Wednesday, January 17, 2007 | Reason : Science of Religion | print version

Sam Harris at Idea City '05

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Sam Harris gives a brief speech of the ideas expressed in his book, "The End of Faith". The video came from samharris.org

Reposted from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YOIImOoYM

If you haven't already, be sure to watch Sam's TV appearances on his website:
http://www.samharris.org/site/media_video/

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1. Comment #17910 by AtheistJunkie on January 17, 2007 at 1:14 pm

Sam, you rock.

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2. Comment #17913 by Nazgul on January 17, 2007 at 1:37 pm

AWSOME !!! Wish it was 2 hours long.

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3. Comment #17915 by Jack Rawlinson on January 17, 2007 at 1:47 pm

Great speech. I loved his "big diamond" illustration. And I wish every religious believer would listen to this with an open mind. If they can find one, of course. :-)

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4. Comment #17920 by MIND_REBEL on January 17, 2007 at 2:22 pm

Sam, great speech. I love the way you call all those Christians on thier irrational ideas. If everybody was more like you, the world would be a much better place.

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5. Comment #17923 by rodart on January 17, 2007 at 2:50 pm

SAM da MAN!

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6. Comment #17927 by sparkie_t on January 17, 2007 at 3:08 pm

He really is a very good public speaker. He should do more, or maybe just tape the ones he is doing.

Does anyone have any links to other talks he gives? All I can find on youtube is the beyond belief stuff!

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7. Comment #17939 by Janus on January 17, 2007 at 4:11 pm

I've seen this one a while ago, it's the vid that's made me a Sam Harris fan, despite the misgivings I had (and still have) about his less than rigorous stance towards reincarnation and psychics.

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8. Comment #17940 by stevez on January 17, 2007 at 4:14 pm

I saw this video some time ago. It introduced me to the new atheist movement, even though I had been reading Dawkins' books since the 80s. It made me realise the desperate urgency of the need to fight back against the growth of religious influence.

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9. Comment #17941 by stevez on January 17, 2007 at 4:18 pm

Janus: I know his stance about some things is controversial, but he is an honest skeptic, and is prepared to subject things to scientific appraisal. Surely that is what matters.

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10. Comment #17953 by MelM on January 17, 2007 at 5:04 pm

Re: further videos. There's a link to Sam's website videos just under the YouTube picture above.

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11. Comment #17966 by harryh28 on January 17, 2007 at 6:28 pm

No one can stick it to them as well as Sam. If you have a bittorrent client I can recommend this rendition of his standard speech as one of his best performances.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/476268

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12. Comment #17969 by sparkie_t on January 17, 2007 at 6:50 pm

Watched some of the other interviews on Sam's website. The bias in the media is unreal. Sam is cut off and not given the same air time as a republican spin doctor! Its a horrible interview to watch. Think it was the MSNBC interview

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13. Comment #17971 by sparkie_t on January 17, 2007 at 7:03 pm

Re: harryh28

you can also watch this talk at youtube (its in8 parts). just search for sam harris CSPAN and it should come up straight away. Runtime ~1hr20

(how do you suggest videos, articles etc to the community?)

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14. Comment #18070 by Ohnhai on January 18, 2007 at 6:46 am

Sam should add a new line to the 'diamond' story.

Skep: "So, you have a diamond the size of a washing machine buried in your yard?... OK: I'll bring the shovels, Let's Prove it!"

Dimondist:"No, need! I am content in my belief of it's existence... Praise the diamond!

nuff said!

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15. Comment #18127 by carwash on January 18, 2007 at 1:11 pm

Sam,you make us over here hope there is a progressive revolution rather than the regressionist one we hear about taking place in your country.
More power to you,stand up to the religo-fascists trying to control us!

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16. Comment #18154 by Brian^ on January 18, 2007 at 3:45 pm

Excellent speech!

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17. Comment #18163 by John Pritzlaff on January 18, 2007 at 5:22 pm

This is the video that got me into Sam Harris, and thus into the New Atheism movement. What a great speech...

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18. Comment #18169 by StephenH on January 18, 2007 at 6:48 pm

watch 11 minutes 54 seconds into the video

Sam talks about a quote from President Bush.
Common Sense Judges [further words] God

Common Sense & God within the same sentence?

I'm afraid my browser went strange trying to type my message, so i lost the video, and i need to get some sleep, so i can't wait for the video to reload

Anyway, Sam was making some real common sense points. Excellent Speech. Can't wait to listen to the rest of it tomorrow

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19. Comment #18170 by Phil on January 18, 2007 at 6:48 pm

(Edited several times to get the link to work)
6. Comment #17927 by sparkie_t on January 17, 2007 at 3:08 pm
He really is a very good public speaker. He should do more, or maybe just tape the ones he is doing.

Does anyone have any links to other talks he gives? All I can find on youtube is the beyond belief stuff!

Below is a link to a lengthy talk that he gave in New York.
This is the best speech of his that I have found. It's a lot of the same stuff but more in depth.

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20. Comment #32272 by nothing on April 16, 2007 at 3:16 pm