SIO132: Ezra Klein Out-Sam-Harrises Sam Harris

Serious Inquiries Only

Thomas Smith

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Today's episode is full of drama. So naturally, I have to talk about why there is drama and what I am trying to do in all this. One key question is: which issues do atheists tend to say "eh, agree to disagree" vs. "this disqualifies someone?" There are some patterns there to examine. Then, don't miss the later half where I discuss the Harris-Klein issue. I think there's an extremely fascinating insight to come out of that. And it's something that I don't think many people are picking up on. Klein-Harris email exchange; NYT article on the study; Excellent 2nd Klein piece; those Seth Andrews deems friends. Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point! Support the show at seriouspod.com/support! Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email thomas@seriouspod.com Direct Download

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0:00.0	You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hello and welcome to Serious Inquers only this is episode 132. I'm your host Thomas Smith and I'm real
0:36.0	excited. We are a couple days away from AA Khan in Oklahoma. I will be there. Come say
0:42.0	hi. It's going to be a great time and then the very next weekend is that
0:45.3	Bruce City benefit in Milwaukee for Milwaukee humanists gonna be a fun time gonna be a nice
0:50.9	caring non shit Lordy time there so please come to that if you can support
0:56.7	good things when they happen I think it's very important.
0:59.3	Brew City Benefit the weekend after this coming one.
1:02.8	So lots of chances to come hang out.
1:05.0	I'm excited.
1:05.6	Hopefully I'll see you.
1:06.9	All right, got a lot to talk about today.
1:09.5	Several sort of related issues. It's, I've just got a lot to say. I don't I don't know how to frame it. We'll just
1:16.6	buckle up. I don't know. Hopefully it's some some good thoughts that make sense
1:21.0	together but it's just so much of it is just the
1:24.3	sum of what I've been trying to do and what the atheism movement is what it should
1:30.6	be and how I'm functioning in it, how other people are functioning in it.
1:35.1	There's a lot, but let's get to it.
1:38.0	The first thing I wanted to do is just point out how frustrating a position it can be to be someone like me in this instance and I'll tell
1:48.9	you what I mean.
1:50.1	So I'm someone who has something of a following, but nowhere near Sam Harris, you know,
1:56.0	but I'm a tiny percentage of what he has.
1:59.4	And certainly same goes for like Matt Dilleh and Seth Andrews though they aren't anywhere
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