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.
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Anarchic
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 MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Perfunctory
Sam Harris sometimes uses the word perfunctory on his podcast. Perfunctory describes the way someone performs an action without thinking about it… Usually in an apparently non-caring, lackadaisical way… per·func·to·ry pərˈfəNG(k)t(ə)rē adjective (of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection. In using perfunctory in a sentence, you could say: “Finally, she completed her new Facebook user registration with a perfunctory agreement to the social network’s Terms and Conditions.”
Read MoreSam Harris Dictionary: Apocryphal
Sam Harris often uses the word apocryphal on his Waking Up podcast… The regular use of apocryphal shouldn’t be surprising when one considers that Sam basically calls bullshit for a living. Apocryphal is used to describe statements or stories that are widely believed to be true, but aren’t. a·poc·ry·phal adjective (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. Example: “an apocryphal story about a former president” synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue, fabricated, false, spurious
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