Comments by "mhtinla" (@mhtinla) on "Sam Harris" channel.

  1. Many Chinese Americans who experienced Cultural Revolution have pointed out that, this is exactly what happened during that dangerous period of time.
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  2. Argument from the anti-gun camp -- "All countries have mentally ill people but only America, an outlier in gun ownership, has mass sh00ting problem, therefore gun is the problem." Argument from the pro-gun camp -- "Americans have had guns for hundreds of years without mass sh00ting until recent years, therefore gun is not the problem." This conversation is not very effective because both are sort of in the latter camp, With the blinders on, they did not touch on how other countries (e.g. UK and Australia) effectively addressed this issue by changing gun laws. The evidence is getting clearer that America is in decline. Someone mentioned recently (I think Douglas Murray?) that, the signs of an empire falling include the erosion of social norms (e.g. gender fluidity), cultural collapse (e.g. toxic masculinity), etc. I would add, in this case, elementary schools that built like fortresses, and a dysfunctional government that is too paralyzed to do anything while children are dying in front of our eyes.
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  3. Sam is a true elite
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  4. Sam's confirmation bias makes him still believe Steele Dossier. TDS is Sam's religion.
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  5.  @juliand2709  Exactly how Sam looks at the folks in IDW.
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  6. SBF thinks he's Robin Hood -- rob the rich to help the poor. On top of that, his belief in Effective Altruism magnifies the amount of "good" he thinks he's capable of doing, hence the justification of his own reckless behavior. If Robin Hood is with us today, do you approve of his actions? If so, you are likely a believer of EA like Sam Harris. If not, you prefer the rule of law without over-romanticizing EA.
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  7. I self-identify as first.
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