Sam Harris uses the word “casuistry” roughly at minute 2:13 of episode #233, “A Conversation With Andrew Sullivan”, in the Making Sense Podcast.
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Sam Harris Dictionary: Confabulatory
Sam Harris uses the word “confabulatory” at 40:08 in episode #218 of the Making Sense Podcast “Welcome to the Cult Factory” with Tristan Harris.
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Sam Harris uses the word “anarchic” in episode #217 of the Making Sense podcast with John McWhorter.
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Balkanization
Sam Harris uses the word “balkanization” in episode #204 of the Making Sense podcast with Jonathan Haidt.
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Inchoate
Sam Harris uses the word “inchoate” in episode #204 of the Making Sense podcast with Jonathan Haidt.
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Reductio Ad Absurdum
Sam uses the term “reductio ad absurdum” in episode #206 of the Making Sense podcast with David From.
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Equanimity
Sam uses the word equanimity quite often in his podcast, and most recently in episode #205 of “Making Sense” with Daniel Markovits.
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Midwifed
In podcast episode 163, Sam refers to a famous Chris Rock skit and the controversy it brought forth as having been “midwifed”.
Read MoreOld Stone Walls In The Woods…
If you’ve ever gone walking through the woods in New England, you probably have encountered some old stone walls that seem to be in the middle of nowhere. These man-made structures seem to have no purpose… And yet there they are. So, what are they doing there? It’s a great question. Back in the early 1800s stone walls were erected throughout New England primarily to keep animals from wandering off… Primarily sheep. According to an article by Ruth Smith, for the Concord Monitor: The majority of New England’s stone walls…
Read MoreNaval Gazing
Naval gazing, is related to, but should not be confused with, “navel gazing”… The most current definition of naval gazing is the unproductive habit of listening to the Jocko Podcast, or other self-help podcast, and then actually doing nothing to “get on the path”. More broadly, the term can refer to the unproductive behavior of a self-help junkie. Naval gazing may actually be a symptom of pathological navel gazing. Naval Gazing vs. Navel Gazing Navel gazing is a commonly used term to refer to someone involved in self-absorbed, unproductive behaviors. However…
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