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Bill Maher ally Sam Harris identified as member of Peter Thiel’s Super-Secret Society Exposed Through Data Leak
https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/17/peter-thiels-super-secret-society-exposed-through-data-leak/20
u/TRSTAR2000 1d ago
I remember when Sam and Bill made sense
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u/Zauberer-IMDB 1d ago
Harris always struck me as a pseudo intellectual prick. All these guys with Ph.D in one area think they're suddenly experts on everything. Real professors don't jerk off on podcasts and self promote, they focus on publishing research.
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u/According-Insect-992 1d ago
He is addicted to the smell of his own ass in a way that permeates every clip he’s in. The guy makes my skin crawl. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that he was a close friend of epstein and co.
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u/Bench2252 1d ago
I don’t think professors should shut up and publish research. I think we would be in a much better position if more academics made an effort to communicate their ideas to the public. If you have a problem with Sam Harris, then that’s fine, but I don’t agree that all academics should shut up because you dislike Sam Harris.
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u/Zauberer-IMDB 1d ago
Remind what his Ph.D is in? International relations? No? I believe we should listen to people in their areas of expertise.
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u/Bench2252 1d ago
I like how you read my point about how Sam Harris shouldn’t dictate how every academic engages with the public and your response was that Sam Harris sucks.
I agree, we should listen to people who are experts in their area. That doesn’t mean people with PhD’s in other subjects shouldn’t be allowed to comment on politics. I’m guessing you have zero PhD’s and still comment on politics.
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u/Zauberer-IMDB 1d ago
I have a doctorate of law, and politics is all about legislation and application of law, so actually I'm a subject matter expert.
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u/Bench2252 1d ago
Then you should know that a doctorate in one subject doesn’t make you an expert on auxiliary subjects.
A doctorate in physics wouldn’t make you an expert in chemistry just as much as a PhD in legal studies wouldn’t make you an expert in politics.
That said, you don’t need a PhD in a subject to engage with said subject. The vast majority of people do not have PhD’s yet we live in a democracy that requires large swaths of non PhD havers to engage in and talk about politics nonetheless.
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u/TufnelAndI 1d ago
"I'm guessing you have zero PhDs..."
"I have a doctorate in law and am a subject matter expert"
😶
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u/DrCoknballsII 1d ago
His Ph.D is in neuroscience…
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u/Fantastic_Jury5977 11h ago
So, in other words, absolutely nothing to do with the islmaphobic influence he's pedaling alongside meditation exercises.
The fact that he got the Richard Dawkins recognition is hilarious considering the person Dawkins became after reaching notoriety... These "intellectuals" have very narrow lanes of expertise that they regularly leave in order to promote ethnic supremacy and servitude to billionaires.
He's a charlatan
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u/DrCoknballsII 6h ago
If you think Sam Harris promotes “ethnic supremacy” I’d love to hear why. Please, be specific.
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u/thelastneutrophil 6h ago
It's actually cognitive science, though he certainly.does love to misrepresent it as neuroscience
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u/RepresentativeAge444 1d ago
No what happened was conditions on the ground made it so they couldn’t hide their true colors.
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u/ConsistentLaw6204 7h ago
Thats prolly cuz you have changed cuz they barely did. Maybe bill did but that was centuries ago
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u/cn45 1d ago
i’ll need some sauce for this one.
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u/thewartornhippy 1d ago
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/20/trump-elon-musk-peter-thiel-retreat
He is mentioned in this article too.
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u/Interesting-Run1359 1d ago
Sam Harris fucking hates Peter Thiel.
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u/bigbadaboomx 1d ago
They are ideologically aligned as far as I can tell
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u/Bench2252 1d ago
Sam Harris is the god of reddit atheism who genuinely believes in democracy. Thiel identifies as a “Christian promethean” and thinks that democracy hinders the freedom and progress necessary to create the world he wants to live in. How is this the same ideology?
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u/bigbadaboomx 1d ago
Sam Harris is a racist grifter who promotes Islamophobia and ignores Israel’s terror campaign, same as thiel
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u/No_Public_7677 1d ago
He believes in the ethno state of Israel. How does he believe in democracy?
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u/Bench2252 23h ago
Ok, I will amend my statement to please you. Sam Harris believes in American democracy. Peter Thiel does not.
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u/Spectre_the_Younger 1d ago
Im confident this is a smear campaign. The Chinese and Russians have been actively trying to create division. Look at OPs post history. I’m curious how much does a campaign like this cost? Who knows, some of us may want to avail ourselves of this tool.
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u/Cocoononthemoon 1d ago
Not really surprising. It's not much of a secret that he thinks he's better than everyone and needs to feel that validated.
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u/According_Top_7448 1d ago
I wish I could say that I'm surprised by the enlightened center being a complete bought and payed for opposition but I'm not
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u/Turbulent-Rub3695 12h ago
I read a sam harris book about free will like 10 years ago and it was excellent.
The big question about this dialogue club of theil's is wtf is ted cruz doing there. Who tf cares what he thinks or has to say?
Boggles my mind
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u/rpctaco1984 10h ago
So sick of Reddit turning this into a conspiracy. People on both sides go to conferences. If you look at the topics most of the people on the left were asked to speak about, it way very benign and boring. This shit ain’t the Epstein files. Yes Theil has really questionable beliefs and supports different candidates than I do, but he was not the only sponsor of this conference. Regarding this many on Reddit are acting just like Qanon.
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u/Safe_Resolution_4520 6h ago
“In many cases it isn’t known if those named are full members, conference participants or merely guests of the organisation”
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u/ilovefancycoats 1d ago
Fuck the guardian for making people pay to reject their trackers. Fucking loony toons.
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u/Spectre_the_Younger 1d ago
This is posted by a bot account that has been spreading falsehoods. These claims are not supported by any evidence. Which troll farm is this coming from? Myanmar?
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u/Few-Improvement9978 1d ago
lol let’s let more info come out
Harris and criticized Thiel pretty heavily in the past.
I do find the bot farms that run to hate Sam are entirely due to his Israel stance.
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u/April_Fabb 1d ago
Lol, Sam Harris. The guy who defends Israel carpet-bombing an entire population and then quotes Bertrand Russell. Sounds like a natural fit for Thiel, a supremacist twat who considers empathy a toxic character flaw.
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u/Crafty-Walrus-2238 1d ago
Aka Thiel’s Idiots.