Samuel Bеnjаmin "Sаm" Hаrriѕ (Bоrn Aрril 9, 1967) iѕ аn American author, рhilоѕорhеr, аnd nеurоѕсiеntiѕt. Hiѕ bооk The End of Faith (2004), wаѕ a сritiԛuе оf organized rеligiоn. In The Mоrаl Landscape...
Faith, if it is ever right about anything, is right by accident. Sam Harris
Faith, if it is ever right about anything, is right by accident.
Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it. Sam Harris
Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried. Sam Harris
Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.
In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get seventy-two virgins in Paradise. Sam Harris
In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get seventy-two virgins in Paradise.
The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that. Sam Harris
The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. Sam Harris
The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.
We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper. Sam Harris
We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects. Sam Harris
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected. Sam Harris
Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.
Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no such thing as Christian or Muslim morality. Sam Harris
Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no such thing as Christian or Muslim morality.
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum. Sam Harris
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm. Sam Harris
You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.