re: Sam Harris responds to Biden Address

What a tool.

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Yeah, Biden’s face contorted in unadulterated rage there really screams more gaffe than window to the soul.

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When does it stop being a gaffe? How many "gaffes" can he have before he's just an incompetent boob?

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Not sure what about his takes on the world warrants any bandwidth from me these days.

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I think you just answered your own question. He’s getting clicks and views. He’s relevant again.

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Let me stop you right there. Harris said it's ok to lie to take down Trump. He is the definition of evil. He's also a fricking idiot.

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I think he included child murder on the list of crimes he would tolerate to get rid of Trump.

The Sam Harris who held his own debating Jordan Peterson has checked out. He’s just another MSNBC anchor at this point.

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I fail to see what Sam Harris has done in his career that renders him an authoritative voice on much of anything.

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He's perceived as exceptionally intelligent (I don't see it that way but most do) and he's an outspoken atheist. People like to be thought of as intelligent, so they figure if they dickride folks like Harris who share their worldview then they think they get some virtue by association or something.

As you said, his authority would be in the field of neuro-science and I don't know that he's done much there, if anything. His arguments aren't compelling, and during a debate on morality he said STTE of "well, if you don't believe that you're just crazy and you don't know what you're talking about". Solid argument.

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Listen to his most recent podcast explaining his positions, and they almost entirely line up with us and Trump.

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no, I don’t think I will. I’ve wasted enough time listening to his non committal, pseudo philosophical bullshite. if he wants to be an above the fray sanctimonious fig while the republic disintegrates around him, that’s fine. but no one is coming to save him. the pedestal we put the “IDW” on was shameful in retrospect

I often say that the ability to run for office has very little with the ability to effectively hold the office. You can run a good campaign and utterly SUCK at being POTUS, for example (see also: Barack 0bama).

Similarly, being able to convince people that you are smart and actually being smart, while not entirely separate, can be surprisingly disparate in people like Sammy.

He's a dumbass that thinks that he's brilliant. People like that really get on my nerves.