Sam Harris, author and neuroscientist - BBC HARDtalk

Thanks to the internet and the mobile phone, our ability to communicate, inform and persuade has never been greater. So why is public debate getting ever more polarised and toxic? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to the American philosopher, neuroscientist and podcaster Sam Harris whose takes on everything from religion to race generate intense heat. Are extremism and intolerance drowning out reasoned debate?

[humanonearth]

Sam's signature eyebrow raise was in full effect here. Good branding Sam...

[thefabuloustomatobrothers]

“I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.” - Sam Harris

[FITVC]

Every time Sam makes his point. The host cuts him off and changes the subject. This is the problem. Contantly moving the goalposts to suit their narrative.

[Gameamp]

When he said Chris Hitchens, I could just hear Hitch saying Christopher, I promised mama lol

[NothingHumanisAlientoMe]

Ben Stiller is a superb actor, he really gets Sam's voice tone down.

[melissakelly]

that guy is not listening; he's just trying to stir up controversy

[Bootrosgali]

"If you're going to find racists everywhere, you will find the real racists nowhere"
_-- I'm going to sew that onto a cushion

[Grymyrk]

I like how the interviewer stops Sam Harris accusing him of being a white man telling back people how to feel. And then as a white man he himself goes on and speaks for all black people.

[KD-ozci]

Pulling something Sam said 15 years ago trying to discredit him and failed. Pathetic!!

[ericdodd]

20:09 like if you immediately thought "*Christopher."

[stiltz]

This interviewer shows why traditional media is so inferior compared to podcasts like Making Sense

[suzanneadamson]

Admire Sam's non-reactivity, calmness, & intellect. They're speaking on 2 disparate levels here.

[dohyawatchin]

“If you are going to find racism everywhere, then you are going to find the real racists nowhere.”

Sam dunk!

[mikeypoop]

"May I stop you.." "Yeah, please". I love Harris' welcoming attitude towards potentially being presented with new information that may change his view. We need more of this kind of thing!

[maynard]

I liked this video but only for Sam Harris. the host was intolerable .

[YeahTrip]

I can see why they call this show "hard talk." 90% of the time, Sam is trying to repair the mischaracterizations imposed by the interviewer.

[sirrathersplendid]

Came here expecting a nuanced discussion. Instead get the usual binary zero-sum BBC bullcrap from a terrible interviewer, who’s little better than Cathy Newman.

[crockettstheme]

Stephen Sackur is channeling his inner Kathy Newman. Garbage journalism. Good on Sam for setting him straight.

[leed.]

British interviewers (generally) take an adversarial approach, a fact that seems to be lost on a lot of people in this comment section who apparently would prefer the interviewers to take the partisan, buddy-buddy approach of Fox News, CNBC etc... Ben Shapiro thought the same, which is why he accused the notoriously right-leaning Andrew Niel of being a leftist because he asked him a few questions he didn't like.

[zalacainbilbao]

The interviewer is embarrassingly simple minded.