Atheist Sam Harris on Death and the Afterlife

Posted by Greg at 00:02, 16 Jun 2010

An interesting short commentary from vocal atheist Sam Harris on the topic of death:

Refreshing to see an honest response from Harris - a neuroscientist - when it comes to the fate of consciousness after death ("I don’t know what happens after the physical brain dies. I don’t know what the relationship between consciousness and the physical world is.")

Previously on TDG:

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I was actually quite touched
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Posted by DFenn on 16 Jun 2010 at about 00:44.

I was actually quite touched by that brilliant little snippet. Refreshing indeed. Is Harris usually like this?

Little each way
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Posted by Greg on 16 Jun 2010 at about 02:09.
DFenn wrote:

I was actually quite touched by that brilliant little snippet. Refreshing indeed. Is Harris usually like this?

Though he can be as strident as the rest of the 'militant atheists' at times, Harris has also shown he's a bit more open-minded by being interested in Dean Radin and Ian Stevenson's work (gaining some criticism from James Randi for his troubles). I think he's also quite interested in Buddhist practices (though not the 'religion').

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Posted by MacaPaca on 30 Jun 2010 at about 04:29.

this sums up my own thoughts very nicely. i had always imagined sam harris to be a little more dogmatic. after seeing this i feel that my previous view was unfair.