Some excellent points on the economics of Sam Harris

Overall, not so good. If he gave those answers at the end of my political economy class he’d fail the final exam. Really his questions are not much better than a creationist asking, “But what about the second law of thermodynamics; have you ever thought about that? And what about the missing link?” They’re the questions of someone who’s lacking a grasp of the most basic concepts of the field he’s dabbling in. Whatever Sam Harris may be good at (and I’m not sure it’s philosophy, either), he really ought to stick to it.

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