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    1 year ago

    Professional philosophers don’t take Sam Harris seriously. He’s a smart guy, but his take on free will is dismissive of established philosophical literature. That is, he could do more to read and then engage with published philosophy; but maybe he doesn’t think he has to since his work isn’t intended for academics.

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      1 year ago

      Sounds an awful lot like groupthink to me. Having differentiating takes is the point of philosophy.

      In a sort of snarky way one might even say that studying it defeats the purpose, because of pollution and all that.