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Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.

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Sam Harris
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 9
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Samuel Benjamin Harris
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The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.
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Fundamentalism is only a problem if the fundamentals are a problem
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