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Sam Harris does not appear to be a rational individual who discovered atheism through logic and evidence. The man just appears to be bat-sh*t crazy. The author
by jostmey 14y ago
Sam Harris does not appear to be a rational individual who discovered atheism through logic and evidence. The man just appears to be bat-sh*t crazy.
The author casually tries to put this man in the same leagues as other atheist such as Richard Dawkins. But in my view Dawkin's is a sane individual trying to cope with an insane world. I cannot say the same about Mr. Harris after reading this article.
- acomar 14y agoCan you expand on that? The article is about a man who enjoys meditation and brazilian ju jitsu. What in this article makes you think he's bat-sh*t? I did not catch any such vibe.
- jostmey 14y agoThe man practices chocking other people to the brink of death in some sort of pseudo-BDSM tournament. What sort of sanity comes from a hallucination induced by oxygen deprivation?
- rdouble 14y agoIn his defense, he only does it 3 times a week.
- philwelch 14y agoYou immediately associate Brazilian ju-jitsu with BDSM and he's the crazy one!?
- alinajaf 14y agoI think you'll find that after attending one or two sessions of BJJ its not as crazy or sexually charged as you're assuming it is.
- solistice 14y agoIt really speaks pages that the first thing comming to your mind after hearing about BJJ is BDSM tournaments, and that it stayed the only thing long enough for you to reply that.
- pavanky 14y agoHow does this particular article make him look / sound / appear irrational ?
- tomsthumb 14y agoWithout really knowing how many or how often, the man does seem to receive enough death threats that some 'craziness' might be understandable, or even warranted.
- Martimus 14y agoWhat makes you say that? I think he seems like the most rational and intellectually honest of the 4 horsemen.
- tedivm 14y agoThe author isn't the one who put them together, Christopher Hitchens did. They get lumped together all the time, just google for the phrase "Four Horsemen of the Counter-Apocalypse" and you'll see quite a few references and videos pop up- including this video, published by The Richard Dawkins Foundation, of the four of them having a nice chat ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqVNz7kdvd8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqVNz7kdvd8 ). To claim that they aren't in the same league is pretty bold, especially when Dawkins himself seems to disagree.
- kanja 14y agoYour response is nonsensical - nothing in the article suggested anything even remotely resembling what you got out of it. It's a puff piece about hobbies. What that means, is that to you, the content is immaterial - where does this reaction come from then?