[hirvi74]

I am somewhat disappointed in Sam Harris being on the list. I do not agree with him on every topic, but I did enjoy some of his views back when he was more about philosophy than politics.

I do find Ted Cruz being involved to be absolutely hilarious though.

[ebbi]

I'd argue Sam Harris' content was mostly political masquerading as philosophy. Most of his criticisms were very concentrated toward one group, and due to that, he has put himself into a corner.

For example, when he's been asked about Israel being a 'promised land', as an atheist to agree with that and to overlook the atrocities it took/takes to achieve that, is pretty hypocritical.

[dwd]

You might want to check the affiliations and funding/promotional channels of all the so-called intellectual dark web.

[steve_adams_86]

Did you see much about how his name is tied to it? I wonder in which capacity he intended to be involved and why.

He has been associated with other things in the past, only to discover later that he was in a list of people who declined to participate or something.

I'm not sure I'd put it past him, regardless. I like some of his ideas quite a bit, but—in one of his favourite phrases—there's a lot of daylight between us on some topics. More and more over time, it seems. That's fine, overall I mostly respect his ideas.