Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett videos



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Sam Harris on Letter to a Christian Nation

You can hear Sams interview with the Rational Response Squad for free right here or own a copy for the road by purchasing shows 30-40. Here Sam describes the purpose of his newest book, "Letter to a Christian Nation." It was an easy read, that we suggest everyone pick up. After you read your copy in several hours, pass it on to a Christian.



Dan Dennett: Can we know our own minds?

Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us. As he puts it, our bodies are made up of 100 trillion little robots, none of them with an individual consciousness. So what makes us feel we have one? Or that we're in control of it? Dennett's hope is to show his audience that "Your consciousness is not quite as marvelous as you may have thought it is." He uses thought experiments and optical illusions to demonstrate to the TED audience that even very big brains are capable of playing tricks on their owners.



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Daniel Dennet speaks at conference for 25 minutes.

Daniel Dennett is a Tufts philosophy professor and cognitive scientist, most famous for his books, Consciousness Explained (1991) and Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995), and now Breaking the Spell. In this particular talk, he takes a chance to respond to the presentation by Pastor Rick Warren that came before him, taking issue with claims in his book, The Purpose-Driven Life.




Daniel Dennett at TED conference. (must see)

Here's one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan Dennett unleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of "memes" -- a term coined by Richard Dawkins for mental concepts that are literally alive and capable of spreading from brain to brain. On the way, look out for: + a powerful one-sentence secret of happiness + a compelling insight into terrorists' motivation + a chilling view of Islam And just when you think you know where the talk's heading, it dramatically shifts direction and questions some of western culture's fundamental assumptions. This. Is. Unmissable.

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Sam Harris on belief at Idea City in Canada 22 minutes



Sam Harris at the '05 Idea City Conference.


Sam Harris on Scarborough Country MSNBC (8 minutes)

Sam Harris on Scarborough Country MSNBC (8 minutes) October 28, 2004 Sam Debates Ralph Reed former head of Christian Coalition



Sam Harris debates Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition. See host Laura Ingraham announce to the world that stem-cell research shows no medical promise whatsoever (LUNACY!).

Sam Harris- Faith Under Fire (PAX) 12 mins

Sam Harris- Faith Under Fire (PAX) 10-2-2004 - 12 mins, Lee Strobel and Hugh Hewitt


Sam Harris on Faith Under Fire.

The Colbert Report interviews Sam Harris

Sam Harris is the NY Times best selling author who wrote "End of Faith" and "Letter to a Christian Nation." www.SamHarris.org





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Daniel Dennett (1hr 10min interview)

Daniel Dennett (1hr 10 min interview) The worlds leading philosophy teacher?

Daniel Dennett Computational Perspective (6 mins)

The Computational Perspective Daniel C. Dennett "There are going to be things that meet those conditions that are not interestingly computational by anybody's standards, and there are things that are going to fail to meet the standards, which nevertheless you see are significantly like the things that you want to consider computational. So how do you deal with that? By ignoring it, by ignoring the issue of definition, that's my suggestion. Same as with life! You don't want to argue about whether viruses are alive or not; in some ways they're alive, in some ways they're not. Some processes are obviously computational. Others are obviously not computational. Where does the computational perspective illuminate? Well, that depends on who's looking at the illumination."
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