#481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award – Making Sense with Sam Harris

Richard Dawkins presents Sam Harris with the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award at a live Center for Inquiry event. After the tribute, the two friends discuss consciousness and epiphenomenalism, AI and the Turing test, the scientific basis of morality, the failures of democracy and Trump's corruption, the role of philosophy, changing deeply held beliefs, Sam's path to meditation, the legacy of Christopher Hitchens, and other topics.

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#481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award

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