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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 18 Apr 2015

    The cure: Stop overestimating the power of bad people, and stop underestimating the power of bad ideas.

    5:43 PM - 18 Apr 2015
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      2. Dr Vegan‏ @VeganiaA 18 Apr 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg Bad ideas learned in childhood are indeed powerful. We're all born atheist, vegan—yet we may never realize it. #rationality

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      3. duane m briggs‏ @duaneb78 18 Apr 2015
        Replying to @VeganiaA

        @VeganiaA @SamHarrisOrg my 5 year old son has never once asked to eat meat or go to church.

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      1. Chris Morgan‏ @MorganCPM 18 Apr 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg In #POLiticks #YOU NEED to #STOP the #UnDER And #Get #OVER! #MrPessIMist;-)

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      1. Joscha Bach‏ @Plinz 18 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg All that estimating has to stop.

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      2. Mira Karell‏ @MiraKarell 18 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg Ok but in your book "Free Will" your position is that people can't be bad bc they don't have control of their brain activity.

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      3. Joshua Lord‏ @joshualord2700 19 Apr 2015
        Replying to @MiraKarell

        @MiraKarell @SamHarrisOrg Not bad in terms of having a tainted soul but they can be bad in terms of the effect they have on other beings.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Mira Karell‏ @MiraKarell 19 Apr 2015
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        @joshualord2700 @SamHarrisOrg That's for sure.

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      2. Soham Pablo‏ @soham_pablo 18 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg is there a paper/article I can read which describes how Islam is a worse set of ideas than other religions ?

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      3. fall of george‏ @JabroniMurph 18 Apr 2015
        Replying to @soham_pablo

        @soham_pablo you could read the Koran and Hadith

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      4. Soham Pablo‏ @soham_pablo 18 Apr 2015
        Replying to @JabroniMurph

        @JabroniMurph yeah but that's not a comparative analysis

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      1. Dude‏ @consubstantial_ 23 Mar 2016
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        @SamHarrisOrg @Of_Almonds_Idea Legalize the peace drug. #LSD We'll be able to deal with the peaceniks.

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      1. Kelly 4 Cruz‏ @kellystirling3 28 May 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg @PoliticalLaughs amen!!

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      1. BH‏ @HenryNg65427908 27 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg best... quote... ever..

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      1. Sourabh Mandal‏ @onlysourabh 26 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg please explain in detail

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      1. Emil Sotirov‏ @sotirov 24 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg @ev Same true for good people / ideas.

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      1. Joe Thomas‏ @JoePlace46 23 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg @mattfwood people are basically scared and self preservation mode is making for the largest "ism" driven will rule the anarchy

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      1. Robin Herbert‏ @robin_her 22 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg Yeah, but specifically, what do you have in mind? I mean what practical action do you recommend, beyond deepities like this?

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      1. Rian Hughes‏ @rianhughes 21 Apr 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg Sam, if I may, you may find my book "Cult-ure: Ideas Can Be Dangerous" interesting. Semiotics, memes, design, reason, ideas

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