<description>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at &lt;a href="http://samharris.org/subscribe" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;samharris.org/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

#481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award

JUN 17, 202654 MIN
Making Sense with Sam Harris

#481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award

JUN 17, 202654 MIN

Description

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. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.