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#14: Sam Harris, PhD - Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More

#14: Sam Harris, PhD - Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More

FromThe Tim Ferriss Show


#14: Sam Harris, PhD - Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More

FromThe Tim Ferriss Show

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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sam Harris is a neuroscience Ph.D. and the author of the bestselling books, The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, and Lying. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction.In this episode, we explore the science of lying, "spirituality" or spiritual experiences, religion, meditation, and more.  It's really a discussion of the human experience, and how to optimize it without harming others.Sam's writing has been published in more than 15 languages. Mr. Harris and his work have been discussed in The New York Times, Time, Scientific American, Nature, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and many other journals. 
Show notes and links can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast
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Released:
Jun 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

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Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.