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Ep140 "How does your brain decide what’s true?" with Sam Harris

February 9, 2026 · 1 h 21 min

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Why do we believe what we believe? Why is changing our opinions so difficult, and why does a challenged belief so often feel like a personal attack? What if beliefs didn’t evolve to be true, but to be socially useful? Today we speak with Sam Harris about the topic of our beliefs: how we see the world and what we take to be true about it.

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