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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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    1. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Jan 10

      Getting from “Is” to “Ought” 1/ Let’s assume that there are no ought’s or should’s in this universe. There is only what *is*—the totality of actual (and possible) facts.

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    2. Aesthesia‏ @Aesthesia9 Jan 10
      Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

      The problem in this initial premise is it assumes the existence of possibility. But from the perspective of hard determinism, there is no "what may or might be", only "what is" and "what will certainly be"

      8 replies 1 retweet 22 likes
    3. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Jan 10
      Replying to @Aesthesia9

      *Actual* experiences are sufficient for my argument. (And I might well be an actualist.) Whatever happens next, there is a vast difference between the best and worst outcomes. We can't help but try to navigate between them.

      4 replies 3 retweets 76 likes
    4. Aesthesia‏ @Aesthesia9 Jan 10
      Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

      Hmm... I think if you're a hard determinist, it would not make much sense to TRY at anything, bc the outcome is preordained, and if you're not, then you are granting POSSIBILITY is built into the very fabric of reality in a way that strict empiricism cannot account for

      22 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
      Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Jan 10
      Replying to @Aesthesia9

      Tell that to your stove.

      8:36 PM - 10 Jan 2018
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        2. Harrison Holland‏ @hholland13 Jan 10
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          Get’em sampic.twitter.com/87uRUMVqYU

          3 replies 0 retweets 33 likes
        3. Aesthesia‏ @Aesthesia9 Jan 10
          Replying to @hholland13 @SamHarrisOrg

          except that he completely misconstrued my position lol

          7 replies 0 retweets 37 likes
        4. Wry Raccoon‏ @wryraccoon Jan 10
          Replying to @Aesthesia9 @hholland13 @SamHarrisOrg

          Lol 😂 all I get from his 8 tweets of rhetoric is that @SamHarrisOrg is thinking a lot about sucking.

          0 replies 2 retweets 24 likes
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        2. Aesthesia‏ @Aesthesia9 Jan 10
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

          Well, I'm not a hard determinist. I think possibility is built into the very structure of reality/consciousness in way that science can't account for, so it makes sense for me to TRY avoiding to burn myself. Check out that Husserl paper in the thread for a more refined argument

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        3. Aesthesia‏ @Aesthesia9 Jan 10
          Replying to @Aesthesia9 @SamHarrisOrg

          Here's that paper, "The Crisis of European Man": http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~ryanshaw/nmwg/edmund.husserl-philosophy.and.the.crisis.of.european.man.pdf …

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        1. Simon Streatfeild‏ @SStreatfeild Jan 11
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          Well according to Chalmers, maybe the stove is suffering from all this handling!

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        1. Bigger Than Reagan, Stranger Than Rod‏ @GeorgeHemingto1 Jan 11
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          This is not an argument, it's a rhetorical trick, and a fairly dishonest and unfair one to use against somebody arguing in good faith

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        1. StroganOffer‏ @StroganOffer Jan 10
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          *breaking news* Sam @SamHarrisOrg encourages twitter users to burn hands on stove. More at 11.

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        1. samuel‏ @sameayala Jan 11
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          Putting your hand on the stove is only heat energy changing the conformation of protein molecules that sends an electric potential across membranes to cephalic matter. There is no ought from this. just matter in motion.

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        1. flopagis‏ @flopagis Jan 11
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          Yeah Hitler used this framework to justify people putting people in stoves. Them Jews "sucked" to him. Your framework is subjective, flawed, and very dangerous. Stop.

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        1. Austin T‏ @AustinTanney Jan 10
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          Perfect response

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        1. Aberu‏ @Aberu Jan 10
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @Aesthesia9

          "Why don't philosophers take me seriously?" hrmm

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