Sam Harris is truly one of my favorite public intellectuals.

@waksibra

8 жыл бұрын

+btsororos who are the others?

@waksibra

8 жыл бұрын

:D FreeManWalking

@xvjau

8 жыл бұрын

+btsororos nah huuhh... Neil DeGrasse could totally kick his ass... besides, Sam Harris is so tiny, Daniel Dennet or Dawkins The Mighty could squish him... My intellectual could totally beat yours....

@TheBtak13

8 жыл бұрын

xvjau At least he has a better grasp on foreign policy than the self hating Jew, Noah Chomsky.

@patrickking1292

8 жыл бұрын

+Daishi001 Are you CERTAIN you want to assert Sam Harris of all people...is Jewish?

Great job Dave. Loved the way you handled this. Bringing up basically everything that needed to be brought up. And it's great to hear that the lack of integrity in Cenk's dealings with Sam was part of the reason you left. Respect. Sam is of course the kind of modern intellectual who will push humanity forward by forcing us to face uncomfortable realities. Brilliant thinker and communicator.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really wanted to help clean up the mess that this is become.

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

+Karunjit Singh Sam Harris supported the waterboarding of Khaled Sheik Mohammad. He's not really good on foreign policy.

@Slizzard73

8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Serocco I thought Sam was against torture? Can you show me where he said this?

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

He said, to paraphrase, "If it helps save American lives, some enhanced interrogation on KSM is necessary." I will look for the full quote once you reply. He also supported Gitmo.

@sparkzbarca

8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Serocco No what he said was there is a point we might imagine where we could conceivably engage in torturing someone if the stakes were high enough. He basically said what if there really was a ticking bomb, what if you really did have an hour to find the bomb, find the girl trapped slowly running out of oxygen, etc. He is challenging you to defend your personal assertion that torture is always bad or always evil, that might there not be a situation where choosing not to torture someone is in fact evil. He also pointed out the argument against it that he finds credible and basically quasi endorses which is "torture is so bad and the idea of semi regulating even for specific events so prone to misuse we just auto outlaw on the idea that in the long run any single event in which we should have tortured is overcome by all those we shouldn't have but did if we'd said ok" He also seemed to suggest there be this kind of wink wink nudge nudge system where were like, look torture is evil, but in the event theres a ticking time bomb, the guy in charge needs to know he should torture and nothing will be done. It's not that it won't be illegal it's that we as a society agree we will simply find him innocent in spite of his having broken the law. There's precedent for this, people who helped escaped slaves would be tried in the north and found innocent by juries who knew they broke the law. This is called jury nullification and is a totally legal thing. It's frowned apon (in fact it's legal for juries to do it but it's ILLEGAL to let juries know they can, informing a jury of its right to nullify is punishable)

50 years ago, if someone was called racist they probably were. Today, if someone is called racist, they are probably making some good points.

@krixpop

8 жыл бұрын

lol, Priceless !

@AlwaysReason

8 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what folks back 50 years ago said.

@AlwaysReason

8 жыл бұрын

Rubin is not a racist. He's an idiot.

@elliotterodriguez

8 жыл бұрын

+AlwaysReason Cenk Yuger is an idiot Rubin is not whether you like to agree with me or not

@AlwaysReason

8 жыл бұрын

Hurr Durr The entire "separate but equal" era is the epitome of exactly that: what do you want? You're free now, so fuck off and live in your America, with your toilets and your fountains and your own schools and nowhere near power structures. That's not racist, because slave owners were racist, not us. The inability to judge yourself the way you judge others is fucking staggering.

I'm so proud of you Dave for standing up to Cenk after that abortion of an interview, parting ways, and starting your own show. Its much more intellectually honest. I also had enough and had to stop watching TYT after 3 years as a subscriber.

@dlloyd6300

8 жыл бұрын

franciso7​ Cenk did a 2 hour interview with Sam Harris around a year or so ago. It was sputtering nonsense from Cenk. Misrepresentation after misrepresentation, not understanding the intricacies of what Sam was saying. It was horrific.

@Halesburg

8 жыл бұрын

I could not finish it. Sam is so calm and respectful and he was basically shouted down for having the wrong opinions.

@rohan0691

8 жыл бұрын

actually the interview was 3 hours.

@dlloyd6300

8 жыл бұрын

Indie Media Eastcoast to the TYT interview? no, no you don't but I do find value into it as it finally opened my eyes to just how bad TYT got, and I was finally able to cut any ties with them. I fully support their push to get money out of politics but beyond that their hard line regressive left views is just too much to stomach anymore.

@dukedematteo9126

7 жыл бұрын

Cenks interview with Harris was fine, he sounded dumb at some points but it was alright. It was his TYT follow ups which were disgraceful.

I think Cenk's interview with Sam was the dawning realization for me of how blinkered TYT has become in its coverage. Thanks Dave Rubin for being honest about your difficulties with this and for providing a less myopic and combative forum for us all to hear Sam respond to his critics. I'd love to see a follow up sometime where you leave the controversy aside and dive headlong into some of his thinking on what science can tell us of morality and the work he is doing with Maajid Nawaz with investigating Islamic reform and trying to engender positive dialogue in our culture - and what can happen when that goes awry! (i.e. his email exchange with Noam Chomsky). Great first show. Look forward to many more!

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+Ferand Peek Thank Ferand. There is so much more I wanted to get to but we had to wrap because of time restraints. Sam will come back in the future and Maajid is coming on next time he's in LA.

@CallPZMyersBowman

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report please bash cenk uygur on your show

@aim33b0t

8 жыл бұрын

+Ferand Peek I couldn't agree more. I really liked TYT...until I witnessed that interview. I was just astonished by Cenk's behaviour and how he conducted himself throughout said interview. I'm with you on the Thanks to Dave for honestly talking about the whole shabackle. Looking forward to more of this :D.

@RedLionGenetics

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report Nice cant wait until Dr Harris is back on. Would be cool to have a joint discussion with him and Prof Gad Saad on your show

@J0113

8 жыл бұрын

+Ferand Peek Indeed, I think his views and research on spirituality could actually prove incredible useful in the future... detatching the religios dogmas from Buddhism bolstered by further scientific findings about the brain and mind could improve to be a HUGE gamechanger if ever imported well into Western Culture. Speaking from only a few years experience, I can honestly say that you can actually change your perception of the world, especially if you previously tendered to wander in thought, and quite miserable most of the time.

It is such a comfort to know that there are other people like me who are liberal yet do not excuse terrorism.

@AlliYAFF

8 жыл бұрын

Scott Stapp I never said I believe that terrorism is only committed by one group of people. But there is a hesitation among those extremely to the left to call what is happening in the middle east for what it is, and that endangers free speech, women's rights, lgbt rights everywhere.

@IronllamaZero

8 жыл бұрын

+Al E. B. Hey, awesome! Yesterday in class there was basically a debate where one of the students was Sam Harris and the teacher was Ben Affleck. ;)

@larryjake7783

8 жыл бұрын

+Al E. B. And don't forget the Africans who they force into their beliefs....

@lah30303

8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Stapp 47:48 If you're at all willing to have the heart to stomach Sam Harris for just thirty seconds, start from there.

@AlliYAFF

8 жыл бұрын

Max Planck I have absolutely nothing to say to someone who is foaming at the mouth. If you are interested in having a discussion I am all for that. If you are going to question my morality then you better bring something more substantial to the table. I know who I am and what I stand for and I certainly do not have to prove to anyone that my compass is pointing North.

Ben affleck literally did everything that a regressive always does. 1. Speak from a position of ignorance on a subject in which you are way out of your depth 2. Completely ignore or misunderstand everything said 3.become indignant. 4. Label and dismiss, label and dismiss, label and dismiss ad infinitum.

@mb4310

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Affleck is blindingly stupid. He is INCAPABLE of having a measured, intelligent thoughtful conversation about ANYTHING. This is a guy who screwed his BABYSITTER IN HIS WIFE'S BED. His whole attack on SAM was a brilliant PR stunt to get the left wing media and SJW NUT JOBS to IGNORE his disgusting betrayal of his wife and children and the fact they were planning on FIRING HIM off of his failed Batman disaster. It's pathetic how easy it is to manipulate the public if a "movie star" is the focus. He is a DOUCHEBAG, even KEVIN SMITH CAN'T STAND HIM ANYMORE.

Its hard to describe how big of a relief it is to see this. I was genuinely starting to fear that i was the only one viewing Islam this way. Its almost impossible to talk about it with anyone because they become so fueled with emotion so quickly that they become blind to all common sense and logic.

@DuEzkerreraKanala

8 жыл бұрын

+Andre Godsk You thought that you were the 'only one' who acknowledged that there is a violent and intolerant streak within Islam? Did you just emerge from a 50 year sleep in a coffin or some shit?

@Gwydda

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr Ezkerrera I think the problem is that the people who voice those issues tend to be bigots, and people with moderate views don't talk about it, so it seems like no one "sensible" thinks this way.

@ralphdawg5743

7 жыл бұрын

So was I, and now every time I have this discussion with friends or family they usually seem to think I'm a bigot aswell

@jens1567

5 жыл бұрын

@@ralphdawg5743 You're obviously not from Europe then. It is very clear that their mentality is very different from the homogenous society of Denmark which I live in.

@reanimated6

4 жыл бұрын

The greatest tip you've ever gotten right here: Watch everything Christopher Hitchens. Logic and reason at it's peak of intellectualism and he is in line with Sam. I'm willing to bet Sam's stand on Islam and the war in iraq is partially inspired by him.

Now THIS is a legit interview. I unsubscribed from TYT(after being a fan for _years_) after Cenk utterly mishandled the recent Sam Harris controversy.....but I subscribed to your new show today. If this is the first episode, you can bet I'll be watching this show in the future. Well done Dave Rubin! You always were my favorite at TYT....so I'm happy to see you doing well on your own!

@saburius

8 жыл бұрын

+avedic Cenk's problem is that he cannot admit when he is wrong, unless the issue is trivial. The way he twisted everything around about Sam Harris's views was disgusting and the way he doubled down on the during his interview with Sam was unforgivable. TYT now is almost entirely a money making machine with all the original passion and intellectual honesty gone.

@Deehvad

8 жыл бұрын

+avedic I agree, I have legitimate disagreements with Harris, but Cenk did such a bad job at voicing them that I cringed. I also unsubbed from Cenk et al. after the Harris debacle. It's like Cenk forgot how to add 2+2 because he wanted to be right. It wasn't just a case of me disagreeing fervently with Cenk... it was just such a bumbling, intellectually dishonest (or stupid?) case of blindness to the facts (and what was actually being said) that I couldn't bring myself to give TYT the benefit of the doubt anymore. This, coming from someone like yourself, who was a TYT fan for several years. I always defended them, even though I didn't always agree with them, because they had generally good intentions and were fighting the good fight. But I don't want to be associated with people who have strayed so far from integrity.

@jeffm5991

8 жыл бұрын

+avedic - While I agree, it was a good interview, it was made easy by the fact that Dave seemed to agree with Sam on pretty much everything. That's great for someone like me, because I also agree with most things Sam says. I'd be interested to see how he handles someone such as the aforementioned Cenk or Reza Aslan.

@captaincrunch7045

8 жыл бұрын

Sam Harris fanboy...

@jeffm5991

8 жыл бұрын

Captain Crunch- What's wrong with that?

Rubin is da Man. Good interview - and good on you in your intellectual integrity in leaving TYT. I'm sure that was not easy.

@diamonddog13

8 жыл бұрын

+YogGroove Well, keep in mind he only left when he had another gig lined up.

@diamonddog13

8 жыл бұрын

+fai365day There's nothing wrong with waiting to find a new job before leaving. But then you don't get to claim you left out of principle. Dave had no problem hanging out with "regressives" when it paid the bills and raised his profile.

@dancuckler8267

8 жыл бұрын

+diamonddog13 its still a huge risk to start your own show. how could he have known it would be successful?

@kormykoo

8 жыл бұрын

+diamonddog13 Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies even closer.

@KristianKumpula

8 жыл бұрын

+diamonddog13 Take into consideration that TYT used to be entirely reasonable. When he joined up with them they still seemed that way for most liberals. It wasn't until roughly around the time when their muslim apologetics kicked into high gear and they started slandering Sam Harris that most of their former supporters realized that somewhere along the line TYT has started sipping the kool-aid, myself included. Most likely it was the same situation for Dave.

Its so appealing to see a liberal like Rubin come out of the mess that was TYT and really make a stand and build their own platform to keep the best of liberalism pure.

@earthsurgery1237

7 ай бұрын

And now hes a conservative with many conservative friends

I'm a conservative and I enjoyed this interview; honest discussion is becoming more scarce (especially with Cenk around).

Now embarrass Cenk by interviewing Karen Straughan without telling her to make you a sandwich.

@inthefade

8 жыл бұрын

+Wulfgar I would love to see him interview Karen.

@orchoose

8 жыл бұрын

+Wulfgar It was awkward but unforgetable:D:D:D

@ZiggyKrueger

8 жыл бұрын

+Wulfgar He should embarrass Cenk by interviewing him and call him out on all the bullshit he talks.

@TempestTossedWaters

8 жыл бұрын

+THEWALRUSBALL I think Cenk is surely beyond redemption by now. Would be too big of a loss of face for him to admit his wrongdoing at this point. That's why you always need to admit your mistakes at the earliest opportunity possible.

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

+Wulfgar Straughan is a terrible human being who calls anyone who disagrees with her Nazis. Dave is too good for that piece of shit.

One actor says something and everyone instantly accepts it at face value. And it takes someone who has the arguments and has the facts months, if not years to explain their position and get rid of the label someone gave them in 10 seconds on tv. I don't even complain to Affleck. He's an actor. I don't expect him to be intelligent or having the facts on anything other than the movie he currently is playing in. But seemingly there is this huge group of people out there that prefer to listen to an actor blurting out statements, without ever even coming close justifying them, over someone who would calmly state the reasons why he thinks as he does and still can accept to disagree when opinion is concerned. To these people.. Shame on you. And I say this knowing full well that exactly the people who should hear this will never click a video like this, nor watch it from beginning to end

@ZiggyKrueger

8 жыл бұрын

+Shangori It is worrying that these days people seem to think "celebrities" opinions are worth more than most. Especially on a subject as serious as this.

@theawecabinet

8 жыл бұрын

+Shangori "...One actor says something and everyone instantly accepts it at face value...." That is the role of actors, throughout history and today. Their job (whether they know it or not) is to instil the 'correct' values and opinions into the public. Actors are just service providers. There is no reason why an actor (skilled or not, good looking or not) should be automatically given a platform to air philosophical or political views any more than a train driver, an architect or a business man should. Yet actors are all over the media giving their views on this and that and being treated as some kind of legitimate authority by the media. The views of actors, politicians, and media hosts themselves should really be the purview of philosophers. Yet philosophers are mostly bought off by the university system and installed in comfortable little oak panelled offices for life on condition they never say anything to upset the status quo (much like priests really). Media and entertainment industry (hollywood) are all part of the same propaganda vehicle. The propaganda of Hollywood movies spills over into media interviews and features and combine to give us our 'CULTure'. Even the 'controversy' that we see being stirred up is mostly contrived and used to create false oppositions, distraction, emotion, confusion, apathy, demoralisation, the illusion of debate and free thought/ free speech, and the Hegelian Dialectic method of social engineering etc. Imagine a world where there was no formal discipline of mathematics, and instead all equations and sums were argued in little televised 'tiffs' like this one where each side gave their 'opinions' and 'feelings' while sitting at a table. Then we all got to weigh in with our own opinions and feelings on the matter. _Well I believe 2+2=5 because it just IS!_ Well I think it isn't! _Well, you are so wrong. It is!_ And so on. This is basically the world we have today when it comes to philosophy (rational debate). There are no formally recognised standards or practices for determining truth from falsehood, at least not in mainstream culture. When Affleck makes fallacy after fallacy, the majority of public cannot recognise them as fallacies... because the education system does not teach philosophy (rational debate) as a skill. If it did the ruling class would be exposed every time they opened their mouths to speak in public. You cannot have a society controlled by a violent and coercive ruling class AND have the general population capable of philosophical debate at the same time. You can only have one or the other. This is something even Sam Harris would probably dispute or evade ....... which is why he is allowed on TV , I guess. He takes up a contrary position which is presented as the more rational one.... but like other critics of religion, (Hitchens etc) he never applies philosophy fully to reach the inescapable conclusion that all his criticisms of Islam (or Catholicism or whatever) also apply to the western secular religion of statism too. (although I am not that familiar with his work, so I could be wrong..... perhaps he does reject statism, but I know that Hitchen's didn't and I know they were buddies).

@theawecabinet

8 жыл бұрын

Tracchofyre Well, thanks for not presenting any actual counter arguments :) Feel free to chew on these logical bones and see if you are still able to defend statism without sounding like a religious person... 1. Do you agree that 'governments' and 'churches' do not actually exist as moral agents, and that only people exist? (only people can act upon other people) 2. Do you agree that people do not have the moral right to violate other people's property or initiate force against them? (assault, kidnapping, torture, murder etc ... or the threat of these things) 3. Do you agree that YOU do not have the right to violate MY property or initiate force against ME? 4. Do you agree that people (such as yourself) cannot bestow rights which they do not have themselves onto a third party? For example, if you don't have the right to violate my property and aggress against me, you cannot bestow these rights (which you do not have) onto a third party and get them to treat me that way on your behalf? (as your 'elected representatives') 5. Do you agree that neither you, nor any third party acting on your behalf, has the right to violate my property or aggress against me.....and that this is true no matter how amazing their costumes are, how architecturally impressive their buildings are, what name they give themselves, and how many people they have cheering them on? If you agree with these statements then you accept that neither churches, street gangs, mafia, governments or the priesthood of golden unicorns have the right to violate other people's property or initiate force against them. They are all different names for the same basic paradigm.... a paradigm based on mob rule (might is right). The basic justifications for any religion violating property (taxation/ tithes) or initiating force (laws, persecution, torture, wars, invasions etc) were the same 500 years ago as the justifications used to justify modern governments today. These justifications essentially boil down to: 1. authority derived from costumes, badges, hats etc 2. authority derived from the support of a cheering mob Both are non-legitimate forms of authority. Priests and politicians (and their minions) are just people, after all. Naturally, as people, they do not have the right to violate property or aggress against other people. And neither do their supporters (churchgoers and voters) who are also just people. So their supporters cannot grant them those rights (which they do not have themselves)... and they cannot grant _themselves_ those rights either because under their costumes, they are also just people like you an me. So we are left with one final desperate attempt to justify their immoral actions.... _"When we violate your property and initiate force against you we are acting on behalf of a supreme entity which is invisible called 'god' / 'government'..... we are only doing 'god's will' / 'government's will'... Our invisible supreme entity DOES have the moral authority to violate your property and initiate force against you because we say so!"_ But this excuse doesn't wash either because neither 'government', nor 'god' actually exists. They are just made up entities, designed to justify immoral behaviour. The only thing which exists is impressive buildings (cathedrals, government buildings), costumes, bits of old manuscripts, flags, elaborate rituals, podiums, songs of praise (hymns, national anthems), portraits and so on. Sweep all of this paraphernalia away and you are left with a bunch of people going around stealing and coercing and generally acting like terrorists and claiming they somehow have the right to do so..... when logically and rationally they do not. This is why it is silly for Hitchens or Harris or any other modern day self proclaimed 'philosopher' or 'free thinker' to use reason and evidence to expose religion as irrational and immoral ...... and yet not apply the same intellectual rigour to their own 'religion' of statism. 2000 years ago these trendy free thinkers would be exposing the worshipping of Zeus and all the other Roman gods as irrational and silly...... while defending Christianity as the glue that holds the modern rational, civilised society together. Every religion or cult is perfectly capable of pointing out how immoral or silly their competitors are.... but very few people are willing to apply reason and evidence to _their own_ cult or religion ie the one they were indoctrinated into as children. Statists are no different in this respect. State schooling is religious/ cult indoctrination starting at age four, for 6 hours a day for at least the next 12 years. Very few religions can match that level of indoctrination. It is easier to de-woo a Catholic or a Muslim than to de-woo a statist. Religious people today might stubbornly cling to their irrational beliefs, and they might try to indoctrinate you into their religion or cult ....but most of them (at least in the developed world) won't actually force their religion onto you at gunpoint. They won't demand you fund their religion and obey is laws under threat of being caged, and shot if you try to escape the cage. It's really only statists who still behave this way.

@theawecabinet

8 жыл бұрын

Tracchofyre "...My counter argument was that this sentence is LOGICALLY FALSE. I did not demonstrate it ...." Right. You simply asserted it with no argument to back up your assertion. Asserting something is not the same as arguing something. I assumed (in the absence of any argument from you) that you were taking issue with my use of the word 'religion', yet I made a point of putting this word in 'quotes' many times, AND interchanging it with the word 'cult' AND demonstrating that statism has all the same characteristics and logical failings that religions do - thus it is *equivalent* to religion, if not strictly speaking the exact same thing as a religion. I was, in simple terms, _making a point_. Statism is a slightly modified and rebranded version of religion, to suit a more secular age due to advances in science and technology. Sky daddies just don't wash as much these days, so we have Big Brother instead. Statism has done little more that make 'god' even more abstract and etherial that it already was. The 'god' of 'government' has no beard, no face, no voice and it supposedly exists here on earth among us... yet it is _still_ completely invisible and undetectable. One could argue that this is an even more irrational position than that proposed by traditional religions. All you have done so far is NOT make an argument, and instead hide behind words (euphemisms) instead.... which is basically sophistry. You are no different to a religious person arguing that the church is defined as a moral institution, and 'therefore' any accusation of immorality directed at the church can be automatically dismissed because words. Again this is just throwing dictionary definitions around (see also: feminism), rather than arguing from first principles. ".... i wanted you to look it over and let you find the mistake yourself...." Or..... you were just evading the issue, and buying time. "....i have to find out if you know what you are talking about, especially if you know your logic. Look above on the sentence you wrote. What is wrong with it?..." Yes, yes.... whatever. I am arguing beyond the simplistic level of officially approved and enforced definitions of words. Guilty as charged. You have passed the test. By that I mean you have successfully evaded a rational debate, and instead derailed the discussion with your nitpicking and general sophistry... exactly like any religious person would do when confronted with the moral hypocrisy of their religion.

@theawecabinet

8 жыл бұрын

Tracchofyre "...Or do i need to explain it to you, like a four year old..." I think you need to present some sort of argument, or admit that you have none. I have made it abundantly clear what I am talking about, such that there can be no doubt. This is why I suspect your agenda is to derail the discussion. If you are experiencing any genuine difficulties understanding what I am talking bout, just answer the 5 questions in my previous comment and this will help you to understand why I equate statism to religion. If you can refute the logical of those questions/ propositions then by all means do so. So far you've managed to write a lot but without actually arguing or debating anything, which is something religious people do.

I just want to ask Sam Harris every question I've ever had.

@yomilalgro

5 жыл бұрын

After me...lol

@LARRYLONGSTRETH

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

The end of this interview broke my heart. It's unfair that such a bright, level-headed person who just wants to make the world an objectively more pleasant place has been treated with utter disrespect.

Anyone else find it interesting that in End of Faith, Sam compares Islam's historicity to Batman, so they sent Batman after him?

@6hughmungus9

8 жыл бұрын

+Yourinquirer LOL! You sir, are a master of connections.

@standoughope

8 жыл бұрын

+Yourinquirer That was impressive.

@YOURINQUIRER

8 жыл бұрын

***** I +1nd this but I can't think of why.

@YOURINQUIRER

8 жыл бұрын

Sam said, in the passage liberals love to quote against him, that Islamists could get us into a nuclear war over ideas with the same level as "Batman, the philosopher's stone and unicorns." (pg. 129).

@marcomeme4875

8 жыл бұрын

+Yourinquirer Me and Sam are pals, I wouldn't go after him

Sam position is just too sophisticated and nuanced for some ppl to understand. Thay are like "" does he like or hate muslims i dont get it"" And i got same feeling as Sam from Cenk during his interview, that he wasnt getting what Sam is saying.

@amyglass9897

8 жыл бұрын

Cenk got what Sam was saying. He's just an Islamist apologist!

@ItsameAlex

8 жыл бұрын

+orchoose no.... there are lots of people that do what you claim, but to be fair I think Cenk understands Sam's position is nuanced

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

+amy glass Cenk is an atheist.

@amyglass9897

8 жыл бұрын

Anthony Serocco yeah, I am aware of the fact that he claims to be an atheist. But he shows preferential treatment for Islam above all other religions. He has no problem bashing Christians when they do anything wrong but he is usually either mum or makes excuses for Islam and Muslims whenever they commit egregious acts of terror or other human rights abuses.

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

Remember Charee Stanley, the Muslim flight attendant who refused to serve alcohol? Cenk equated her with Kim Davis and said she should've been fired. "Preferential treatment?" Hardly.

Sam Harris is far too polite. Can you imagine what would have been Christopher Hitchen's response to Ben Afleck's outburst?

@epicureanmind8892

8 жыл бұрын

+carver3419 He would have been stripped down and embarrassed to the point where Mos Def would look like Cornell West.

@bobjames1972

6 жыл бұрын

Hitch would have made him appear two inches tall not just by making him appears 100 times more stupid and uninformed than he actually is (the word bright and the name Affleck have always felt mutually exclusive to me anyway) but with a dismissive and derisive tone of voice.....the intellectual chasm that would exist in that room would dwarf the grand canyon lol

@boxer12350

5 жыл бұрын

God, how I wish this was an encounter that would happen

@BFrydell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha it would’ve ended before it started, “are you done, Ben? Bill and I are talking”

@mohammedzakaria7449

4 жыл бұрын

Sam Harris is a lunatic

Incredibly professional interview. Not a debate set up to look like an interview, which is sadly becoming the norm. Subscribed!

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+William Brown Welcome aboard!

@geetarnut

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report Can you answer a question please?!? Why are there so many Jews in the media? And, there are an enormously higher percentage, than Christian, Protestant, or Muslim writers/reporters/directors, etc.,,,??? I have been monitoring closely who is writing, producing, directing, and,,, HOSTING news and current events/issues shows,, and without doubt, Jews are the dominant people in these important positions! WHY?????? Are there no Christians, or Muslims, worthy of presenting the news/world issues to the public?!?!?!?! We BOTH know the truthful answer!!! Are you aware of the truth??? Jews are NOT smarter than other people,, that's a Jewish myth passed on by egotistical asses! This video is a good example of jew, jew, jew!!!!! Ben Affleck, Bill Mahr, Sam Harris, and,,,,, Dave Rubin!!! Again,,, why?!?! I'm a 62 year old Christian Italian man, and I have a very high IQ,,, and can, and have gone round-robin with scientists, psychiatrists, and professors, on all major issues from evolution, to physics, to biology/ micro-biology , to world history/ religious history!!! In my discussions with them,, they were all stunned by my insight and accuracy of information, especially for someone who was not schooled formally. My point is,, there is most certainly a terrible bias against non-jews in the media in general,, which is NOT HEALTHY,, and in my eyes, gives the Jews a black eye so to speak! If you are able to,, please explain the very disproportionate number of Jews in the media business. Not to mention,, the ownership (majority ownership in some cases!) by Jews, of ABC, NBC, and CBS television. Reuters news service, API NEWS, all of HOLLYWOOD, Much of radio broadcast companies, and NPR RADIO/NEWS!!! How can Jews avoid prejudicing the news that is being sent out to us, the citizenry??? It's IMPOSSIBLE!!!! And, would you like it if Italians controlled better than 80% of all media?!?!?! We both know the answer there!!! So,,, how can people get the truth about Israel, and Palestine with virtually a 100% Jew controlled media????????? That's why only the BBC reports the news accurately, in regards to the Palestinian sufferings going on, and the whole story of the inception of Israel, as vile as it actually was/is!!!! It's funny,, Ben-Gurion and Menachim Begin, and many other TERRORISTS,, KILLED HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE BOMBING OF THE "KING DAVID HOTEL",, that killed many British soldiers there!!! The fact is, Jews are egotists! Only they were allowed to walk into Palestine, or "Palestina" as named by the ancient Roman governors,, in 1948, and simply decimate the Palestinian population, who actually befriended the thousands of immigrant Jews, who moved there much earlier! America used the "Manifest Destiny" excuse for decimating all the native Americans! But did we give "reparations" to the million or so Indians for incredible pain and suffering?? The Jews managed to get reparations, and,, are STILL GETTING THEM FROM GERMANY, AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN VARIOUS FORMS OF FINANCIAL RECOMPENSE!?!?! WHY??? What about the African people,, who suffered way more, and for way, way, longer a time (hundreds of years!!),, yet,,, NO REPARATIONS?!?!?! Tell me,,, how do you see these factual historical events/issues??? I'd love to get your answers!!!

@alensnell7020

8 жыл бұрын

+Sonny Cannon Liberia was founded for that same reason dude.

@akshyp2001

8 жыл бұрын

Its so good to see an interview where the host asks a question and listens without interrupting , and then asks a genuine follow up question.

@mikegrace2819

7 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. I'm all for a good debate regardless of stances or subject matter, but so often recently a debate/interview is like some kind of hostile intervention of ideas, rather than a discussion

I wonder if Cenk will show up for tomorrow's basket ball game with Dave.

@pitsahat2

8 жыл бұрын

+Metroidvania1981 Mate, I liked the show until about two years ago. They had some good topics on politics and its corruption, but now one shit clickbait/racebait story after another. The "studies" they pull from worthless websites like the story abotu the "one in three man are rapists" study. They have zero integrety left and I can't trust them anymore than I can trust Fox "News", probably even less.

@taravanova

8 жыл бұрын

+Edward Elric was it one in three men are rapists, or one in three woman have experienced unsolicited sexual advances? I don't remember any stories on the former, but I vaguely recall the latter.

@pitsahat2

8 жыл бұрын

***** If Fox News can be called dangerous so can TYT. The main channel does a lot of islamophilic propaganda, don't try underplay it. Just a few weeks ago they had the story about the abortion clinic "bombing" where they tried to equate christian "terrorism" to islamist terrorism and create a false equivalence. Turned out the guy was homeless and had a pillbox with firecrackers with him as he was trying to get a job at the clinic. TYT's constant islam apologetics and attempts to steer up racial disputes are just as dangerous as Fox News. The anti-corruption movement is a good thing and was one of the reasons I started watching TYT back but it doesn't redeem the other bullshit they started spewing on the main channel. Jeremy S It was a story where they presented a complete bullshit study as true. The study did conclude that one in three men were willing to rape a woman based on their answer to dumbass questions like "Would you make/force a woman do something she doesn't want to?" The sample size was aroun 90 colledge guys who were purposely selected by the "researchers" (so not even random guys).

@larsdahl6594

8 жыл бұрын

Cenk Uygur once showed credibility and promise. I thought he was a breath of fresh air during his stint at MSNBC. But being a KZread star went to his head and he spoiled. I believe him when he says he's an Atheist who thinks all religions are equally false, but he just can't shake his Muslim heritage for the benefit of being impartial and reasonable, and irrationally defends all sorts of radical thinking and behavior. His dishonest methods and even his mannerisms (animated, self-righteous harrumphing, *_of coouuurse, etcetera, etcetera!_*), make him almost indistinguishable from Rush Limbaugh. He is *_Cenk Limbaugh_*. You can even tell his co-hosts roll their eyes at his buffoonery (yet they play along because Cenk signs their checks, making them little more than whores, Ana being the biggest one due to the Armenian Holocaust thing). Cenk Limbaugh is a joke.

@valgehiir

8 жыл бұрын

+Metroidvania1981 by equating the abortion clinic 'bombing' and Islamis terrorism, he is in fact apologizing Islamic terrorism.

Who came back to watch this incredible interview in 2019?

@RV1701

3 жыл бұрын

2020

whenever I hear Sam Harris speak, I hear very calm, collected and methodically constructed statements. I don't necessarily agree with them 100%, but I do understand the inherent logic. overall he just doesn't pull anything out of his ass. his detractors on the other hand do the exact opposite which just blows my mind.

You can see why people want to misrepresent Sam - they can't hold a candle to his wisdom and intelligence. Thanks you Dave Rubin - another engrossing interview. You interview the most interesting people on the planet.

Keep up the good work Dave.

Awesome interview with Sam Harris who is always honest, clear to the point, and responsible for the statements he makes. Thanks Rubin for bringing the justice back. This is definitely the new channel to subscribe!

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+Diane Tai Thanks Diane!

If only Christopher Hitchens was still alive, I would have loved to see him on the show.

@BillM1960

7 жыл бұрын

I-WillNot Tell-You And how! His intellectualism, rational and informed reasoning, wit and even occasional arrogance not to mention eloquence are missed.

@jacksonwatkins6431

5 жыл бұрын

Even as a christian, I echo this sentiment.

This interview is just as good a year later. Just brilliant. I love listening to two logic people speak about these issues candidly. I'm Christian and generally right-wing by the way. My religion doesn't prevent me from respecting free speech and I actually enjoying different points of view. The greatest testament to one's own faith or opinion is the ability to openly listen to other perspectives. Thank you for what you're doing, Rubin.

@bititid

5 жыл бұрын

MikeVernon Productions when he's not disparaging Jesus, he can make some sense. Unfortunately, the God-hate is fundamental to who he is.

Love both Dave Rubin and Sam Harris. Great interview :)

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+TheWeekinDoubt Thanks for watching!

@gerythionargarys7848

8 жыл бұрын

+TheWeekinDoubt ... o.o

@Tomanna

6 жыл бұрын

Gerythion Argarys ?

Best Sam Harris interview ever.

@ItsameAlex

8 жыл бұрын

+Ron Jackson more like, exactly the same as every other Sam Harris interview ever.

@ronjackson8829

8 жыл бұрын

+ItsameAlex LOL

@ItsameAlex

8 жыл бұрын

he needs to find new things to talk about

@ronjackson8829

8 жыл бұрын

ItsameAlex samealex true, but it's because he is constantly taken out of context. He is probably tired of it.

@r.b.4611

8 жыл бұрын

+ItsameAlex I think we're only scratching the surface of the spirituality (without religion) conversation.

I hope Sam Harris comes back to the show. I found this video 4 months ago, and was introduced to Dave Rubin. Since, I have been a big follower of Dave. Good luck with the new project!

sam harris made me leave islam. and my life has been absolutely amazing since, thanks sam, which I could hug you.

People talking sense, I actually find this more entertaining than what's on tv.

@ObservableFiction

8 жыл бұрын

+Culty Culty Cult Cult It was invented sometime after the middle ages, it used to be called "a Television". It was used briefly by human beings before the invention of the internet, the TV then suffered in sales and was mainly used by older generations with technical incompetence. I'm a hipster, so I have one in my room, all that's missing now is an old vinyl record player and a type writer.

It was good to sit and listen to two rational people having an intelligent conversation. When I first discovered TYT I was impressed, but Cenk Uygur has got carried away with his own celebrity. Of late he and his team spout the most awful nonsense and take themselves terribly seriously, as if anyone who doesn't is a fool. I never tire of listening to Sam Harris, not because I agree with everything he thinks but because he thinks. Most other commentators seem to be coming from a fixed position they cannot deviate from in the light of any external influence. He alluded gently to Uygur's inability to match him intellectually, and he was right. TYT has simply become predictable and boring.

@konczk

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Brynin The difference is that people like Cenk are repeaters. They repeat shit they hear from other people. Thinkers come up with their own ideas and that is becoming increasingly rare.

@jessg9450

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Brynin Well said. I agree.

Rubin was always my favorite person on the old TYT network, and here he is interviewing one of my favorite thinkers in the world... Immediate Sub.

Dave Rubin might seriously be the best journalist in the 21st century.

glad to see this interview! Dave did a much better job interviewing than TYT...actually asking engaging questions and letting Harris explain his views and actually listening to what he has to say. also, i think the set is great - very classy and warm looking.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+infinityLTFS Glad you dig it!

@AndrewJosephALJ

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report Do you have an audio version of the podcast I can subscribe to on my phone's podcast player? Like an RSS feed?

Two awesome people.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+Aleem Baksh Thanks Aleem!

Sam Harris is incredibly composed. My respect for him and his patience is, and has been for years, through the roof. The Rubin Report just gained a subscriber: thanks for your the interesting questions, stimulating topics and general format of the show.

The greatest thinker of them all right now. Excellent interview!

Dave Rubin, you did a great job. Excellent. This is another example of how the Web is amazing, this show could- and should- be on mainstream channels, but what does that mean now? We can be part of this on KZread. The future is now.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Bermudez Thanks Robert!

I've never had more respect for Dave Rubin than I do right now. I always saw him as the voice of reason over on TYT, and one of the very few on that network that hadn't been infected by this culture of political correctness that has ravaged the Left, and stifled honest and intelligent discourse. I kind of suspected that his departure from TYT had something to do with this, but wasn't sure until watching this interview. I really admire the stand that he has taken, and look forward to future episodes of this show. We need more people like this on the Left.

Sam Harris always looks so refreshed. The meditation has done him good.

I'd love to see Sam Harris and Ben Shapiro debate.

@thurleif

7 жыл бұрын

YES!

@darrenthomas5743

7 жыл бұрын

I think besides religion, abortion and gun control they may agree.

@googleisretarded7618

7 жыл бұрын

Dan Brown I'd like to see them debate about religion and morality.

@darrenthomas5743

7 жыл бұрын

Sam would win. But Ben will defend his point like a rabid dog. It's the only thing he shows cognitive dissonance towards in the fact he shows a very empirical, objective view on almost everything but on religion, and such he allows it to take precedent and uses fallacious arguments to push his subjective view. So I imagine it would go that way.

@googleisretarded7618

7 жыл бұрын

You mean "take precedence." I don't agree with you. You can make an empirical, objective argument that civilization needs religion for moral guidance, social cohesion and inspiration. And that the individual needs religion or some kind of spirituality (as I think Sam Harris basically concedes) to live a sane and rational existence. Anyway, I think they'd be pretty evenly matched and it would be a pleasure to watch.

Great interview and good for you Dave to break off the beaten path. After all, that is what secularists are supposed to do when required of them.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that.

Sam, don't worry, there are so many of us who are absolutely sure that you are not a genocidal maniac, we listen to you on these topics because you make sense and you speak reasonably and rationally. We should strive to understand the truth and not be scared to confront ideas and talk about them honestly. This is why I have always respected you.For all the people that don't want to engage you for you ideas, there are many, many more who are behind you.

The questions raised in the interview are outstanding! Bravo sir Bravo!

What a breathe of fresh air. I only discovered the Rubin Report yesterday. I don't usually like binge-watching anything online, but I was glue to my screen for several hours.

I could listen to Sam Harris all day. Not only is he calm and cool but he is one of the most reasonable voices speaking about very difficult topics. Thanks for the great interview Dave.

Amazing interview! Thanks so much for posting this =)

@ZacharyNicklis

8 жыл бұрын

I love seeing KZreadrs commenting on each other's videos

@blondespot

8 жыл бұрын

+JaclynGlenn Hey totally agree. Can you do a video on how liberals confuse criticism of the Quran and Hadith with Bigotry against all muslims. I actual got defriended on Facebook by a fellow liberal. He is a good guy but has fallen pray to people like Reza who does these smear campaigns. He was a fellow athetists and we agree on almost everything so this issue is just SOOO politically charged.

@girleverlasting967

8 жыл бұрын

+JaclynGlenn

@wumurphfu

8 жыл бұрын

Just see you on TYT - have you discussed Sam with Cenk?!

@cerberouse1

8 жыл бұрын

+Super Black Woman Jaclyn Glenn is scared shitless of criticizing Islam, are you joking? o,O

Sam comes across as an entirely reasonable and thoughtful person. I'm especially fond of his quote at 1:05:35 'We have to get out of this game of defining ourselves tribally...'

"but Sam" -Cenk would say 1000 times

This puts the Young Turks squarely in amateur hour. Beautifully lit and subtle camera work. This is a nice piece of work. A show I can actually watch. Well done.

Cenk acts a lot like Bill O'Reilly when he interviews people he disagrees with

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

+Eternal Moderate He interviewed Republican Joe Walsh before. He wasn't at all like Bill O'Reilly.

@EternalModerate

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was actually pretty good, I'm more thinking about his Sam Harris interview, or more importantly, his interview with Karen, which was rather poor

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

Cenk does have a temper problem, but Karen was.... well, not very good. The reason he lost his shit was because she claimed that men would've given the right to vote for women without feminism, which is a baseless assumption.

@EternalModerate

8 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, but Cenk still could have disagreed with her in a more civil man or, there was no need for him to get so filled up

@anthonyserocco2774

8 жыл бұрын

He also said "Do you appreciate that you now have a choice on whether or not to vote?" Karen kept switching the topic away from universal suffrage and her own personal opinions on it. If it didn't make her uncomfortable, she would've answered directly.

This interview has aged beautifully. Specially thanks to Affleck's position in the "Court of Public Opinion".

Cenk Ugyur was Dave Rubin's boss? Good grief! So sorry Dave. I'm glad your critical thinking skills weren't infected with narrativitis.

Completely awsome!! Loved it. I am skeptical most of the time, but with this interview, I just relaxed and took it in. After checking and re-checking, to see if the opposition had a point, I was done being skeptical and just agreed. Ok back to being skeptical. Keep up the good work Dave. I also liked hearing Sam talk about something positive, like meditation, that was cool.

Sam Harris is just crystal clear in his explanations....awesome interview

Cenk ugyur made 630 accounts to dislike this video.

@DuBziDriFT

8 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Glenn Greenwald made some too

@georgenelson9211

8 жыл бұрын

LMAO Soo true.

@bbh6925

8 жыл бұрын

+Teddy Westside I bet Reza was busy as well

@3dge--runner

8 жыл бұрын

645 now, haha

@blujay1524

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Affleck would've done the same but he couldn't figure out how to do it

Celebrities think that they're self-important and that their unintellectual opinions matter; It's triggering.

Great interview, Thanks for that Dave!

What pisses me off about all of Sams attention, is that creationists in particular have labelled him as an attacker, yet he is one of the single most soft spoken person I've ever seen... I have never seen him raise his voice yet he is still given a quota of attacking person...

@fruckoffy9214

8 жыл бұрын

+codzomz And he has a deep respect for spirituality. Out of all the 'atheists' he understands the feeling one gets from religion.

@codzomz

8 жыл бұрын

+Fruck Offy exactly, he's one of the only atheists that believe in no god but at the same time believe there is something "else" for everyone to separately experience for their own sake of comfort and spirituality, it just doesn't have to be a god...

@fruckoffy9214

8 жыл бұрын

***** exactly mate took thoughts out of my brain.

YES. MY PHILOSOPHY BONE HAS BEEN HIT. OH SAM, YOU BEAUTIFUL MIND. thank you Rubin.

I LOVE Sam Harris - he is brilliant and I love his eyebrow lol

@frederikdortmund

7 жыл бұрын

LOL I never noticed that before!

@jimmy3070

7 жыл бұрын

I taught Sam that eyebrow trick.

EXCELLENT interview. I've speculated for quite a while that you probably left TYT in part because of Cenk's Muslim apologetics and purposeful mischaracterization of people like Sam's views. That was a damn good move, and this new show is absolutely on-point. Great work, Dave, and great interview.

Fantastic stuff Dave. Your show is everything that the TYTards SHOULD have been. Theyve now become a laughing stock for the 'clear minded' liberals. I also respect the fact you came out and stated why you left TYT. Id love to know whether you think Anna has the wherewithall to leave too or if shes too far down the rabbit hole. Keep up the good work - youre doing incredibly important work. You deserve to be held up as a beacon of human truth and intellectual honesty.

@papersplease

8 жыл бұрын

Ana is incompetent and petulant. She's not going anywhere. Dave made the right move bailing on that sinking ship.

@johntuffnell9931

8 жыл бұрын

papersplease Im afraid youre right. Its a pity. I do agree with her on some of the stances she takes on feminism and other topics, but she consistently falls on the fascistic side of liberalism.

@jasonmichaellord

8 жыл бұрын

They still cover many stories well. But, sometimes Cenk is just completely off the mark and refuses to admit he's wrong.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you John.

how come americans became so protective of islam in a why that sam harrid is considerd a public enemy. whats going on????

@sourdiesel-eb5jo

8 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the logic and rhetoric of the progressive left.

@TheTinLion

8 жыл бұрын

+milehighxTMT 5280 Please use the correct term "REGRESSIVE left." Or as I like to call them the "DEGENERATIVE left."

@gomey70

7 жыл бұрын

Don't confuse the liberal media with 'the left'. There are many people on the left (like me) who feel an open and honest discussion about certain tenets of Islam doctrine should be had. The problem is people in the media flinch when it's brought up because they are afraid of being criticized for it. It's a simple case of political correctness within the media, where certain topics are just avoided. Most people I know on the left are dubious of most religions.

@markhaus

7 жыл бұрын

Because racism is a problem here. I think we have every right to question practices of religions, but I can totally understand people wanting to be protective of people that are being seen as attacked, whether warranted or not

@markhaus

7 жыл бұрын

+Mark Haus criticize Christians, Muslim, Jews, hell even atheists if you think they've gone too far. Just don't conflate that with racism.

Sam Harris! What a great mind.

" Oh that fucking Reza Aslan " Sam Harris.

@badendhappy2903

8 жыл бұрын

+loboris1995 But Aslan "has a PhD" in religion. And that makes him an expert on how people think, more so than even Sam Harris, who studies how people think!

@annoyedPikachu

8 жыл бұрын

+loboris1995 where was that exactly, listened to the interview twice but I cant find it, know its there somewhere

@Mainman21345

8 жыл бұрын

+loboris1995 1:15:31 Whenever Sam Harris curses, you can't help but laugh. You just never see it coming.

@loboris1995

8 жыл бұрын

Mainman21345 Well I think what comes before the laugh is " Wait , what did he just say ? "

@babbisp1

8 жыл бұрын

+loboris1995 At what point in the video did he say that?

Good interview. I knew a lot of the stuff about Sam already. The most interesting part turned out to be the part about Cenk. His ego is getting away from him. I hope he reigns it in before TYT goes any further down hill. The show is definitely slipping from what it was a few years ago. Great start to your show, Dave.

I love secularist Ben Stiller!

@rainstv1323

8 жыл бұрын

holy shit you're right

@oilynose

7 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. I see what you mean!

Are you from TYT? Either way. You are obviously an intellect which can remain open minded. Thank you! Subscribed!

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

Left there about 9 months ago!

@KCatalano88

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report Glad you did. I like you, David. I absolutely despise your former coworkers for their ideological bias and demagoguery.

@bigbadalastor

8 жыл бұрын

+The Polemic It's not TYT's ideological bias that bothers me as much as Cenk's dishonesty and smugness. He's turned into liberal Bill O'Reilly.

@KCatalano88

8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Two sides of the same abhorrent coin.

@kennethschlueter9338

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report I used to watch TYT. I feel that I eventually became disenfranchised with them after they became increasingly biased and featured more rants instead of honest interviews.

Quality interview, Rubin. Excellent work. So nice to see an interview take the form of real questions and calm articulate discussion rather than shouting and emotional appeals. A big thanks to both you and Sam.

Who’d have thought that in just a few years Sam Harris would fall out with Dave after he became a far-right propagandist?

Colin was the reason that I was introduced the Rubin Report. I can not stop watching, you are such a great interviewer!

A lot has changed in the past 7 years with the directions both Dave and Sam have taken since this interview.

@Jess-TheMess

Жыл бұрын

When Dave had had potential 😂

I've lost a lot of respect for Batfleck after he didn't listen, aggressively interrupted and spouted regressive nonsense.

I don’t agree with Sam on a lot of things. But I have to say, he is the possessor of an incredibly benevolent human perspective I’ve seen in less than a handful of humans in my 25 sentient years. In all the ad hominem bullshit & stupid attacks Sam’s sat through at the hands of people a lot dumber than him, I’ve never seen him seem flushed, angry, visibly frustrated, or any other reason-compromising emotional state. The motherfucker’s unflappable.

It is always enjoyable to hear Sam Harris talk. Great Interview. Thanks Dave,

I've criticized Sam before (as if I'm anywhere close to his education level) but when he's in front of the right person he knocks it out of the park. Being interviewed by Dave would be an honor. He knows how to listen. It's like Marc Maron, a _great_ interviewer too.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ryan.

@standoughope

8 жыл бұрын

+The Rubin Report Thank you for responding Dave. I'm a huge fan and your fan base keeps increasing. If asked I'd say that it's mainly because you're nice as step 1, step 2 is challenging people _without_ being mean. Not an easy task. Keep it going man, a winning combination that you have working for yourself. =)

@BigJim11791

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Swanson Lmao that's the best way to describe Dave. He's like Marc Maron, just without the neuroticism and dickishness.

@standoughope

8 жыл бұрын

Dr. Jimes Tooper I know right? I loved your comment. You described Marc perfectly.

@akburst510

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Swanson "as if I'm anywhere close to his education level' Never let that discourage you...it's actually a logical fallacy called the appeal to authority (education-authority). Smartest thing a person can say is "I don't know" - William Faulkner (Boom your head exploded)

Great interview, and a good start to the new show! A

I was 18 years old when I watched this interview

Just went and watched the Bill Maher interview. The most important thing to remember is that the way in which you get your point across and the language that you use is just as, if not more, important than the point itself.

San Harris is a gem. We need more Sam Harris'

Man, Dave. I haven't seen anything from you since a few videos from TYT. You've GROWN! Such a respectful interviewer! Yet at the same time, digging deep while maintaining a friendly tone. In short. I like you. Subscribed.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

+TheIzay Thanks, really appreciate that.

Listening to Sam Harris now makes me realize how intelligent he is. I could never express myself so well as he just did.

A truly wonderful and insightful discussion. Props to both Dave and Sam.

When you were talking about TYT it really struck a cord with me. I got into the show during the 2008 election because when I fact checked their stories it consistently turned out they were telling the truth. But now I just can't trust them, and it all started with the Sam Harris stuff (although I've since come to learn other cases of how they selectively report stories to support their narrative). Honestly, I was opposed to his views initially. I didn't want to hear people bashing Muslims, and I was very much in the mindset that any criticism of Islam was "right wing." But his arguments were calm and logical, and not demonizing people but religious hysteria, which I thought we were all behind. To see how certain people lied and distorted his views to smear him...it really opened my eyes. It's easy to fixate on the nonsense coming from the right wing, but at least we know that's nonsense. Much more dangerous is this unchecked propaganda we're seeing from the supposedly rational left.

Sam Harris is a Legend in the Making...

"To bend over backwards to be charitable to these guys... I can say that... We're all guilty of kind of a bandwidth problem and impatience with views we're not sympathetic with", Said by the MOST patient public debater I've ever seen makes me chuckle.

Islam is a race???

@uhuihiuihiuh3042

8 жыл бұрын

+BaconNBeer Yes the most superior race of them all. If you disagree with this you are an Islamophobe and a racist.

@BaconNBeer

8 жыл бұрын

+uhuihi uihiuh Apparently

@doc7474

8 жыл бұрын

+BaconNBeer If Islam is a race then it is a race to the bottom!

@waltermg2

8 жыл бұрын

+doc7474 I just want you to know that I appreciate how witty that was.

@guywithaname5408

8 жыл бұрын

A race to the bottom of a young boy during a "sexual emergency"

Congratulations Dave Rubin! Your show is an island of sanity surrounded by an ocean of insanity. I consider myself to be pretty 'left-wing' in respect to economics, runaway inequality and the corporate/security state, but I'd trust Sam Harris over his critics anytime. You only have to listen to him for a moment to realise that he is fundamentally decent - and concerned with fairness, reason, and then maintenance of everyone's human rights.

@RubinReport

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Much respect to Dave for taking a stand against intellectual dishonesty and misrepresentation. There are millions of rational liberal free thinkers out there that can smell the horseshit coming out of people like Aslan a mile away. They must be called out and exposed. You're one of the good guys to recognize and focus on the issue.

Dave, great interview. You are a true gent & allow for real debate and conversation on important issues of our time. Thank you.

Sam Harris. One of the smart people I like to follow.

@yunabean

7 жыл бұрын

rationalguy me too, btw nice cat

Sam Harris is my new hero. I first saw a video with him 5-6 years ago, and instantly recognized the profundity of his character. However, I somehow never picked up the thread again. I will now, and I just bought his meditation book off Audible.

Excellent interview, Dave. I'm really glad you've gotten this channel and have been shilling it on Twitter.

The rubin report has quickly become one of the best channels for open minded and intellectual interviews. Love your work Dave and keep it up!

Thoroughly enjoyed this discussion. Thank you for sharing.

I'm formally educated, but a simpleton in regards to the subtleties and nuances of Islam, ethics, geopolitics, and religion in general. That is why I'm reading Sam's book and watching these videos, so I can become relatively well versed in this complicated, but important matter. And even I, an individual new to this argument, knew what Sam was talking about when referring to nuclear weapons and the urgency to address Islam. How did people get nuclear first strike out of this? I have learned that the more you learn about a topic, the more you realize how the majority of the information surrounding it is disenguous in the least, and a flat out lie at its worst

@mduckernz

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Kelley Yeap. Those that know the least of things are the most convinced of their absolute knowledge of them. It's a horrendous state of affairs 😫