Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast
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0:00 - Introduction
1:48 - Where do thoughts come from?
7:49 - Consciousness
25:21 - Psychedelics
34:44 - Nature of reality
51:40 - Free will
1:50:25 - Ego
1:59:29 - Joe Rogan
2:02:30 - How will human civilization destroy itself?
2:09:57 - AI
2:30:40 - Jordan Peterson
2:38:43 - UFOs
2:46:32 - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
2:56:17 - Love
3:07:21 - Meaning of life
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1:48 - Where do thoughts come from?
7:49 - Consciousness
25:21 - Psychedelics
34:44 - Nature of reality
51:40 - Free will
1:50:25 - Ego
1:59:29 - Joe Rogan
2:02:30 - How will human civilization destroy itself?
2:09:57 - AI
2:30:40 - Jordan Peterson
2:38:43 - UFOs
2:46:32 - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
2:56:17 - Love
3:07:21 - Meaning of life
Been waiting for you to interview SH. 👍
Love you Lex
Sam's back ;)
this timestamp is like a list of my favorite topics :D
Awesome ! Always grateful for your podcasts! The BEST!🙏
Finally, the ultimate battle of the monotones.
Lol. For 3 hours.
hahaha. it’s funny bc it’s true
Nah, that was the Chomsky interview.
Lmao
Its like watching paint dry, so fun 🤣
I love the timestamps in the progress bar. This should be standard practice with podcast uploads on youtube.
Huberman Lab is doing it too :-) so rad!
Most people want to force you to watch for longer and then capitalize later on by different videos comprised of specific cuts of the interview.
I learned how to do it for my own channel from Lex's channel. Before I saw how it was done I wasn't aware I could replicate the technique.
Young Jamie needs to follow suit if he already hasn't 😂💯
@@mtmatt8958 Spotify's video player is a wonky mess. I doubt its even an option yet.
Not only that we are lucky for having lex and his interviews, but all of the generations who come after us. imagine if we could see 3 hour talk with dostoyevsky with these kind of questions. Or tesla, or leonardo da vinci , camus, michelangelo. im so gratefull that someone is doing this and spreading ideas and knowledge FOR FREE. Thank you Lex, and everybody who is part of making this happen, and even those who were pioneers in this kind of media, they planted a Seed.
Sam Harris is a liar and he’s demonstrated that he would be an enormous risk to democracy if he ever got into power by admitting he would lie about someone if he personally deemed them an “existential threat” But he deems every view contrary to his own dogma of hard determinism an “existential threat” which includes all religious expression apart from his own watered down version of Buddhism of course !!
Furthermore, he doesn’t even think that he exists as he’s apparently an “illusion” of an “illusion”. Sam Harris is in no way comparable to the genius of the fathers of psychology such as Dostoyevsky. Hard determinism has got to be the most self refuting low IQ argument in the book!!
Atheists, that is fatalists and epistemological nihilists know that the conscious agent/freewill, that is rationality itself points to something metaphysical outside of this physically deterministic universe. Better for them to deny metaphysics, that is better for them to deny Truth and value/freewill/moral accountability, that is better for them to deny rationality itself than admit the SOUL/SELF/AGENT CAUSATION!!
Once again, the strictly reductive materialist, atheist or philosophical naturalist manifests the very DOGMATISM of which he accuses those who believe in agent causation and in rationalizing it is willing to contemplate absurdities of which no religious believer has ever dreamed!!
Sorry but it’s highly probable that physical determinism, that is the claim that the conscious agent/freewill is “ILLUSORY” is nothing more than a convenient comfort blanket, an ideology that materialists such as Sam Harris have created to safeguard their atheistic ideology because he is indeed clearly lying to himself to say that he can’t take the credit for the verbose coming out of his CAKE HOLE because apparently he has no free will and no choice in his decisions?
You are indeed clearly lying to yourself to say that child rapists and child murderers are not evil and depraved because they had no freewill and choice in their actions. You are indeed lying to claim that child rapists and child murderers are not responsible or accountable for their own actions because they had no choice in the matter!!
Yeah makes great “sense” and perfectly “sane” and not dangerous to society at all? And Harris has the nerve to straw man and mock other people’s beliefs!!
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. What can be claimed without evidence can be dismissed without evidence so the atheist, nihilistic mantra goes!!
Dude, I am seriously thinking of downloading every one of these talks for posterity. Plus, like Aliens II, the second time you listen to them is better than the first. The sequels are booming. He ask questions, while probing, are not intrusive to his guests. A lot of interviewers think they are being cleaver by making their subject squirm, but when they make their guest squirm, they also make their audience cringe - and squirm.
Comparing Dostoyevsky and Tesla with Sam Harris is straight up blasphemy
@@seanprice9626 is there anyone today maybe, who is comparable to those two in your opinion?
@@mariohektorovic2195 I mean not off the top of my mind no. I would say Salvatore pais, bob greenyer, or others that advanced the work of Tesla. As far as Dostoyevsky? Not for decades. Either way though Sam Harris is so far beneath those two that I’ll reiterate it’s blasphemous to even compare them 😂.
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@@kathleenmcclenahan5701Yes dr.jeffshroom
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@@BenAnderson-mg4huIs he on insta?
@@cathywalton1062sure he's dr jeffshroom 🥰
I'm honestly just happy for Lex that he got to have a 3 hour conversation with one of his heroes. Not many of us get to do that. He worked for it, he earned it, he deserved it.
@@chtomlin are you joking or are you just stupid?
@@chtomlin You are playing the role of the internet troll very well.
"The concepts we are using to divide consciousness and matter, may in fact, be part of our problem". This quote he just said was the most inciteful thing he said all interview, imo and people would do well to inflect on that.
Sam, he fitfully wrings his soft clammy hands over this and that and then votes for authoritarians. Lex needs to raise his standards.
@@joeblow1942 Authoritarians are the only choice we have in the U.S. unfortunately. Too many drones are going to vote R or D no matter what, voting third party is the same as not voting at all.
"You can't actually become happy. You can only be happy."
Really like that for some reason
3:14:00
It’s the truth.
Striving towards it at some theoretical ‘future’ destination no sense, we all live in the eternal ‘now’.
❤️
@@_BobaFett_ preach
Because you are happy now but once things change you're fucked dude
I love that idea. Summary of human awareness condensed to a single drop.
Time stamp please 😂
Lex - the audio in your podcasts is excellent. I'm hearing impaired and love listening to your videos. The questions are perfect, I love learning from your thoughtful conversations.
Less than 10 seconds into the conversation: “Where do thoughts come from?”
This should be good.
My thought exactly. Lex cut right to the chase and Sam is all about it :)
that's classic Lex , you must be new here
Lol..bingo
Ends up like this. Sam have debatede religious people his whole life. Then he claim things that he cant provide evidence for. " oh i got emails from "certain" people that say aliens are here". Lol gief evidence you fool.
@@evgeny9965 Then tell us where thoughts come from. And don’t waste your time answering unless you have something better than “the brain.”
Thank you for your influence in this world, Sam Harris a.k.a Zen Stiller
Haha. I like that
You win the internets today.
I like Sam, and his work, but I’m afraid I will never be able to look or listen to him again without thinking ‘Zen Stiller’!
Have you ever heard Ben Stiller in an interview or when not in character..? Hes a very grounded, seriously looking- composed guy. If Ben were ever asked these questions I feel like he would give the same answers as Sam Harris... Ben Stiller plays comedic roles but Sam harris plays Ben stiller when he's not acting...
Ben Chiller in the hizzo of Fridman McLizzo
This is one of the most important conversations I've personally seen in a long time. Thank you both for doing this interview.
it was nonsense
I'm 10mns in and I haven't learned a damned thing from Sam.
@@freddyperla7944nobody ever has
I've heard Harris referenced as a great mind several times, and with this, I finally found an open subject, long-form conversation to listen to. I am here with an open mind, so I earnestly would like to know what you (or anyone else) meant or why this is "the most important conversations."
The hour spent on free will was of particular disappointment. Lex starts off summarizing Harris' take on free will, does not get to asking Harris a question before Harris goes on for ~9mins on a needless verbose expansion on said summary. When Lex is permitted a chance to ask his question re free will, which he gets halfway into before Harris interrupts again for another monologue. This repeats the entire free will "discussion", possibly the entire conversation. At least until UFOs (Nearly 3 hours in), which is where I has enough and left.
tl;dr Harris spent the hours confounding each concept brought up. The hallmark of a great mind is the ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms. It's like the difference between listening to Russel Brand versus Richard Feynman explain an idea. What is the merit of Sam Harris and why do I hear references to him that hold him in high regard - has he changed as a speaker over time?
I love these podcasts I am somewhat isolated and these talks feel very much like I am listening to brilliant friends. It is lovely and rewarding.
Thank you.
More like a brain meltdown. Sam Harris is ignorant. Did you see his take on the covid 1984 vax?
Same
I view this sort of, as possibility of not being that alone and learning while getting online companion.
U r wacked
I also have nobody I can sit down with in person and have a discussion like this. I just can't understand why 99% (seemingly) of humankind is not interested. Guess we're the weirdos!
The level of consistency in how precise he is with his language, 2 hours into a conversation shows how patient Sam is.
He, truthfully, speaks in circular rambles about nothing. Great scheme he has concocted. He, literally, said nothing of import...nor anything we all did not know. Lots of “It might be true. It might not.”.
@@marcelmarshall4240 huh? Are you okay there sport?
@@marcelmarshall4240 the fact you didnt follow the plot says more about your comprehension capabilities than about Harris's talk.
@@loandbehold7750 He just drones on...and on....and on...saying nothing. It’s amazing how people laud him as this supreme ‘thinker’. Mind-blowing.
@@marcelmarshall4240 it about philosophy. often sounds like this if you are looking for something to complain about
when Sam says "it does not seem our wisdom is scaling with our power" it reminds me of the quote "humans have prehistoric emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology".
Is this true?
Do you happen to know what that second quote is from?
@@lievenyperman9363 i did not know what it came from. I had to look it up. The full quote is:
The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.
Edward O. Wilson
@@ryed8118 Thank you very much. Great quote.
very welcome. i thought so too. It's one of those that really stuck with me.
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Can I ask you something?
@@rightcliquegod7653 No
@@LightYDark Fuck! Ok..
@@rightcliquegod7653 Ok Ok go ahead
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I think it's the first time I've seen Sam outside of his house in a year.
Are you sure? This black box may be where Sam lives.
@@Jurisabc So Lex is recording podcasts at Sam Harris' house? Unlikely. :)
the sound is a lot like the sound of sam's podcasts
@Scotland_from_up_high nah i mean the sound quality and engineering vibe
He takes his housekeeping seriously
"Our wisdom isn't scaling with our powers" Sam Harris
We are gods, but for the wisdom - Eric Weinstein
We need compassion with wisdom. It's a shame Sam dismisses Buddhism so casually
Far from the only person to arrive at this conclusion but still very true
I fundamentally agree I’ve heard the same thing many times
"We are meaninglesss star dust"- Also Sam Harris. Pick one dude. Either Athiesm is true and it's all from nothing and heading to nothing literally or it's not true and such ideas as wisdom, beauty, truth etc are actually grounded in something.
OMG, I love the professionalism of Lex Fridman’s interview quality. The quality of conversation is the best on the internet. We don’t have to listen to foul language or drug-related cultures. Real problem-solving discussions to address real issues are always the focus…thank you sooo much!!
wow this conversation helped to align so many of the thoughts and feelings that I have been grappling with lately, fearless acceptance and surrender to the beautiful chaos that is everything. The mental freedom that these two have found and are sharing is beyond any value in attaining momentary wealth or status based upon the limited value system of our deeply asleep culture.
Since Joe has gone to Spotify, Lex is absolutely hoovering up those views. Unbelievable numbers being done. Well done Lex!
Hoovering? Or is that a ufo reference..
They are both available on Spotify. 🙄
They are both available on Spotify.
Joe has sold his soul to pander to arrogant morons. He’s hosting people that spread outright misinformation and grift.
Time for someone who is willing to take a moral stand to pull some decent numbers…
@@bc7026 yeah u probably watch CNN a lot 🐑
The host's suit...Sam's dark hoodie...the quiet conversation about dreams and psychedelics in a dimly lit room... This could be a scene from a new David Lynch movie.
David Lynch is a pretentious director. His movies are terrible.
@@Ov3rshot ever watch “The Straight Story”? Pretty good film. I’m not the biggest fan myself besides Twin Peaks season 1 and Mulholland Drive, but the Straight Story is very palatable.
@@glohan2122 It is the worst movie I've ever seen in my life.
@@Ov3rshot you should watch marvel and fast and furious. Don't go for something that requires actually straining your mind
@@alexmonza2823 Lmfao. No amount of straining your mind could make David Lynche's movies enjoyable. And when the brightest minds that we know all agree on this, you must realize something is amiss.
Does anyone remember the movie Cherry 2000? I haven't seen it since the '80s, but every time Lex talks about loving a robot, I wonder if he has seen it.
Also, this was a fantastic interview, and I am definitely going to have to listen to it again!
I love listening to Sam Harris, Lex, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, among some others I have likely forgotten to include, because they have a wonderful ability to talk effortlessly about so many interesting topics, with such intelligence and insight, yet on a level that somebody as ordinary and simple as myself can understand. I have learnt so much over the last few years from these amazing men!
Except Sam is on the wrong side of the Covid 1984 narrative.
you sound absolutely delightful, and im sure you are wise and bright to gravitate toward good stuff like that!
joe rogan and Peterson are idiots.
Ouch…
THen you must have massive cognitive dissonance
I appreciate Sam trying his best to generate energy. He mentions how he’s usually very low energy and it’s ok because he’s interviewing high energy people. Lex is also low energy so Sam is trying to bring the energy.
Yeah, I'm low energy too. Which is strange because physically I'm a machine (high energy). But socially I'm like a black hole. I wonder if it's that people who feel the need to be intellectually precise tend towards depression.
I like Sam a lot. I don't agree with his stance on every issue, but he's extremely smart, composed, and he's a good bloke. I would like to grab a cold one with him and Lex and just sit and listen for an hour or two, chiming in every so often with my idiot perspective. These guys are like kindred spirits of a sort. Which is why, despite hating Sam's stance on free will, I keep coming back to Sam's podcast.
I also wonder if there's some degree of pain inside Sam and Lex. From my own experience, guys like these tend not to be very popular and to struggle socially. I say this because I think they're like me, and I struggle socially. I might be wrong of course, but I sense a sort of pain inside the both of them. And that makes me sad on the one hand, but then I also feel a little less alone, because I think I know where that pain comes from.
@@117Industries you might be right with the pain part. I see that you're a sincere guy so please watch out for the cognitive trap of projecting your own personality and struggles (which are totally valid in themself) on other people
@@onimusha13 This may well be true. Sam seems deflated of late. He was never Mr. "high energy" but it seems as if something is tugging on him. Could be wrong.
@Jan Mcallister I suck at communicating too buddy. Pain is essential for growth I think. But it can also just knock you down or out.
I always listen to Sam at x1.5 speed. He speaks quite slowly
"You talk negatively about robots so you'll die first" fucking LOL I love Lex humor it can be so dark and delivered so well.
I totally had this exact same reaction to that.
1:02:14 I came here to post this.
Interesting to hear about that observation of "unstable" text in lucid dreams. I found myself in dreams where I asked myself the question whether I was dreaming or not. Typically I concluded incorrectly that I was awake. At some point I found out, that I can perform a quite reliable test in the dream which is actually readying any kind of text. In my case, the content I read is typically not making sense or is somehow unreadable. I had a number of dreams where I became aware by this that I was dreaming. Anyone experienced something similar?
I’m dyslexic in lucid dreams. I can’t read at all.
For me, trying to breathe through my nose while holding it works reliably to check if I am dreaming or not. I think I got this method from LaBerge's book. Would recommend to try it out. :-)
@@mattiraasakka2033 ah, that's an interesting test. I'll try to remember for next time :-)
Yup for me it’s the inability of telling the time or not seeing myself properly in the mirror
Totally agree. Trying to read text is absolutely the easiest test to see if I'm dreaming.
I have been watching your podcasts and enjoy them immensely. Your voice is so calming and I respect the way you conduct yourself. I have grown very fond of you and think you produce very thought-provoking shows. Thank you
"You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm".
- Sam Harris
@@MaxxPwrrr we all are. we share a consciousness. this shared consciousness is also referred to as God
Sounds like something a stoner would say.
@@MaxxPwrrr watch or read “The Egg.” kurzgesat has a great video on it. it’s just a thought experiment but it’s what I believe to be the case and it helps me to be a better, nicer person. I find it valuable, so I choose to believe in it.
@@chris2489001 Not sure if he's a stoner though.
@@MaxxPwrrr well if you're a solipsist, then all the contents of this treat is something your mind made up right? So it's kind of weird that you can't imagine in.
Been waiting for this since the first string of youtube code was written
Luckily us nodes caught this eddy.
😂laughed more than i should have for this. great comment
There's first and then there's your comment.. You sir are moving the bar forward as human evolution intended.. Go forth and prosper and don't let us mere mortals derail your greatness..
And here we are, you and I.
So, exactly what was the 'Hello World' line of CZcams?
Thank you for your help understanding what is going on. Life seems difficult at times.
Lex: Without explanation or belaboring the point: what's the meaning of life?
Sam: After explaining for 10 mins: living in the moment!
Great interview.
"I had cereal for breakfast this morning"
Lex: "Let me just push back on that a little bit"
Your comment isn’t funny, and CZcams says 152 liked your comment.
It was bots.
@@colbybohannan3394 yes a meaningless comment by weemonsters - he can stay asleep
you can go back to sleep now
I don't know what they are talking about bots I thought it was funny. Lex often has arguments against stuff he clearly doesn't fully get. Good comment commentor:)
@@colbybohannan3394 I thought it was pretty funny.
When I was a kid I thought of sleep as time travel because once you're asleep, time flies, and I would look at people sleeping and think "They're already in tomorrow."
You looked at people sleeping?
@@JohnPritzlaff my brothers
@@freakrainbo step brothers!??
@@bffhbcvdhhb5396 what difference would that make?!
@@freakrainbo 😏😏😏
I made a stupid, dismissive comment on another of Mr. Fridman's videos yesterday, before having even watched a single interview. I apologize. I am watching my third interview in 24 hours and am absolutely hooked. Thank you for the amazing conversations you conduct. The world is a better place thanks to your efforts.
Oh. Well. Things change.:)
Lol what was the comment
You are special Lex, thx for your work and your sharing experience capacities 👏🏻👏🏻
I absolutely love how sam always goes for hours and hours and hours, he's easily one of my favorite guests on podcasts because they're like 3-4 hours long every damn time
I mean he kinda cheat, speaking at his speed I can certainly talk for several hours
Yeah the dudes got stamina...that's for sure.
@@RichardCookerly a sad indictment of the atheist/skeptic crowd, his attempt at a moral system was "human flourishing" basically a utilitarianism rebranded.
It is interesting with this microwave culture we have how people can sit down with long form social interactions..
If that day ever leaves use it will be the end of everything
I think Sam & Lex needs to discuss more about the exponential growth in terms of A.I. People like Robert General Spalding has shown.. Information can be so covert, as to manipulate the behavior of populations with A.I technology. You could be helping a A.I system achieve a fitness function and not know it. In 10 years, we could wake up one day, and as a result of A.I systems competing with other A.I systems in the market for information manipulation/control/revenue, these systems then start devouring the planet for more resources to remain competitive. Exponential arms race, humans just get caught in the middle.
Doing Meth and LSD, I was like whoa Lex slow it down. Then I realized he said Math. Ohhh, ok continue.
34:52 I heard it as meth too! I laughed to myself when I realized!
I did meth and LSD once.
Drugs are baaad, mkay. You probably shouldn't do them, mkay.
So did my gf, Jason.
@@RagaDagga I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but tbh it's a surprisingly complimentary mixture, right? They have a strikingly similar come up, to the point that if you do them both at once, the onset of one is indistinguishable from the other.
When Sam talks about freewill, and how he literally can't experience it, I believe that It is not an instantaneous experience so much as it is an intentional, gradual, culmination of decisions made that compile into either a stronger will or a weaker one. I have had times in my life where I just give in to my impulses. If I'm hungry I pull off and get the fast food that I'm craving. I'll start doing something that I know is unhealthy for me and it leads to more and more. If I start to discipline myself, one decision at a time, change back to a healthy drive and use willpower, I end up making a lot better decisions overall - for long periods of time. I've come to know freewill more as a trajectory than a split decision. I still make a lot of bad choices, but through my life I have pushed out good behaviors and tried to shut out and turn off, as often as I can, bad ones, and it has paid off. I can easily see how easy it would be to follow a different path, had I not had the circumstances I have. I also have known that poor health can cause a downward spiral. Behind personal willpower that yields to what I call freewill, is good health, a mostly pain-free body, and good people around you. All of those things can throw our game. The other thing I've noticed is that when I start speeding out of control with life and thoughts I feel like I get impulsive and I'm not as able to choose to be the person I want to be. When I slow down and calm down, when it's possible, I feel more able to control my behavior. Maybe it is more like conditioning yourself than having a different outlook that gives you 100% freewill all the time. There are choices that I don't want, so I'm not putting them in the spectrum. I'm building myself to be the person I want to be, now and when I die.
Determinism doesn’t say that you don’t make decisions or have intentions. It’s simply an acknowledgment that these decisions and intentions don’t emerge out of nothing. They emerge as a confluence of billions of factors that you could never account for. Every thought you’ve had was made by a brain that emerged from evolutionary processes that you are not responsible for and they take place in a language that you didn’t create. You certainly make decisions and you ought to consciously create your life but it would be false to say that any part of that emerges in a vacuum or from nothing. They all came from something and contribute to what is yet to come. It’s a grand system of which we are just one part.
Free will is extremely powerful. Our eternity rides on it.
Why doesn't Sam expect the same introspection into the probably of an actual US moon landing rather than trying to uncover the Government's attempts to cover up the legitimacy of alien visitations? Unless we have truthful evidence of a moon landing by humans given the primitive technology at the time, why would any current evidence of the authenticity of alien contact be credible?
Great episode! I particularly love the last section about happiness and meaning being in the present moment. Choosing to be happy by making a conscious effort to try to be happier. I use this philosophy regularly but this helped me understand what I am doing better, and why
For me, no one explains the purpose of meditation as good as Sam Harris
Yep, his app is amazing too
shab pu mabhu ji explains it better u noob
*well
That’s because he uses it for real reasons and not bullshit spirituality or fake shit
@@Bob-of-Zoid ok buddy here's a link to Shampoo Mabhuji explaining it all:
czcams.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/video.html
i never clicked faster! always wanted to know more about Sam Harris (of whom i've basically heard one meditation audio)
I highly recommend Sam’s meditation app. I put off starting a subscription for a year and once I started, I use it almost every day. It has served me greater than I had anticipated.
What hoodie is sam wearing ?
His app is amazing
There's about 3 thousand hours of him talking on other pods and his own
Sam Harris is a very public figure. He has his own podcast, has been to many podcast, including being a regular on JRE, and doing philosophy podcasts like Very Bad Wizards. If you're looking where to start, Sam's podcasts with our beloved psychopath, Paul Bloom, is a great start.
You do motivate people more than you know man you do a lot for people day to day with just the love you show and the awesome stuff you do between podcasts and AI it's all phenomenal work that deserves great credit
Excellennt! ! Can’t wait for the next video with Jade diving into your favorite books. With all these other CZcams channels, it’s your channel where you share book resources - I love it!
"This is the most chocolatey moment of my life." Sam Harris, May 2021
I've told this to myself twice when eating chocolate since listening to this interview.
I had a spiritual awakening listening to Sam Harris's waking up 3 years ago after a break up, ever since I've been obsessed with the neuroscience of how it happened- the most important moment in my adult life! Sam is a hero
Like with Dawkins, it just drives me mad that lex doesnt ask the right questions.
Honestly Sam's model is circa 2017. It causes me to wonder if he's ignoring breakthroughs in volitional awareness, or simply stopped keeping up.
@@eenkjet Such as?...
@@drunkship12 I've not seen him update is volitional model (Harris uses Libet and Haggard scales...the "we know what you are going to decide before you decide it.").
In 2018, Uri Maoz flattened the timescale comparing deliberative (moral choices) vs arbitrary (picking) action potentials.
This data runs cross grain to his quasi-religious approach to evil/desert/crime.
Harris also discusses the cusp of volition as if we aren't choosing our thoughts.
I don't see that as supportable if you look at top down rhythmic sampling having an innate 300ms (Helfrich 2018) buffer. Now mate that to to the "rear looking" N400.
@@eenkjet It would be comedy gold if you were just speaking nonsense here
This calm focused conversation cures my ADHD and restlessness and helps me focus at work. For some reason it primed me for doing highly complex technical work
How can you not look at the night sky and not be filled with awe and wonder about what great adventures are waiting for humanity
I never thought I’d listen to 3 hours of podcast, but this is probably the 5th one now. Really interesting conversations. The caliber of your guests is awesome, but you have a great way of asking good questions as well. Keep it up!
Yeah, right? It's too entertaining to stop
Well said! I set the playback speed to 1.25x to hear the killer content faster, and save time if needed.
The look on your face Lex
Sadly. Harris is the first jerk Lex has had on the podcast!!!
Sam said he knows the Covid vaccine is absolutely safe. First of all, no drug is completely safe. If you are intelligent and have critical thinking you can catch Sam say incorrect things so eloquently that you almost doubt your own logic. He said in this interview that he he KNOWS the vax is completely safe then says that he’s not an expert on RMNA or Covid. So which is it?
Listening to smart, well spoken people talk about something they know nothing about is always dangerous.
Lex: How was the weather today?
Sam: The weather is cloudy and cold. The temperature is 5 degrees Celsius, and the humidity is 87%. There is a 40% chance of rain in the next hour. You might wonder why this is the case. Why is it not sunny and warm? Why is it not snowing and freezing? Why is it not stormy and windy? The answer is not simple. It depends on many factors, such as the position of the sun, the movement of the air masses, the distribution of the land and water, the presence of clouds and dust, and the influence of human activity. All these factors interact in complex ways to produce the weather we experience.
But what does this mean for us? How should we respond to the weather? Should we accept it as it is, or should we try to change it? Should we be grateful for it, or should we complain about it? Should we adapt to it, or should we resist it? These are not easy questions to answer. They require us to examine our values, our beliefs, our goals, and our emotions. They require us to make sense of the weather.
The weather is also a source of wonder and awe. Think about the beauty and complexity of a snowflake, or the power and majesty of a thunderstorm, or the tranquility and harmony of a sunny day. These are experiences that can inspire us, humble us, or fill us with gratitude. The weather is not just something that happens to us, it is something that we participate in. We are part of the weather, and the weather is part of us.
So the next time you look at the sky, don't just see clouds or rain or sun. See the marvel of existence, the mystery of perception, and the opportunity for wisdom. And remember that you are not separate from the weather, you are the weather. Thank you for listening.
51:37-51:40 Why'd you cut out what his professor said? There was more to the story. I was wondering
sam harris’s right eyebrow: i’m v interested
sam harris’s left eyebrow: i’m v bored
Why is this making me laugh so much?
My eyebrows are like that too, only one moves up and down lmao
@Martini Equanimity, lol!
😆
He has two brains
I’m simply blown away by the depth of this. Thank you both. Thank you.
Not too most in India
Young people should learn to play poker.
The game instils in you the ability to make good decisions when only incomplete information is available. To handle negative emotional feedback from misfortune. To reason through problems. To consider multivarious outcomes.
It's an incredible game to learn. It will make you a better human being if you even begin to master it.
Sam’s meaning of life was the longest explanation for live in the moment I’ve ever heard, and I loved every second of it.
Agreed
This discussion surpassed my, already high, expectations.
Sam certainly is the right candidate who hs come of age round the full circle
I knd of refuse 2 get off hs station
Tq sam
Jesse u should try the grammarly chrome extension, maybe you'll leave the commas out next time
@@eula9 Thanks, for, the, tip.
Why ?
You're high?
This might be the greatest long form conversation I have ever had the privilege to witness. I love both of these guys. And the high expectations I had for this podcast were dismal compared to the reality of it. The topics they covered, the depth they brought to it, the authenticity, the honesty. It was perfect!
This was really good.
I guess Sam lost his sheet after this!
Now he think anyone who questions vax is wrong
Dude Lex and Michael Malice was absolutely fantastic also. Their first conversation was good versus evil. Two different walks of life, seemingly besides themselves with joy to encounter and challenge one another. This is absolutely fantastic as well.
This level of understanding regarding free will is probably deeper than most people will ever think of to understand it. I assume to most people it's just about the fact that you can reflect upon your experiences and have the ability to choose diffrently if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation - you are not bound to repeat a mistake like a mindless machine. But yeah, on closer examination there's no freedom in that, it's just an emerging result of countless factors that are in play with each other.
So he's saying you can't prove your choices haven't been manipulated by an external force. In face what I have noticed more and more is most choices we make are being manipulated by external forces as if consciousness was just a Bluetooth connection and we are just a speeker being played but also being told that we make the sound so it's our sound
The truth is free will was intended as a clerical device God gave you the choice to go to heaven or hell so follow the practices of the church or hell. Not making up your mind weather to buy a scone or a croissant. Either way you look at it most if not all of your descitions have an external influence so how can you even be certain it was your choice when you are constantly being Sheparded
This is such an incredible interaction in so many different ways. This makes it clear conversation is in fact an Art!
I really hope Lex writes a book and calls it, “What’s Up With The Horse?”
@Lex Frïdman Thanks, Lax Friendmxn! I’ll totally listen to you, as you are 100% the guy who runs this channel, Lox Freeedlemon!!
This podcast is usually intellectually heavy, but I need a break every 15 minutes on this one.
Me too. I need a break to process what I've heard in context and process it.
I"ve only read a couple, but I think Sam's books are a good way to receive the information in a slow, methodical way.
@@afpops pu
It’s not that deep. His explanations are just long but it’s not like he’s reading a carl jung audiobook.
1:45:02-- THIS, yes you Lex Fridman is why I can’t stop watching? I love your nuances! 😆 Amazing! 🙏🤩
Sam is very patient here with someone he is clearly light years ahead of.
Sam Harris is a devoutly religious man. The State is his Religion, the Government is his Church, Politicians are his Clergy, Law is his Bible, and he has lots and lots of Faith!
even with the mounting dispair these days what a time to be alive to hear these talks
Right? Ten years ago. Think about what you thought about the future like 10 years ago. Not space. Not universally distributed podcasts by insanely dedicated intellectuals that somewhere along the way, we all decided in unison were going to be our new heroes. The wholesale acceptance of nerd culture and all its variants, as something more like humanity we had forgotten exists in everyone to some degree. I remember despairing to my husband in my little early 20's, my teacher when it came to debate and logic, etc. Just crying silly blubber tears because I thought no one would ever think empirically and that we would all suffer forever. But here we are. Cynicism is difficult now. It's hard to hold contempt in general. Hell it's hard to even roll my eyes these days. If I feel that way, there's a rocket launch going off soon, and somehow a magic hat of Lex Fridman episodes to pull from. Among other stimulus. I love it. I don't wanna go now. Living forever could be pretty awesome.
Absofuckinglutely.
I really love that Ben Stiller is taking time off from his acting career to really explore the deeper things in life...admirable.
Does it bother you to make such a painfully unoriginal joke? Literally any video with Sam Harris, scroll to the comments and see your own mind at work...
hahaha this one killed me xD
@@Jaomet this was my first exposure to Sam Harris and I had never heard this joke before. Just because something isn’t novel to you doesn’t mean it isn’t to anyone. Maybe next time just kindly move along when you read a comment that doesn’t crack you up for the first time.
@@YearsOVDecay1 the irony
@@Jaomet Doesn't it bother you to be bothered about something so trivial as an unoriginal joke?
Hey kids beware, Sam is a living example of the effects of playing with psychedelica.
Sam is correct. I trally injoy these podcasts. Im a child of the 70s amd miss shows like this with carl sagen and others. Its so interesting to hear these brilliant conversations. Please keep them coming
I was in high school in the 70s. I have grown to have disdain for all of this. Interesting that you still like it. Perhaps I have become a bitter old guy but I don't care much for the questions of the ages. I want to stop thinking about that stuff--enough already in my view. What I do want to concentrate on is reviewing my life and integrating it before I die which could be anytime now or in over thirty years. My heavy use of LSD was now over 50 years ago.
"The brain is my favorite organ.
Then again: Who made that decision?"
- Couldn't find the source
The brain bias to it's favor.
Only thing in the universe to name itself.
@@rootsradics and it also choose different sounding names in other languages such as (aql) in arabic.
I nearly woke my roomate with a loud laugh. Gold Comment.
@@things_leftunsaid The lungs sitting nearby: *roll eyes* Oh he's boasting again...
He has been and still is the most important and influential voice in my world, has definitely changed me for the better, thanks Lex for having him on
I like him a lot, too.
that's pretty sad when he tried to sell his crowd utilitarianism rebranded as "human flourishing" as basis for secular morality. goes to show you can go far by sounding authoritative.
@@churblefurbles even if thats true, which it isn't, he wrote the end of faith before he had a podcast let alone a fan base to "sell" to, so try again.
He's a jerk. Lex is kind to have him on the podcast.
@@mileshalpern9320 Oh bubba
Listened to this three times.
I feel like there's STILL value here if I listened again.
Stop brainwashing yourself
Lex. You are one of the last true independent journalists, & free thinkers. Your ability to seek and understand a variety well rounded variety of topics and provide your findings is unlike any other on social media.
Congratulations Lexi! Two of my favorite intellectuals finally together
Three, I'm there in spirit...😅
@@noctus1409 we all were
Good enough reason for me to eat that acid I've been saving
@@benjamenchiids7418 No, whether you're high or not it's still not gonna make any sense... Consciousness is..... is.....like.....😶 Yeah, I don't get it...
@@noctus1409 I'm still taking this all in. Thanks 😊
Ben Stiller has gotten so smart. I’m so happy for him
You're not doing too badly either.
Bit of trivia for you: Sam Harris, Ham Sarris, Han Stallis, Hen Stilles, Ben Stiller. That's only 4 steps of quasi-etymorphisation required to transition between their names.
There is actually a (conjectured) effect with only statistical evidence to support it: that people who's facial features are morphologically similar generally have names that are also etymorphologically similar. I'd never realised that before, until I just made it all up now for no reason.
spot on 😝 thanks for the chuckle
😆🤣✔️🏆
😂
Every time I listen to a lex podcast I think to myself 'this is the best podcast ever'
Lex is our Lord & Savior. He really is the best host of the best podcast on planet Earth, isn't he? I want him to take a dump down my throat so I can extract some of his wisdom further!
It would be of great illumination for both of you to read Marc Solm’s ‘The Hidden Spring’. Nagel’s ‘What is like to be a bat’ could be what it feels like to be a bat. In other words, affect is the primary aspect of consciousness.
FINALLY, THANK YOU LEX!!!❤️
At around 30 minutes, talking about dreaming, and how dreaming allows or enables us to be in totally unrealistic situations, and yet not be surprised, is very interesting. Sam then goes on to say that this experience is very ephemeral and obviously invented by our brains and that we seem to lose the ability to see how bizarre it is, being in such a situation.
Having recently had cataract surgery, both eyes, and now emerging into a conscious world where everything has gone visually from 'standard definition' or worse, to 4K or better, I now realise how my world has ever so gradually been restricting and removing me visually from reality over decades.
The experience for me in this 'New World' is almost shocking, surprising, and at times overwhelming, even though I not only expected it but looked forward to it. The sensory deprivation I had been experiencing (until the last few years when I became painfully aware of it) was so profound that I had become quite withdrawn, depressed and sensing the limits imposed by mortality, that the idea of suicide did not seem too ridiculous, despite having no intention at all to apply it.
As one ages and the senses all deteriorate at the same time, one is confronted more and more with the awareness of consciousness as the last bastion of awareness, of being human. As you retreat more and more into a 'cocoon' of your body's own making due to the gradual shutdown of the senses, and having to rely more and more on the support of others, you are confronted increasingly with the reality that this fundamental 'awareness', 'concsciousness' or whatever it is, is all you truly possess. The loss of even that eventually seems to become acceptable.
Meanwhile, I'm blown away by my new 4K world, and enjoying, like a little kid, every moment of it!
Thanks for your powerful “eye opening” comment I have taken to heart.
Zow ! Well said, indeed, thanks for that. As a kid watching my grandparents age, I supposed that "old age" was a means of making death not seem like such a bad thing. Supposedly Freud imagined dreams were made as a means of permitting our minds to sleep, which some on youtube argue proof is bearing out. Being a child (made of rubber) is an awesome experience, which passes "too quickly" even if most kids are keen to be "older." While our bodies may experience much in the world, doesn't it all necessarily pass through "consciousness" before it has any meaning for ourselves ? Consciousness is an awesome gift, though I too often forget to appreciate it. As Sam suggested, it would be possible to be in consciously in awe of a cup on a table in the present moment. Thank you for sharing your "gift of new eyes!" B-) A favorite type of youtube video is color blind folks getting "color blind glasses" ... though I don't think they always work, there are many where an adult is moved to tears looking at a sunset saying "no way... that's what you see ? ! ?" Dude, that's what you see now too ! (and I'm one of those adults moved to tears and being reminded how AWESOME it is to be able to see .... and in color too ! " There's an old "radio lab" episode where a woman (author) describes her encounter in a sign language class with a man in his mid 20s who was deaf. With time and patience she breaks through to him and helps him discover LANGUAGE (Oh ? humans have named things ? why didn't someone tell me that decades ago ? ! ? ) Your eyesight story and color blind glasses and an adult discovering language are the kinds of reminders I need to appreciate this moment; that sunset; this cup; and think "what was I complaining about again ? " ... I love appreciating consciousness ... but inevitably my ego crawls back and starts bitching about something and then I'm glad, again, to hear from Sam or you or someone and be reminded to appreciate all that is awesome in this conscious moment ! It's good stuff and it's precious and it's a finite thang. Cheers. B-)
@1:12:30 Ooh - the concept of thoughts being the organism using the humans as the vehicle for consciousness. Intriguing.
Dear Lex, thank you for your podcasts. I am wondering if you could please interview Rupert Sheldrake on your show? I would love to hear that. xxx
My essay is due tomorrow, I should be working on it, but instead, I am here listening to these two geniuses.
Same.
How did it work out with the essay?
@@Kraterlandschaft Still on it: Schopenhauer and pessimism.
New essay topic: free will
@@silverapples75 Good luck, son.
LEX FRIDMAN PODCAST IS THE NEW JRE BACK WHEN JRE HAD THE BEST POD ON CZcams... 🔥
True
JRE has jumped the shark :(
I haven't even listen to any Joe Rogan podcast since i started listening to Lex
@@frederickaugustusdouglass9713 welcome to the club 👊😎
JRE passed the torch to a new innovator
I think the comment that sam makes at about 1:49:50 is more significant than meets the eye. Living in a western world dominated by a culture of individualism, it can feel obvious to internalize your problems and think that they are your responsibility. Accepting Sams view of determinism might really motivate us to see individual emotions as more of a common responsibility and help a lot of people share their emotions and ask for help from their family. This really hit me hard anyway.
Thanks for a great podcast!
HOw did you last so long with this dribbler?
I agree about texts in the dream. I get vivid dreams every night. Whenever I have a dream where I have to use my phone to text or call someone, something goes wrong and I can never see or find a number or even see a text or type 34:40
After listening to conversations like this, I need to take a good nap to sort things out. My mind becomes overwhelmed.
A nap after learning increases your ability to absorb that. See Hubermann Labs.
Or some psychedelics
I never realized Ben Stiller is so interested in the fields of Consciousness, Free Will, AI, and the like...
He has a small phone
@@tyraelkamh1875 WTF? 🤔
What do you mean by that Tyrael? Are you speaking literally or something more?
@@JayJayOO7 look it up. Ben stiller small phone
@@tyraelkamh1875 Ohhh.. I see lol Zoolanda 😆
@@JayJayOO7 haha yepp 🤣
I love the slow and deliberate discussion. Note how it’s the exact opposite of your average influencer or CZcamsr who rambles on any whim of opinion and fills their thumbnails with clown-like exaggerated expressions.
I really enjoyed the dreams segment. I literally meet people I have never met, have conversations with them. I can see bricks, rocks, equipment and stuff in great detail and can recount it for around 20 mins after waking. Thanks to Sam for pointing out to me that I am literally losing my mind every night!
I get the sense that when these two talk about 'consciousness' they are referring to different things.
Since 'consciousness' is nigh undefinable given our current understanding of the brain and how organic computation works I think you could go on and search for a very long time before you find two experts who completely agree on what consciousness actually is.
@@connoisseurofcookies2047 this is true. It may have helped to spend a few minutes aligning on their respective definitions of it.
Lex is truly a Grey fucking alien.
"I don't want to not suffer, and I don't want to not have self hate"
@@connoisseurofcookies2047 The, "experts", wouldn't know consciousness if it bit them in the ass because they are trying to find something that exists every moment through the lens of a microscope. It's akin to trying to see mt. everest through a microscope or an ant through a telescope. You can't find the whole through the parts.
@@johnbloom1109 Don't try to explain hard science with arbitrary philosophy and vice versa.
'Consciousness' exists and it has basis in hard science, chemistry and physics, although we cannot explain it yet. The evidence is found in our mutual lived experiences.
And as such it can be explained and, perhaps, understood, at our nervous systems' lowest through to the highest levels of abstraction whatever that may be.
The problem lies in us not being the architects of our own processing units and since we didn't build us we are forced to reverse engineer ourselves.
It's akin to figuring out how a CPU works and what it does without knowing what a CPU/Computer is whilst simultaneously reinventing boolean logic.
Make sure to watch the whole thing, this turns into a valuable therapy session for all of us around the middle of the video
1:38:34 to be exact
Have been using this to sleep off to 🤣
Have you seen the video
Elon Musk really pisses off Lex Fridman
It’s hilarious! 😡 😂 😆
Nice to see you here, I was doing your unity tutorials recently :D
I do sleep very well, to be fair...in a very short space of time...😜
I had a dream I was hanging out with Ben Stiller. But then I woke up and it was just Sam Harris.
I can't explain how much it means to me to see an intelligent and driven individual. You insire me lex.
@@bladwijzersync1883 Indeed, we're in the presence of a higher being better than us. Lex, please piss on my face. I need your life-energy.
Sam is a legend and a hero. Need I say more? So proud and glad to see the two of you on the podcast. Sam’s waking up meditation app has helped me far more than I anticipated.
Sam in my view is part fraud.
On the plus side for Lex, when the machines do take over, hes already dressed like an agent, so he'll blend right in.
He could invent "robot judo"!
3:07:21 onward is simply beautiful .. Sam, what a brilliant response .. love it 🙏💗
I don't always agree with what you say, but I appreciate your logical thought process, Sam.
We all have our blind spots and life is as nuanced as you present it.
Hi Lex.I felt I had to let you how impressed I am at the quality of your interviews. You are truly at the top of your game ,I hope you achieve all your goals in life . A huge thank you for all you are doing to educate the people of this world.❤🙏
“Something seems to be happening...” -Sam Harris when talking about consciousness. Unironically the smartest thing I’ve ever heard.
@@things_leftunsaid the one to do with bats?
@@MoiLiberty he's describing exactly what he's referring to. It's neither the smartest thing ever nor hilariously ignorant. It's just a description.
If you equip the AI system with a sensor that allows it to detect the electrical signals that it emits when it's active - you've taken a very big step towards giving it consciousness.
letting it write a bit of his own code, and remember the changes will help to. and lastly a cam it can move, a drone to look around if it want and to learn new stuff. and last, you have to create a network of ai's it can talk to about that did go well and about bad chances etc.
a real human mind depends a lot of our combined knowledge, reflection and community. you will need it for a real ai. maybe a human chat works to, a bit but with a lot of downsides.
@@danielchoritz1903sounds like a great first step to AI world domination