I read through that several times trying to figure out where it went off the rails and I think it's herehttps://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/951276367949238272 …
which is out of character for Harris because he spends a lot of time talking about ethics on his podcast and I can't recall him or his guests ever trying to support this claim, let alone just assume it's correct and we agree with it.
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I just don't understand why, besides a fit of Scientism, he thinks "learning everything about physics, etc." makes the human situation better. It just doesn't follow. Did nuclear weapons make our corner of the universe suck less?
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I'm no luddite and I don't mean to imply that some technological advancements haven't meaningfully improved living conditions (a lot) from a humanitarian perspective, He's just making far too general of a claim here though.
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