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Author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, and other bestselling books published in over 20 languages. Host of the Waking Up podcast.

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    Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 24 Feb 2014

    When we reason, we are as free as a train upon its tracks. @paulbloomatyale

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      2. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        .@SamHarrisOrg @paulbloomatyale If another can influence your choices via your conscious, then your conscious processes can do the same.

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      3. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 25 Feb 2014
        Replying to @TorpedoWilson

        @TorpedoWilson @paulbloomatyale Okay. Consciously think a thought--about anything--and then notice whether you "chose" that thought.

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      4. Robin Herbert‏ @robin_her 26 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg @TorpedoWilson @paulbloomatyale So you could only have free will if you can think what you think before you think it?

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 27 Feb 2014
        Replying to @robin_her

        @robin_her @TorpedoWilson Yes, it sounds absurd. But the very notion of free will is incoherent.

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 27 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        .@SamHarrisOrg @robin_her You have failed to observe how conscious interacts with lower brain IMO.

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      7. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 27 Feb 2014
        Replying to @TorpedoWilson

        @TorpedoWilson @robin_her Of course it interacts. But it is unconscious before it is conscious. And you don't control any of it.

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      8. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 27 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        .@SamHarrisOrg @robin_her Agree control by conscious is slow & limited, but humans can be trained & train themselves to influence choices.

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      2. yonk‏ @Mettaman1 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg consider share your med experience of not self with Paul bloom and the others. I imagine its a key reason for your conviction?

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      3. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @Mettaman1

        @Mettaman1 Yes. That's the topic of my next book (out 9/9).

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      2. jOSEPH‏ @josephf5 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg Except that we can choose not to reason. A train can't choose not to be on its tracks.

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      3. Minty Fresh‏ @_minty_fresh_ 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @josephf5

        @josephf5 @SamHarrisOrg To quote the Rush song Freewill, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice".

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. jOSEPH‏ @josephf5 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @_minty_fresh_

        @_minty_fresh_ A train can't choose not to decide.

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      5. Robin Herbert‏ @robin_her 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @josephf5

        @josephf5 @_minty_fresh_ Indeed - a train is not conscious

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      6. jOSEPH‏ @josephf5 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @robin_her

        @robin_her Right. Which is why a train on its tracks is not similar to a person reasoning.

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      1. Eh‏ @cuboic 24 Feb 2014
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg @paulbloomatyale Heh heh, you've been reading too much daniel kahneman!

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      1. wmsglobetrotter‏ @wmsglobetrotter 24 Feb 2014
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        @SamHarrisOrg @paulbloomatyale Maybe, but at least we are moving

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      1. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 28 Feb 2014
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        .@SamHarrisOrg @paulbloomatyale Define 'free'. Ultimately nothing is. Irrelevant to the concept of free will operating in human sociality.

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