I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.
Sam HarrisFrom my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.
Sam HarrisCountries with high levels of atheism are . . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth they devote to social welfare programs and the percentage they give in aid to the developing world.
Sam HarrisImagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by God or that specific software was coded by him. Imagine a future in which millions of our descendants murder each other over rival interpretations of Star Wars or Windows 98. Could anything -- anything -- be more ridiculous? And yet, this would be no more ridiculous than the world we are living in.
Sam Harris