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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 14 Apr 2017

    Sam Harris Retweeted Eliezer Yudkowsky

    The we-have-no-idea-how-much-time-we-have-but-we-know-we-have-enough-of-it illusion?https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/852981816180973568 …

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    Eliezer YudkowskyVerified account @ESYudkowsky
    I wish this fallacy had a more common name, but at least it has been exhibited very succinctly. https://twitter.com/amcafee/status/852930789822038023 …
    1:31 PM - 14 Apr 2017
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      1. Dario $oRICH‏ @roninjin10 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        The kick-the-can fallacy. Or the hakuna matata fallacy.

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      2. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Luckily, the "AI apocalypse" is probably not coming at all.

        4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Tarun‏ @aathmastralis 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Intrinsic29 @SamHarrisOrg

        Why do you think it's not coming "at all"? Any links/arguments?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aathmastralis @SamHarrisOrg

        Kevin Retweeted Kevin

        Here's one thread where I detailed a few of my arguments against it:https://twitter.com/Intrinsic29/status/765593086856601601 …

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        Kevin @Intrinsic29
        Replying to @Intrinsic29
        .@Liggi @SamHarrisOrg Fast thinking can't turn plausible hypotheses into facts and experiments have to run at the speed of reality.
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      1. Philip Shepherd‏ @pass_Shepherd 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        I appreciate your proper use of hyphens. Most use quotation marks. It's the little things.

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      1. Vaelin Van Gogh‏ @VaelinVanGogh 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Me: AHH! The timer says that bomb is exploding in 2 minutes! Response: No, the timer's broke, we have no idea when it's going off, so relax

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      1. Rational Benevolence‏ @g4rbe 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        I think it's more of a "bandwidth" problem, as you say Sam. We have the Environment, Nuclear, Economic, existential threats to deal with.

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      1. Tom Miller‏ @willeyedoney 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        The IBAR (It'll be allright) illusion.

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      1. Mark Shively‏ @jedishive 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        The point is we need to know how much time we have BEFORE we know we need more time!

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      1. Jdub‏ @xclamashanpoint 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        the Procastinator's Principle

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      1. ethan‏ @ethanander 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        sam harris can u get devon tracey on the show

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      1.  🎃 Tina Boooo  👻‏ @tina_beeee 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @welshboy82 called it the fallacy of distant consequence. I think we have a winner.

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      1. Juan Amado‏ @JuanJAmado 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Would it be possible that the next evolutionary step for us is to become extinct while passing on our intelligence to a Si based species?

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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        This is why I have so little in retirement savings.

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      2. Noah Topper‏ @NoahTopper 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Seems a little wordy...

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      1. John Black‏ @johnblackjr 11 May 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Reminds me of the earthquake coming to California any minute now... or is it a century?

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      1. Josh Hanzman‏ @JoshHanzman 19 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        The-brief-history-of-time-b4-god-returned-in-electric-form-&-destroyed-all-the-unbelievers-volume2-the-correct-choice-was-mormon

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      1. Radu Samanc‏ @RaduSamanc 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        The Indetermined Determinate Fallacy.

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