#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning

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the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:18)
- Where do thoughts come from? (14:18) - Consciousness (31:50) -
Psychedelics (41:14) - Nature of reality (58:09) - Free will
(1:56:55) - Ego (2:05:59) - Joe Rogan (2:08:59) - How will human
civilization destroy itself? (2:16:27) - AI (2:37:10) - Jordan
Peterson (2:45:12) - UFOs (2:53:02) - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (3:02:47)
- Love (3:13:50) - Meaning of life