Sam Harris & Jordan Peterson in Vancouver 2018 (with Bret Weinstein moderating) — Night One

A psychologist mentioned for his method of discussion: telling someone what you think they think until they agree it reflects their view, useful for intimate partners.

Used as an example of an atheist totalitarian leader whose regime resembled a religion due to its personality cult and dogmatism, demonstrating that atheism does not preclude atrocities.

Mentioned in the context of spiritual experiences and also regarding the New Testament's stance on slavery and the idea of truthful speech.

Mentioned in the context of Nazism, with Harris stating Hitler was not an atheist and spoke of a 'divine plan,' suggesting even secular-appearing tyrannies can have religious or quasi-religious elements.

His thinking, rooted in the idea that culture corrupts humans and that people commit atrocities due to cultural influence, is contrasted with Jane Goodall's findings on chimpanzees.

His observation that encountering other belief systems can shatter one's own, leading to postmodern nihilism, is referenced in the context of reconciling diverse religious truths.

Her discovery about chimpanzee behavior at Gombe is cited to illustrate that tribal violence and atrocities are not unique to humans or religious dogma, but have deeper evolutionary roots in primates.

Brought up for his philosophical claim about a priori interpretive structures that mediate between individuals and facts, supporting the idea that values cannot be directly derived from facts.

Author of 'Crime and Punishment' which features the character Raskolnikov, used by Jordan Peterson to illustrate the moral vacuum he believes atheism creates.

His philosophical work, particularly 'postmodernist readings' of it, is referenced by Peterson as an example of ideas that wrongly suggest scientific truths are not fundamental, contrasted with the enduring reality of protons.

The founder of Mormonism, mentioned as someone whose claim of seeing golden tablets is not a 'respectable intuition' in the same way as fundamental moral truths, according to Sam Harris.

Grouped with 'Enlightenment types' who Peterson believes 'radically overestimate' the degree to which rationality alone brought about progress, underplaying the lengthy developmental history of such advancements.

Used by Harris as an analogy for how Peterson's redefinition of religious terms could be seen as misleading, similar to how Chopra uses 'quantum spookiness' to justify pseudoscientific beliefs, even if he doesn't explicitly endorse related products.

Mentioned as an example of a secular totalitarian state with pernicious dogmas, comparable to religious fundamentalism in its negative effects.

Used as a contemporary example of how religious doctrines (Islam) can motivate 'clearly good people' to commit unthinkable atrocities, including taking sex slaves.

The research site where Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees engaging in 'raiding parties' and tearing interlopers to pieces, challenging Rousseauian ideas about human-unique aggression.

Cited as a modern example of a religious cult, even without traditional supernatural claims, emphasizing that dogmatism and cult-like behavior are the core issues, not necessarily the belief in a 'next life.'

Presented as a document that 'supersedes' the Old Testament's harsh laws, though its own stance on issues like slavery is debated.

Jordan Peterson's book, where he sought to address the 'postmodern problem' of multiple interpretations by using conciliation across diverse systems to find repeating patterns, similar to scientific convergence.

Sam Harris's book, frequently referenced as the source of his arguments for grounding ethics in objective well-being and identifying moral realism.

Referenced as another catastrophic example of human suffering that should be universally condemned.

Cited as a religious text whose claims (e.g., cutting off a thief's hand, condoning slavery) can be unambiguously interpreted to support barbaric practices, according to Sam Harris.

Referenced in discussions about literal interpretation, slavery, and the developmental narrative of Christian scripture.

Mentioned as a source of Islamic tradition where different interpretations lead to varying stances on issues like stem-cell research.

Mentioned as including the elemental claim that one should not utter the name of God, because defining it too tightly loses its essence, connecting to Peterson's redefinition of 'God.'

Discussed as a 'hallucinogenic nightmare' read psychologically, where the hero is born at the darkest point and redemption is found in truthful speech; however, Harris criticizes literal interpretations anticipating a cataclysmic end.

Cited as an example of a religious system with completely different stories and psychological imports compared to Christianity, particularly regarding the concept of good and evil.

Used as an example of a belief system founded on intuitions (Joseph Smith's golden tablets) that Harris considers less respectable or evidence-based compared to universal moral intuitions.

Identified as a secular totalitarian state whose dogmas were as pernicious as religious ones, showing dogmatism is the core problem, not necessarily religion itself.

Mentioned alongside Hinduism as an Eastern religious tradition that views 'evil' differently, often as ignorance, posing a challenge to the universality of Western moral concepts.

The US Constitutional amendment protecting free speech, cited by Peterson as the process by which dogmatic errors are rectified, aligning with Harris's view on the primacy of free speech.