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    Sam Harris on Happiness

    Sam Harris

    Sam Harris on the absence of neuroses. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Love, Sex, & Happiness, Belief, Inspiration & Wisdom

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    What is your counsel?

    Sam Harris

    Technology is furthering environmental consciousness Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Inspiration & Wisdom

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    What is your outlook?

    Sam Harris

    Too much attachment to myth worries Sam Harris. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Future

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    Sam Harris on the Dangers of Religion

    Sam Harris

    Again this year, the New Atheist is giving up God. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Sam Harris Considers a Creator

    Sam Harris

    Sam Harris refutes the notion of an intelligent creator. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Sam Harris On Interpreting Scripture

    Sam Harris

    Maybe God spoke in metaphor. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Sam Harris On Good and Evil

    Sam Harris

    Morality is one of the greatest challenges for modernity. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Sam Harris Says Religion Can be a Force for Good

    Sam Harris

    The "new atheist" distinguishes between what is useful and what is true. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief, Arts & Culture, Inspiration & Wisdom

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    What is secular fundamentalism?

    Sam Harris

    Secular fundamentalism is a play on words Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Sam Harris On Death

    Sam Harris

    Religion does not teach grief, Harris says. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    What inspires you?

    Sam Harris

    Fighting ignorance. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Inspiration & Wisdom

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    What is religion?

    Sam Harris

    Religions, Harris says, are failed sciences. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    What Do You Believe?

    Sam Harris

    Converging on a common project in a non-divisive, something religion does infrequently. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Is there certainty in science?

    Sam Harris

    Harris believes that certainty is a false goal. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Science & Tech

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    What is faith?

    Sam Harris

    Harris believes faith is healthy and necessary. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Who Are You?

    Sam Harris

    9/11 sparked Harris's interest in religion, and his journey to atheism. Read More

    January 29, 2008   |  In Identity

User_rkae_dc50d676a Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. Mr. Harris' writing has been published in over ten languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, The New York Times, Scientific American, Rolling Stone, and many other journals. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Nature, The Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere. Mr. Harris is a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University. He is completing a doctorate in neuroscience, studying the neural basis of belief with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). He is also a Co-Founder and Chairman of The Reason Project.

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