# In an op-ed, Prof. Jonathan Haidt explains why author Sam Harris is unlikely to change his views

1 Faculty News February 3, 2014 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_044773.jpg?itok=O6wmvl0C)>

Excerpt from [This View of Life](http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10) -- "What are the odds that anyone will change Harris’s mind with a reasoned essay of under 1000 words? I’ll put my money on Hume and issue my own challenge, The Righteous Mind challenge: If anyone can convince Harris to renounce his views, I’ll pay Harris the $10,000 that it would cost him to do so."

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