers or Dawkins on the grounds that he did not come to his conclusions by reading about biology and because discussing concepts such as 'adaptation', 'speciation', 'homology', 'phylogenetics' or 'kin selection' would 'increase the amount of boredom in the universe'. How seriously would we, and should we, take his argument?"<sup id="cite_ref-kmalik_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kmalik-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, <i>The Moral Landscape</i> received a largely positive review from psychologists James Diller and Andrew Nuzzolilli.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, <i>Free Will</i> received a mixed academic review from philosopher Paul Pardi, who said that while it suffers from some conceptual confusions and that the core argument is a bit too "breezy", it serves as a "good primer on key ideas in physicalist theories of freedom and the will".<sup id="cite_ref-Pardi_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pardi-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris's book on spirituality and meditation received mainly positive reviews<sup id="cite_ref-bruni_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bruni-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-clothier_63-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clothier-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kirkus_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kirkus-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as some mixed reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-tquirk_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tquirk-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-h-smith_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h-smith-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was praised by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bruni" title="Frank Bruni">Frank Bruni</a>, for example, who described it as "so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion."<sup id="cite_ref-bruni_144-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bruni-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wright_(journalist)" title="Robert Wright (journalist)">Robert Wright</a>, a visiting professor of science and religion at <a href="/wiki/Union_Theological_Seminary_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Theological Seminary (New York City)">Union Theological Seminary</a>, published an article in <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></i> criticizing Harris, whom he described as "annoying" and "deluded". Wright wrote that Harris, despite claiming to be a champion of rationality, ignored his own <a href="/wiki/Cognitive_bias" title="Cognitive bias">cognitive biases</a> and engaged in faulty and inconsistent arguments in his book <i>The End of Faith</i>. He wrote that "the famous proponent of New Atheism is on a crusade against tribalism but seems oblivious to his own version of it." Wright wrote that these biases are rooted in <a href="/wiki/Natural_selection" title="Natural selection">natural selection</a> and impact everyone, but that they can be mitigated when acknowledged.<sup id="cite_ref-wright-wired_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright-wired-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UK <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a></i> included Harris's podcast in their list of "8 podcasts that will change how you think about human behavior" in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Magazine">PC Magazine</a></i> included it in their list of "The Best Podcasts of 2018".<sup id="cite_ref-pc-mag-podcasts_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-mag-podcasts-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, Max Sanderson included Harris's podcast as a "Producer pick" in a "podcasts of the week" section for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-podcasts_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-podcasts-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Waking Up</i> podcast won the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Webby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Webby Award">Webby Award</a> for "People's Voice" in the category "Science & Education" under "Podcasts & Digital Audio".<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris was included on a list of the "100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2019" in the <i>Watkins Review</i>, a publication of <a href="/wiki/Watkins_Books" title="Watkins Books">Watkins Books</a>, a London esoterica bookshop.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, Harris married <a href="/wiki/Annaka_Harris" title="Annaka Harris">Annaka Harris</a> (née Gorton), an author and editor of nonfiction and scientific books, after engaging in a common interest about the nature of consciousness.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two daughters<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris2014a[httpsbooksgooglecombooksiddmhNAgAAQBAJqsamharrisemmaandvioletpgPP6_p._6]:_"Dedication:_For_Annaka,_Emma,_and_Violet"_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2014a[httpsbooksgooglecombooksiddmhNAgAAQBAJqsamharrisemmaandvioletpgPP6_p._6]:_"Dedication:_For_Annaka,_Emma,_and_Violet"-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>SH 19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and live in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2020, Harris became a member of <a href="/wiki/Giving_What_We_Can" title="Giving What We Can">Giving What We Can</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Effective_altruism" title="Effective altruism">effective altruism</a> organization whose members pledge to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities, both as an individual and as a company with Waking Up.<sup id="cite_ref-gwwc-members_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwwc-members-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wakingup-2_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wakingup-2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris practices <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu" title="Brazilian jiu-jitsu">Brazilian jiu-jitsu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris2012_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2012-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BJJ_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BJJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHarris2004" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2004). <a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith"><i>The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason</i></a>. W.W. Norton & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-393-03515-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-393-03515-8"><bdi>0-393-03515-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/62265386">62265386</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+End+of+Faith%3A+Religion%2C+Terror%2C+and+the+Future+of+Reason&rft.pub=W.W.+Norton+%26+Company&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F62265386&rft.isbn=0-393-03515-8&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2006" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2006). <a href="/wiki/Letter_to_a_Christian_Nation" title="Letter to a Christian Nation"><i>Letter to a Christian Nation</i></a>. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-26577-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-26577-3"><bdi>0-307-26577-3</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/70158553">70158553</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Letter+to+a+Christian+Nation&rft.pub=Alfred+A.+Knopf%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F70158553&rft.isbn=0-307-26577-3&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2010" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2010). <a href="/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape" title="The Moral Landscape"><i>The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values</i></a>. Free Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4391-7121-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4391-7121-9"><bdi>978-1-4391-7121-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/535493357">535493357</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Moral+Landscape%3A+How+Science+Can+Determine+Human+Values&rft.pub=Free+Press&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F535493357&rft.isbn=978-1-4391-7121-9&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2011" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2011). <a href="/wiki/Lying_(Harris_book)" title="Lying (Harris book)"><i>Lying</i></a>. Four Elephants Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-940051-00-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-940051-00-0"><bdi>978-1-940051-00-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lying&rft.pub=Four+Elephants+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-940051-00-0&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2012" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2012). <a href="/wiki/Free_Will_(book)" title="Free Will (book)"><i>Free Will</i></a>. Free Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4516-8340-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4516-8340-0"><bdi>978-1-4516-8340-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Free+Will&rft.pub=Free+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-4516-8340-0&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2014a" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2014a). <a href="/wiki/Waking_Up:_A_Guide_to_Spirituality_Without_Religion" title="Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion"><i>Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion</i></a>. Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4516-3601-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4516-3601-7"><bdi>978-1-4516-3601-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Waking+Up%3A+A+Guide+to+Spirituality+Without+Religion&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-4516-3601-7&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrisNawaz2015" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam; <a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Nawaz, Maajid</a> (2015). <a href="/wiki/Islam_and_the_Future_of_Tolerance" title="Islam and the Future of Tolerance"><i>Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue</i></a>. Harvard University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-08870-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-08870-2"><bdi>978-0-674-08870-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Islam+and+the+Future+of+Tolerance%3A+A+Dialogue&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-674-08870-2&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft.au=Nawaz%2C+Maajid&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrisDawkinsDennettHitchens2019" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam; <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Dawkins, Richard</a>; <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dennett" title="Daniel Dennett">Dennett, Daniel</a>; <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Hitchens, Christopher</a> (2019). <i>The Four Horsemen: The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution</i>. Bantam Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-593-08039-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-593-08039-9"><bdi>978-0-593-08039-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Four+Horsemen%3A+The+Discussion+that+Sparked+an+Atheist+Revolution&rft.pub=Bantam+Press&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-0-593-08039-9&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft.au=Dawkins%2C+Richard&rft.au=Dennett%2C+Daniel&rft.au=Hitchens%2C+Christopher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2020" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Sam (2020). <i>Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity</i>. Ecco. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-285778-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-285778-1"><bdi>978-0-06-285778-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Making+Sense%3A+Conversations+on+Consciousness%2C+Morality%2C+and+the+Future+of+Humanity&rft.pub=Ecco&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-0-06-285778-1&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentary">Documentary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Documentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin refbegin-hanging-indents refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 55em"> <ul><li>Amila, D. & Shapiro, J. (2018). <i>Islam and the Future of Tolerance</i>. United States: The Orchard.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peer-reviewed_articles">Peer-reviewed articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Peer-reviewed articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin refbegin-hanging-indents refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 55em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrisShethCohen2008" class="citation journal cs1">Harris, S.; Sheth, S. A.; <a href="/wiki/Mark_S._Cohen" title="Mark S. Cohen">Cohen, M. S.</a> (February 27, 2008). "Functional neuroimaging of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty". <i><a href="/wiki/Annals_of_Neurology" title="Annals of Neurology">Annals of Neurology</a></i>. <b>63</b> (2): 141–147. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fana.21301">10.1002/ana.21301</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18072236">18072236</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17335600">17335600</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annals+of+Neurology&rft.atitle=Functional+neuroimaging+of+belief%2C+disbelief%2C+and+uncertainty&rft.volume=63&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=141-147&rft.date=2008-02-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A17335600%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F18072236&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fana.21301&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=S.&rft.au=Sheth%2C+S.+A.&rft.au=Cohen%2C+M.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrisKaplanCurielBookheimer2009" class="citation journal cs1">Harris, S.; Kaplan, J. T.; Curiel, A.; Bookheimer, S. Y.; Iacoboni, M.; Cohen, M. S. (October 1, 2009). Sporns, Olaf (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748718">"The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/PLOS_One" title="PLOS One">PLOS One</a></i>. <b>4</b> (10): e7272. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PLoSO...4.7272H">2009PLoSO...4.7272H</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007272">10.1371/journal.pone.0007272</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748718">2748718</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19794914">19794914</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=PLOS+One&rft.atitle=The+Neural+Correlates+of+Religious+and+Nonreligious+Belief&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=10&rft.pages=e7272&rft.date=2009-10-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2748718%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F19794914&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007272&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2009PLoSO...4.7272H&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=S.&rft.au=Kaplan%2C+J.+T.&rft.au=Curiel%2C+A.&rft.au=Bookheimer%2C+S.+Y.&rft.au=Iacoboni%2C+M.&rft.au=Cohen%2C+M.+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2748718&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDouglasHarrisYuilleCohen2011" class="citation journal cs1">Douglas, P. K.; Harris, S.; Yuille, A.; Cohen, M. S. (May 15, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099263">"Performance comparison of machine learning algorithms and number of independent components used in fMRI decoding of belief vs. disbelief"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NeuroImage" title="NeuroImage">NeuroImage</a></i>. <b>56</b> (2): 544–553. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.neuroimage.2010.11.002">10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.002</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099263">3099263</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21073969">21073969</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NeuroImage&rft.atitle=Performance+comparison+of+machine+learning+algorithms+and+number+of+independent+components+used+in+fMRI+decoding+of+belief+vs.+disbelief.&rft.volume=56&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=544-553&rft.date=2011-05-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3099263%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F21073969&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.neuroimage.2010.11.002&rft.aulast=Douglas&rft.aufirst=P.+K.&rft.au=Harris%2C+S.&rft.au=Yuille%2C+A.&rft.au=Cohen%2C+M.+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3099263&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaplanGimbelHarris2016" class="citation journal cs1">Kaplan, Jonas T.; Gimbel, Sarah I.; Harris, Sam (December 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5180221">"Neural correlates of maintaining one's political beliefs in the face of counterevidence"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Reports" title="Scientific Reports">Scientific Reports</a></i>. <b>6</b>: 39589. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016NatSR...639589K">2016NatSR...639589K</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsrep39589">10.1038/srep39589</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5180221">5180221</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28008965">28008965</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Scientific+Reports&rft.atitle=Neural+correlates+of+maintaining+one%27s+political+beliefs+in+the+face+of+counterevidence&rft.volume=6&rft.pages=39589&rft.date=2016-12-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC5180221%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F28008965&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1038%2Fsrep39589&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2016NatSR...639589K&rft.aulast=Kaplan&rft.aufirst=Jonas+T.&rft.au=Gimbel%2C+Sarah+I.&rft.au=Harris%2C+Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC5180221&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeitzAktipisBussAlcock2020" class="citation journal cs1">Seitz, Benjamin M.; Aktipis, Athena; Buss, David M.; Alcock, Joe; Bloom, Paul; Gelfand, Michele; Harris, Sam; Lieberman, Debra; Horowitz, Barbara N.; Pinker, Steven; Wilson, David Sloan; Haselton, Martie G. (November 10, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7668083">"The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights"</a>. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>. <b>117</b> (45): 27767–27776. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PNAS..11727767S">2020PNAS..11727767S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.2009787117">10.1073/pnas.2009787117</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0027-8424">0027-8424</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7668083">7668083</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33093198">33093198</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+National+Academy+of+Sciences&rft.atitle=The+pandemic+exposes+human+nature%3A+10+evolutionary+insights&rft.volume=117&rft.issue=45&rft.pages=27767-27776&rft.date=2020-11-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC7668083%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2020PNAS..11727767S&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F33093198&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1073%2Fpnas.2009787117&rft.issn=0027-8424&rft.aulast=Seitz&rft.aufirst=Benjamin+M.&rft.au=Aktipis%2C+Athena&rft.au=Buss%2C+David+M.&rft.au=Alcock%2C+Joe&rft.au=Bloom%2C+Paul&rft.au=Gelfand%2C+Michele&rft.au=Harris%2C+Sam&rft.au=Lieberman%2C+Debra&rft.au=Horowitz%2C+Barbara+N.&rft.au=Pinker%2C+Steven&rft.au=Wilson%2C+David+Sloan&rft.au=Haselton%2C+Martie+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC7668083&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Now named <i>Waking Up: Guided Meditation</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harris_blog_citations">Harris blog citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Harris&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Harris blog citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160418202514/https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/im-not-the-sexist-pig-youre-looking-for">"I'm Not the Sexist Pig You're Looking For"</a>. <i>www.samharris.org</i>. September 15, 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/im-not-the-sexist-pig-youre-looking-for">the original</a> on April 18, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 23,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.samharris.org&rft.atitle=I%27m+Not+the+Sexist+Pig+You%27re+Looking+For&rft.date=2014-09-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fblog%2Fitem%2Fim-not-the-sexist-pig-youre-looking-for&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Science_on_the_Brink_of_Death-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Science_on_the_Brink_of_Death_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris,_Sam2012" class="citation web cs1">Harris, Sam (November 11, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005157/http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/science-on-the-brink-of-death">"Science on the Brink of Death"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/science-on-the-brink-of-death">the original</a> on September 9, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 14,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Science+on+the+Brink+of+Death&rft.date=2012-11-11&rft.au=Harris%2C+Sam&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fblog%2Fitem%2Fscience-on-the-brink-of-death&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://samharris.org/meme-8/">"Meme #8"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. May 3, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 1,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=Meme+%238&rft.date=2017-05-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsamharris.org%2Fmeme-8%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://samharris.org/the-reality-of-islam/">"The Reality of Islam"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. February 8, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 30,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=The+Reality+of+Islam&rft.date=2006-02-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsamharris.org%2Fthe-reality-of-islam%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2007" class="citation web cs1">Harris, Sam (March 15, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://samharris.org/gods-dupes/">"God's Dupes"</a>. <i>SamHarris.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 10,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=SamHarris.org&rft.atitle=God%27s+Dupes&rft.date=2007-03-15&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsamharris.org%2Fgods-dupes%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/312-the-trouble-with-ai">"#312 – The Trouble with AI"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. March 7, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 12,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=%23312+%E2%80%93+The+Trouble+with+AI&rft.date=2023-03-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fpodcasts%2Fmaking-sense-episodes%2F312-the-trouble-with-ai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/116-ai-racing-toward-brink">"#116 – AI: Racing Toward the Brink"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. February 6, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 12,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=%23116+%E2%80%93+AI%3A+Racing+Toward+the+Brink&rft.date=2018-02-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fpodcasts%2Fmaking-sense-episodes%2F116-ai-racing-toward-brink&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel_79-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-#2_—_Why_Don't_I_Criticize_Israel_79-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/why-dont-i-criticize-israel">"#2 — Why Don't I Criticize Israel?"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. July 27, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=%232+%E2%80%94+Why+Don%27t+I+Criticize+Israel%3F&rft.date=2014-07-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fpodcasts%2Fmaking-sense-episodes%2Fwhy-dont-i-criticize-israel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/making-sense-of-gaza">"Making Sense of Gaza | A Conversation Between Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. August 12, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=Making+Sense+of+Gaza+%7C+A+Conversation+Between+Sam+Harris+and+Andrew+Sullivan&rft.date=2014-08-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fblog%2Fmaking-sense-of-gaza&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-sin-of-moral-equivalence">"The Sin of Moral Equivalence"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 4,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=The+Sin+of+Moral+Equivalence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fblog%2Fthe-sin-of-moral-equivalence&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/what-barack-obama-could-not-and-should-not-say">"What Barack Obama Could Not (and Should Not) Say"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 12,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=What+Barack+Obama+Could+Not+%28and+Should+Not%29+Say&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fblog%2Fwhat-barack-obama-could-not-and-should-not-say&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harris, Sam. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/trump-in-exile2">Trump in Exile</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091113/https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/trump-in-exile2">Archived</a> February 12, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. samharris.org, October 13, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-too-rich-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-too-rich_91-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-too-rich_91-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-too-rich_91-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/how-rich-is-too-rich">"How Rich is Too Rich?"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. August 17, 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211125163738/https://www.samharris.org/blog/how-rich-is-too-rich">Archived</a> from the original on November 25, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 15,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sam+Harris&rft.atitle=How+Rich+is+Too+Rich%3F&rft.date=2011-08-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samharris.org%2Fblog%2Fhow-rich-is-too-rich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-riddle-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-riddle_94-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-riddle_94-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-riddle-of-the-gun">"The Riddle of the Gun"</a>. <i>Sam Harris</i>. January 2, 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211126024809/https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-riddle-of-the-gun">Archived</a> from the original on November 26, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(2015)">Open letter on artificial intelligence (2015)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Final_Invention" title="Our Final Invention">Our Final Invention</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Precipice:_Existential_Risk_and_the_Future_of_Humanity" title="The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity">The Precipice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dangers,_Strategies" title="Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies">Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Do_You_Trust_This_Computer%3F" title="Do You Trust This Computer?">Do You Trust This Computer?</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act" title="Artificial Intelligence Act">Artificial Intelligence Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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Stenger">Victor J. Stenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Schmidt-Salomon" title="Michael Schmidt-Salomon">Michael Schmidt-Salomon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former New Atheists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali" title="Ayaan Hirsi Ali">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PZ_Myers" title="PZ Myers">PZ Myers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atheist_Manifesto:_The_Case_Against_Christianity,_Judaism,_and_Islam" title="Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam">Atheist Manifesto</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manifesto_of_Evolutionary_Humanism" title="Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism">Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_the_Spell_(Dennett_book)" title="Breaking the Spell (Dennett book)">Breaking the Spell</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_God_Delusion" title="The God Delusion">The God Delusion</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_a_Christian_Nation" title="Letter to a Christian Nation">Letter to a Christian Nation</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F" title="The Root of All Evil?">The Root of All Evil?</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God_Is_Not_Great" title="God Is Not Great">God Is Not Great</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God:_The_Failed_Hypothesis" title="God: The Failed Hypothesis">God: The Failed Hypothesis</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Portable_Atheist" title="The Portable Atheist">The Portable Atheist</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godless_(Barker_book)" title="Godless (Barker book)">Godless</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Clergy_Project" title="The Clergy Project">The Clergy Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitchstone_Publishing" title="Pitchstone Publishing">Pitchstone Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins_Foundation_for_Reason_and_Science" title="Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science">Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opposition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_God_Go" title="Go God Go">Go God Go</a>" (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darwin%27s_Angel" title="Darwin's Angel">Darwin's Angel</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dawkins_Delusion%3F" title="The Dawkins Delusion?">The Dawkins Delusion?</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Irrational_Atheist" title="The Irrational Atheist">The Irrational Atheist</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atheist_Delusions" title="Atheist Delusions">Atheist Delusions</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_for_God" title="The Case for God">The Case for God</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unscientific_America" title="Unscientific America">Unscientific America</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rage_Against_God" title="The Rage Against God">The Rage Against God</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Atheism" title="The Evolution of Atheism">The Evolution of Atheism</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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