Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #185

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:48 – Where do thoughts come from?
7:49 – Consciousness
25:21 – Psychedelics
34:44 – Nature of reality
51:40 – Free will
1:50:25 – Ego
1:59:29 – Joe Rogan
2:02:30 – How will human civilization destroy itself?
2:09:57 – AI
2:30:40 – Jordan Peterson
2:38:43 – UFOs
2:46:32 – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
2:56:17 – Love
3:07:21 – Meaning of life

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