The neuroscientist, author and philosopher on the Tesla Model S, Brazilian jiujitsu and his fear that the machines will take over…
Sam Harris is an American neuroscientist, author and philosopher. His book The End of Faith (2004) appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for 33 weeks. This was followed by The Moral Landscape, published in 2010, Lying in 2011, and Free Will in 2012. Harris is co-founder and the CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values. He appears frequently on television and radio (including Real Time With Bill Maher, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report) to talk about the conflict between religion and science. His latest book, Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion (Bantam Press), is out on 29 January.
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