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Science in Solitude

Evan Thompson & Sam Harris

In this conversation, Sam speaks with Evan Thompson about the relationship between meditative insight and science. They discuss Buddhist modernism, the difference between Buddhism and other religions, the relationship between concepts and what lies beyond concepts, the self as an illusion and the self as a construct, embodied cognition, the foundations of science, the role of culture in shaping spiritual insights, and other topics.

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Artwork by Jason Chatfield