1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology

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  • (March 29, 2010) Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking.
    Stanford University
    www.stanford.edu
    Stanford Department of Biology
    biology.stanford.edu/
    Stanford University Channel on UA-cam
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 16 тис.

  • @ericablanco4932
    @ericablanco4932 3 роки тому +26475

    The fact that we can access this lecture without having to attend Stanford is mind-blowing. What a time to be alive!

    • @Wax_Prophetic
      @Wax_Prophetic 3 роки тому +688

      I absolutely agree! It feels like such a cheat-code.

    • @allaier8750
      @allaier8750 3 роки тому +52

      Tabula Rasa very

    • @mr.mustache4743
      @mr.mustache4743 3 роки тому +341

      I only wish I could talk to him, and have him mark my work, that would be amazing, its the ability to access the teachers that make this education so valuable, they are instrumental in the learning, although I am enjoying this lecture :) this is amazing

    • @UserName-ii1ce
      @UserName-ii1ce 3 роки тому +213

      We have the world's knowledge at our disposal but we're running ourselves into the gutter. We can do better

    • @popinmo
      @popinmo 3 роки тому +37

      you could have said the same thing 40 years ago when video tapes were popular

  • @rishimeows
    @rishimeows 2 роки тому +20126

    i've completed the full cycle of procrastination, going so far into the depths of not doing homework that i end up taking a stanford intro class on youtube

    • @mrmeekcreices
      @mrmeekcreices 2 роки тому +472

      hahahaha thats hilarious! humans are great!

    • @stephenowesney5173
      @stephenowesney5173 2 роки тому +309

      Literally how I found this video. Months later I'm in bed truly enjoying it all done with finals :)

    • @stephenowesney5173
      @stephenowesney5173 2 роки тому +260

      And its even more ironic when you think it's a Stanford lecture on human behavior which encompasses your procrastination. You might be biting the bullet more than you think, in the long run lol

    • @bloatyheadrob
      @bloatyheadrob 2 роки тому +12

      Lol

    • @shrilltiger5027
      @shrilltiger5027 2 роки тому +19

      Same

  • @voodooaudio9488
    @voodooaudio9488 Рік тому +885

    For 11 years I've been coming back to this. It is still one of the most profound learning experiences available. Sapolsky its truly one of the finest human gems we had a chance to share time with on this planet.

    • @m.i.c.h.o
      @m.i.c.h.o Рік тому +6

      just discovered this, excited :)

    • @CoachAdeja
      @CoachAdeja Рік тому +11

      You scared me when I first read this I thought he passed away 😫

    • @voodooaudio9488
      @voodooaudio9488 Рік тому +5

      @@CoachAdeja I honestly hope he has many beautiful and joyful years of life ahead of him

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv 10 місяців тому +3

      He seems to be a very gifted communicator.

    • @esmolol4091
      @esmolol4091 9 місяців тому +2

      He and Walter Lewin who was an MIT physics professor.

  • @wrath0rah
    @wrath0rah Рік тому +519

    I hope he’s still teaching. He is a wonderful professor, and I can tell he enjoys his work.

    • @jr.bobdobbs
      @jr.bobdobbs 8 місяців тому +116

      If anyone is interested, he wrote a book a few years ago called Behave. It is an absolute masterpiece.

    • @e-spaceofknowledge
      @e-spaceofknowledge 6 місяців тому +12

      Yeah I'm reading it currently and it's absolutely amazing

    • @mttknvlalp_
      @mttknvlalp_ 5 місяців тому +6

      ​@@jr.bobdobbsnoted 👍

    • @Technovex
      @Technovex Місяць тому +13

      Hello, he is still teaching, hes actually my favorite professor atm

    • @anonme_
      @anonme_ 29 днів тому +3

      @@Technovex You're in his in-person classes? At Stanford? That's so cool!

  • @jesusquiroz1069
    @jesusquiroz1069 2 роки тому +44159

    Lectures hit different when you’re not pressured by grades.

    • @bigbufobufo
      @bigbufobufo 2 роки тому +2046

      I wish I could go back to college and just learn stuff without having to take any tests

    • @ellieivan
      @ellieivan 2 роки тому +901

      @@bigbufobufo you can! It’s called “auditing a class”

    • @Fridge_Fiend
      @Fridge_Fiend 2 роки тому +451

      Ohhh that'll explain why i'll watch these in my free time but redused too when i actually took courses like this

    • @williambooker9536
      @williambooker9536 2 роки тому +65

      so... true...

    • @mathieugrindlay4965
      @mathieugrindlay4965 2 роки тому +260

      Facts - plus this mans giving out bagels with cream cheese and I'm just wishing I had more profs like this. Had a few but still, I can count them on one hand and by and large most were just so dry and uninspired. It seems as if so many professors nowadays just purchase textbooks, assignments and slide packages for their courses, feels lazy. I swear people appease their professors and have to find their own actual mentors/professors in their free time. It's so hard to learn anything when It's unengaging

  • @darrensobol2867
    @darrensobol2867 2 роки тому +4667

    "yeah i took a class at stanford"

  • @moonknightx5310
    @moonknightx5310 Рік тому +282

    I’m not even really interested in biology or science in general but I’ve been watching random college lectures on UA-cam and I found this. Now I’m hooked. This guy is just so amazing and smart. When you aren’t worried or stressed about grades, you can truly focus on learning the content more. Especially if you have an exciting teacher like this. Using humor makes you remember stuff as well.

    • @instantcrush6999
      @instantcrush6999 4 місяці тому +2

      can u recomend some others lectures ? am intriged

    • @AtamMardes
      @AtamMardes 11 днів тому

      "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
      Voltaire

  • @lajosmolnar3388
    @lajosmolnar3388 Рік тому +116

    The book by him, which he didn't say the name of, is the
    Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
    (he mentions it again in lecture 3)

    • @Prince-op7lp
      @Prince-op7lp Рік тому +3

      You are a life saver, thank you mate

    • @dominikschumacher8624
      @dominikschumacher8624 Рік тому +1

      Do you know anything about the downlodable papers he mentions around minute 49:00 ?...and all the other things - as Q&A's, slideshows, lecture notes and so on

    • @dashaivashkov7186
      @dashaivashkov7186 2 місяці тому

      I love you

    • @PS-yi7nz
      @PS-yi7nz Місяць тому

      Thank you so much, i was trying to figure which book he was talking about!

    • @nakedfreak1
      @nakedfreak1 Місяць тому

      How does he know zebras dont get ulcers?

  • @blanco7726
    @blanco7726 4 роки тому +7293

    Just pointing put, someone wrote 57 minutes of subtitles for a lecture. Shout out to you my guy.

    • @PomoriSchatz
      @PomoriSchatz 4 роки тому +129

      You mind Mr./Ms. Algo Rythm?

    • @LaLfixx
      @LaLfixx 4 роки тому +80

      UA-cam does that automatically

    • @nalathekitten3594
      @nalathekitten3594 4 роки тому +595

      @@LaLfixx youtube does it but someone put english subtitles too. If you look there is two options for subtitles/ CC, one is automatic (with some errors) and the one is English CC, which is very exact and correct. Someone took their time and wrote subtitles lol

    • @sheena_.
      @sheena_. 4 роки тому +17

      It's just as translating movies as long as hour and half or two

    • @ZefTillDeath8878
      @ZefTillDeath8878 4 роки тому +113

      After 4 million + views, there's gonna be someone with OCD that is bothered enough by the auto translator errors to fix it.

  • @sim-yv4zg
    @sim-yv4zg 3 роки тому +3499

    when you procrastinate so much you start watching lecture videos💀

  • @AmandaSbarros
    @AmandaSbarros Рік тому +272

    I'm Brazilian and I was feeling a little bit down for lacking money to study abroad using my university program. However, here I am watching this astonishing lecture. I loved this professor and I feel so excited to learn again🥺🤩

    • @omminidhanamjeyulu3063
      @omminidhanamjeyulu3063 Рік тому +13

      Same here 🥺 i can't even afford to get out of my country hope our lives will change into what we like 💗

    • @AmandaSbarros
      @AmandaSbarros 9 місяців тому +4

      @@giubl5763 simmm, to praticando muito meu inglês e quero muito aprender francês depois

    • @gregoryludkovsky5185
      @gregoryludkovsky5185 8 місяців тому

      u LOVED him ( meaning that now u do NOT ?

    • @AmandaSbarros
      @AmandaSbarros 8 місяців тому

      @@gregoryludkovsky5185I loved him watching this playlist, I didn't even remember him until you commented this lol

    • @misaelaraujo151
      @misaelaraujo151 7 місяців тому +3

      indicação do Eslen não é mesmo?

  • @lealinerova8158
    @lealinerova8158 Рік тому +74

    First of all, i can't properly express how grateful I am that I live at the age of moder technology - that I am able to attend such a great lecture while cooking in God forgotten country, to laugh along those students, to come to new approaches and views beside them. I really do hope that the professor knows that making this available to everybody is act of unbelievable kindness.
    Secondly, lectures like his make me remember why I love learning so much; why I always should stay curious about things around me even though my own college years are gone.
    And third thing? I am a teacher, too, and I aspire to be the same way this man is - full of humor, kind, knowledgeable and approachable, truly making people to want to seek the knowledge, to think.
    Once again, thank you, from the very bottom of my heart.

  • @joostvanenkelen667
    @joostvanenkelen667 2 роки тому +3952

    you know a class is good when a 15 year old boy watches it voluntairily on his pc in his free time

    • @Marco-717
      @Marco-717 2 роки тому +41

      You also understood 1% of what was talked about here. Go out into the world and explore. Gain experience. Knowledge leads to wisdom, but you also need to put things to the test

    • @teacherdave27
      @teacherdave27 2 роки тому +260

      Stella, don’t listen to Marco, he doesn’t know the first thing about your life or intellectual abilities. Just because he likely would only have understood 1% of it when he was 15 doesn’t mean that’s true for you. I agree with him in that intellect is best sharpened by a balance between academics and learned experience from a variety of different activities, but that is up to you to find that balance.

    • @teacherdave27
      @teacherdave27 2 роки тому +25

      @lynell music Good for you ! Never stop learning, or indulging your intellectual cravings !

    • @Ousdoo
      @Ousdoo 2 роки тому +21

      I think the 15 year old is good.

    • @lordq2245
      @lordq2245 2 роки тому +87

      @@teacherdave27 yeah fuck Marco!

  • @mumu4260
    @mumu4260 3 роки тому +4278

    This is the thing that UA-cam needs to recommend more often and not about celebrities or bloggers babbling about their freaking stuffs.

    • @Yuneeka
      @Yuneeka 3 роки тому +13

      That's a great point!

    • @beauhalliday9496
      @beauhalliday9496 3 роки тому +6

      what is this i just stumbled across it what did you lern

    • @processinginformation
      @processinginformation 3 роки тому +74

      depends on what you're interested in, i.e. what you usually watch. watch more of this and YT will recommend more of the same

    • @davidknell9676
      @davidknell9676 3 роки тому +6

      Errrrrm yeah, I suppose

    • @dmb555
      @dmb555 3 роки тому +41

      UA-cam recommendations are personalized most of the time. Stop searching about them then.

  • @stanislasnicolau2412
    @stanislasnicolau2412 Рік тому +178

    Coming back on that lecture, you're an absolute gem Robert Sapolsky. I've discovered this video a year ago, searched my way through the infite possibilities of life, finally started my bachelor in psychology, and I head on becoming a researcher in evolutionary psychology or something like that if things go well and if I still like it. Hopefully I see you some day at Stanford University

    • @ashleygibson2342
      @ashleygibson2342 Рік тому +8

      I wish you the best of luck

    • @mttknvlalp_
      @mttknvlalp_ 5 місяців тому +1

      Manifesting for u bestie 🫶

    • @kali11123
      @kali11123 3 місяці тому

      How can you make a living with evolutionary psychology though?

  • @marcocattaneo9974
    @marcocattaneo9974 Рік тому +31

    As always, the difference between enjoying a subject and not enjoying a subject is the way it's presented, and whether or not it's presented with actual genuine passion. Clearly, Robert is doing a fantastic job here. Kudos and praise to him. Many thanks for making this publicly available, it's what all universities should do with all their subjects.

  • @newage885
    @newage885 3 роки тому +2526

    This lecture is an example of how you are drawn to certain subjects in school solely because of the way it was taught. One can develop interest in any discipline just by learning from the good teachers. God bless you for making these lectures publicly available.

    • @JoseMdgl
      @JoseMdgl 3 роки тому +5

      Agree 💁🏻‍♀️

    • @ndumisomtshali383
      @ndumisomtshali383 3 роки тому +5

      Totally agree!!

    • @alaricgoldkuhl155
      @alaricgoldkuhl155 3 роки тому +45

      This is a UA-cam rabbit hole with massive benefits for exploring. I did find it ironic though that he is explaining that the science is pointing to the fact that science isn't the best tool for describing behavior. What makes Dr Sapolsky so effective though I think is that he doesn't teach in a linear or analytical way. His talks are full of inference, analogy and humor, making the knowledge gained connect more broadly with the listener's own experience. He also seems to be a some sort of wizard at pushing limbic buttons at opportune times to make things memorable. He is truly a master teacher on so many levels.

    • @toddvanfleet8576
      @toddvanfleet8576 3 роки тому +4

      Absolutely. Can change your life.

    • @johntemple2347
      @johntemple2347 3 роки тому +1

      Good point

  • @brentonantoine8089
    @brentonantoine8089 4 роки тому +6089

    This just made me realize that I really haven’t had that many good teachers in my life

    • @isabelmagnolia5070
      @isabelmagnolia5070 4 роки тому +156

      Lol you aren’t the only one. The only good teachers I had was an art teacher, and yet art is laughed at these days.

    • @erickrobson4293
      @erickrobson4293 4 роки тому +61

      They don't spend 100k a year for nothing (just throwing a figure out , but Stanford is high yah :p)

    • @lizcalas3051
      @lizcalas3051 4 роки тому +183

      Some professors have a gift. Not only can they teach but they do it in a way that captures the audience and draws them in. That alone helps students remember course material. Some professors are so influential, they can point one to a new major.

    • @raptorjesus6120
      @raptorjesus6120 4 роки тому +37

      Half of my teachers in what in my country is the equivalent of senior high school were confirmed alcoholics (i.e. they did not do a good job of hiding it). The majority of them were slow and drowsy throughout the day while some of them even got violent regularly; though, while they were not allowed to touch students, there was seemingly no law that prohibited throwing things at students or yelling at them from a micro-wave-length distance. While this was a fun distraction for the usual suspects (daredevils and class clowns, you might call them), some of the more fragile individuals regularly went home crying. I remember a particularly choleric teacher-on-the-bottle, the class of whom I dreaded because, idiot I am, I was seated in the front row. He was pretty much hated by everyone, but he always kept his cool around other teachers, and so we, the students, were stuck with him for eternity, or so we thought. Long story short, he died during one summer vacation (amazingly enough, not due to liver failure). When news got around, virtually the entire student body that had had classes with him, threw impromptu parties to commemorate the occasion. It was one of those reality-is-weirder-than-fiction, ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead moments. The abscence of that loathsome teacher markedly improved the mood in the entire school, though, I have to say. The following school year, for the first time, we got a chemistry teacher, who was not chasing Jack. Which I thought impossible, but there you go.
      Even now, over a decade later, I hear stories of former teachers of mine, their fondness for liquor of which I either was not aware at the time of their teaching or who later became dependent on ethanol-rich drinks. Sometimes, jokingly, I believe that alcoholism was an entry requirement for that particular school.

    • @lbuday
      @lbuday 4 роки тому +1

      Who has

  • @denisklimovich6137
    @denisklimovich6137 7 місяців тому +268

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    00:00 📚 The course starts by illustrating a scenario of abnormal behavior, highlighting the potential influence of genetics.
    01:26 🧬 Genetic influence on sexual orientation, prenatal events affecting political opinions, and using biology to understand religious beliefs are discussed.
    03:17 🌡️ Certain events, like having a period, brain tumors, junk food consumption, and steroid use, have been used as defenses in murder cases due to hormonal impacts.
    06:34 💔 Body's physiological state can dramatically affect brain functions, and vice versa.
    08:30 📊 Humans simplify complex problems by categorizing information, but this can lead to oversimplification and misunderstanding.
    11:20 🎨 The example of colors and language differences demonstrates how categories affect perception and memory.
    15:08 📞 Categorization affects our ability to accurately recall sequences, like phone numbers.
    17:52 🐔 The example of subway stops shows how categories influence interpretation and prediction.
    21:18 🧠 The course aims to explore the complex relationships between physiological processes and behavior, avoiding oversimplified explanations.
    23:44 🔍 The course structure involves tracing behaviors back through various factors, including hormones, development, genetics, and evolution.
    24:13 🧬 Behavior is influenced by biological factors such as hormones and genes, leading to the interaction of endocrinology and genetics.
    25:35 🤔 Challenge: Avoid falling into categorical thinking while analyzing complex behaviors and influences.
    27:02 🧠 Historical figures in psychology and biology exhibited flawed categorical thinking, underestimating the complexity of human behavior.
    32:43 🌍 Human behaviors are characterized by their varying levels of similarity and uniqueness compared to other species.
    36:59 🔄 Recognize moments when humans share ordinary physiology with other animals but use it uniquely for empathy, compassion, and stress response.
    40:16 💬 Humans exhibit behaviors that are unparalleled in the animal kingdom, such as language use and complex sexual practices.
    43:07 📚 The course is designed for students with diverse backgrounds, and additional catchup sections will be provided for those unfamiliar with certain topics.
    45:31 🧠 Behavioral biology is relevant in various aspects of life, from decision-making to understanding mental health, making informed choices important.
    46:00 ⏰ Weekly sections, midterm, and final exams will structure the course, with breaks provided during class for convenience.
    46:29 📚 Two assigned books: One by the instructor (optional), another is "Chaos" by James Gleick.
    47:23 🌪️ "Chaos" challenges reductionism; behavior is complex like a cloud, not a clock.
    48:49 📖 Lectures on chaos and complexity, readings available online, varying levels of depth.
    50:45 🖥️ Course materials online, lecture notes, Q&A, office hours, sections for different backgrounds.
    52:39 🗂️ Utilize skilled TAs, regular and advanced sections, evolving sections for different needs.
    53:07 ⏰ Class is five units due to heavy class time, taped lectures available online.
    54:04 📆 Midterm on May 3rd (7:30 PM), final on June 4th (5:15 PM), multiple-choice format due to class size.
    55:29 🧠 Midterm focuses on basic understanding, final emphasizes interdisciplinary thinking.
    56:54 🕒 Final clarification on exam timings.

    • @_TatineeSarker
      @_TatineeSarker 5 місяців тому +5

      Amazing, man!! Thanks

    • @uhhhhhdellie
      @uhhhhhdellie 5 місяців тому +2

      you're a saint, thank you!

    • @Kiwikick238
      @Kiwikick238 5 місяців тому +2

      You’re incredible. thanks!

    • @markkeeper7771
      @markkeeper7771 4 місяці тому +1

      Don't remove the source, It's made using HARPA AI

    • @NickleJ
      @NickleJ 3 місяці тому +3

      Only robot scum would timestamp and caption the date and time for exams on a 12 year old lecture p

  • @kathryntitus9647
    @kathryntitus9647 Рік тому +35

    Every human should listen to this entire series. It gives you so much insight into human anthropology, behavior etc.
    These videos are pretty old at this point but nonetheless pertinent. I think Sapolsky is still alive and there's absolutely nothing boring about listening to him, he keeps things moving right along, and a bit of humor gets thrown in here and there. I'm so thankful this series was conserved for humanity.

    • @TheGoodGadfly
      @TheGoodGadfly 4 місяці тому +1

      Obviously an expert in his field. Additionally, an excellent communicator.

  • @aletter1718
    @aletter1718 2 роки тому +4477

    honestly, Its crazy how much easier information is retained when you voluntarily seek it. When i was in school i would have never listened to this and would have been dying to get out of there. Now that i have the ability to learn on my own time I retain and look for information on a much higher level. Incredible.

    • @TheSeveredTongues
      @TheSeveredTongues 2 роки тому +37

      this is so damn true

    • @ahmedanssaien6449
      @ahmedanssaien6449 2 роки тому +42

      The truth has been spoken. 🐐 👏🏻
      I don't like being tested in any way, shape, or form, and back in school, whether I was excellent at a subject or not, I would always try to get out of the classroom as soon as possible during exams. It's weird how I have this kind of seemingly counter-productive stubbornness when I'm being tested by an individual or an institution, whereas on my own free time, I would happily choose to learn about something, and revisit it over and over until it's stuck. I literally find myself learning about new stuff every day, and the fact that there are no tests involved makes me feel like an old school knowledge seeker from back where institutions weren't a thing. I have no degrees (I left my original mediocre high school degree at the university when I decided to drop out unannounced after passing all my first-semester exams with flying colors), and yet I helped people from all over the world with all kinds of tech problems. I never thought in a million years that something that I started learning on my own when I was a teenager would one day lead to helping a business owner with a 5-million-dollar income.
      My English teacher back in high school once said to a supervisor, and his assistant - out of the blue - while I was there, "The thing about Ahmed is that he's very opinionated." Before that, he was like, "I brought the guy who's gonna fix your computer, guys." And I was like, "But that wasn't our agreement, Teach!" Since I asked him to come with me to speed up the bureaucratic process of getting a copy of my school certificate. 😅 I ended up removing malware manually from the supervisor's computer, optimizing the system, and filling out the whole school certificate myself in like a minute, which made me wonder, "Wow, and they say I have to wait from Monday through Thursday for this? Goddamn bureaucrats!" 😂 It's one of my earliest memories as an IT guy. I remember while I was working on their potato PC, the supervisor being so condescending like, "Well, what you're [capable of] doing isn't really 'in parallel' of what we teach at the school." as if that were a bad thing. Since I never miss a chance to be sassy, I was like, "Well, if I relied on what we're taught here, I'd still be struggling to differentiate between a mouse, and a keyboard." And then he said, "Well, but you skip school to learn these things, and that's not good." And I was like, "Well, you're not the one in class every day, having to deal with annoyingly talkative students who don't even know how to put their pens down without making noise. As far as I'm concerned, skipping school to learn really interesting stuff is always worth it." And then he just shook his head in disapproval. Thing is, that supervisor knew my dad very well, so I always assumed he just liked to play the devil's advocate, while also trying to avoid giving those who are around the impression that there's some kind of favoritism involved; I actually appreciate people like that, because I don't want people to treat me in a certain way just because they know my dad, and I'm too unapologetic to care, because just like many people survive by being dishonest, and evasive, I survive by being honest, and direct.
      Finally, Thank you, aletter1718, for being the reason I wrote all this. 😁🙏🏻

    • @godgeoussolflower
      @godgeoussolflower 2 роки тому +16

      Being tested causes anxiety

    • @helentee9863
      @helentee9863 2 роки тому +19

      I doubt your teachers were as good as this,though:))

    • @Tarik360
      @Tarik360 2 роки тому +20

      You're seeing the difference between being autodidactic and industrialized education.

  • @george9822
    @george9822 3 роки тому +3799

    No “uh’s” or “um’s” from this guy. Brilliant speaker.

    • @michaelstalinsk6974
      @michaelstalinsk6974 3 роки тому +221

      Just pointing put, someone wrote 57 minutes of subtitles for a lecture. Shout out to you my guy.

    • @ManishaChatterjeeProjects
      @ManishaChatterjeeProjects 3 роки тому +43

      That’s a bucket

    • @ssenseaddict
      @ssenseaddict 3 роки тому +59

      2:18

    • @cepolt
      @cepolt 3 роки тому +74

      Funny that you mention that. Because the way be can continually speak in such a way had me initially wondering if he on the spectrum if autism. But he's probably just comfortable in the subject and setting. See what my brain's doing? Buckets

    • @hollanderson
      @hollanderson 3 роки тому +24

      @@cepolt Time to systematically remove anyone without autism to remove the inferior "ums" and "uhs" then! :D

  • @limbli
    @limbli 10 місяців тому +11

    Absolutely mind-blowing. What an incredible communicator this professor is. Thank you for sharing this freely with the world!

  • @spaghettimkay5795
    @spaghettimkay5795 Рік тому +19

    This guy is a seriously gifted educator.

  • @fungunomus3293
    @fungunomus3293 2 роки тому +4191

    I started watching this playlist some five years ago... I'm now a grad student... in neuroscience. Sapolsky... this very video, actually... was my first introduction to the field... that field became my life. Returning to this is a crazy experience.

    • @tj-br5hy
      @tj-br5hy 2 роки тому +52

      GOOD ON YOU LAD

    • @tj-br5hy
      @tj-br5hy 2 роки тому +21

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @fluffylittlebunny4057
      @fluffylittlebunny4057 2 роки тому +20

      I wanna go into neuroscience too :)

    • @moritzkorsch9029
      @moritzkorsch9029 2 роки тому +16

      I hope you will have a good life and bring us closer to understanding ourselves.

    • @nathalielegros3944
      @nathalielegros3944 2 роки тому +7

      That's amazing! 💪❤

  • @anomalyp8584
    @anomalyp8584 5 років тому +4286

    I'm not only in awe of his knowledge, but about his speaking skills as well. This was 1 hour of him constantly speaking without using any 'uuuhs', stopping words or hesitations in forming sentences...like he was reading out a book! Insanely good

    • @justinwallman9587
      @justinwallman9587 5 років тому +75

      6:57 was an "uhhh" ;-)

    • @aleksijevujovic7262
      @aleksijevujovic7262 5 років тому +35

      ok I'm not taking anything away from the guy but I literally caught an 'uhhh' in the first minute

    • @MRIDDLE72
      @MRIDDLE72 5 років тому +7

      anomaly P this is what he’s done for years. And that’s why I am here, give me some knowledge to apply to life.

    • @NicosoftNT
      @NicosoftNT 5 років тому +8

      14:48 HAHA first mistake he is human!!

    • @ahmedattar4663
      @ahmedattar4663 4 роки тому +64

      He loves what he is doing.

  • @TheElectricCheeseProductions22
    @TheElectricCheeseProductions22 9 місяців тому +11

    What a brilliant opening. Elaborates on a scenario and brings attention to the mystery of it's reasons. Then presents a number of interesting proposals in quick succession, establishing the kind of things that are to be discussed in the lectures and implicitly saying these are to be discussed later on. He executes it so well.

  • @albarainbow
    @albarainbow Рік тому +37

    Amazing lecture. Whenever he listens to students giving answer he is paying all the attention. His passion to share what he loves and dedication as a teacher is what makes him incredible!!😍

  • @BassHeadsProduction
    @BassHeadsProduction 3 роки тому +5263

    this guys looks exactly like what you'd expect a professor of human behavioral biology would look like

    • @rodrigoalvarez3242
      @rodrigoalvarez3242 3 роки тому +33

      Exactly

    • @mrawesomeDK
      @mrawesomeDK 3 роки тому +44

      Take a look at the TA's.....they all look like they live in a cave and just rolled out of bed...

    • @emilwallin1176
      @emilwallin1176 3 роки тому +21

      He looks a bit crazy i think

    • @CeesaX
      @CeesaX 3 роки тому +111

      He's the most amazing person. I took this class in 2003 or 2004, and his energy really drew everyone into the class. There's a reason it was over-enrolled every quarter it was offered.

    • @dirkthemagnificent
      @dirkthemagnificent 3 роки тому +13

      Whatever. Everything about this creeps presentation is off-putting. As an " expert" in the field of human behavior, he, like most "experts" is a clueless charlatan.

  • @Kid_Ikaris
    @Kid_Ikaris 2 роки тому +2840

    I'm not even taking this class and I'm stressed about the midterm

    • @burdeegirl
      @burdeegirl 2 роки тому +173

      I feel like I'm supposed to be taking notes

    • @justrania
      @justrania 2 роки тому +44

      same im not even in college and im stressing about it

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 2 роки тому +37

      Apply what you learn daily and you won’t have to take notes or stress about a test.

    • @logenmattsen
      @logenmattsen 2 роки тому +8

      BWAHAHAHA!!!

    • @wade9352
      @wade9352 2 роки тому +17

      @@burdeegirl You jest, but I've been mindlessly writing notes for the past fifteen minutes.

  • @tomgrove7212
    @tomgrove7212 Рік тому +27

    I watched I think all 24 or 25 of his lectures and even seen Robert on some fairly resent podcasts. He is very informative, intelligent, and has an entertaining style to teaching an interesting subject(s) that could be dry and boring if attempted by others. Great job!!!!!

  • @rhondaorberson9664
    @rhondaorberson9664 Рік тому +4

    As someone who possessed neither the academic skills nor the financial means to attend a prestigious university as a young adult, it is not lost on me now at age 51 just how absolutely incredible it is that the entirety of the world's knowledge is available to me with just a few clicks. I will never not be in awe of it.

  • @summerboi4988
    @summerboi4988 2 роки тому +3340

    stanford: really hard to get into and 70k per year.
    also stanford: giving out their most interesting course for free on youtube.
    people in 2021: we're bored so yeah we're here.

    • @shizasoomro8319
      @shizasoomro8319 2 роки тому +24

      it really be like that lol

    • @blossommrose4929
      @blossommrose4929 2 роки тому +15

      Hey me too very in Interesting I feel like I'm in class with you

    • @mindsoulpower
      @mindsoulpower 2 роки тому +9

      there are enough stupid people to pay for brainwashing, just like carl ikahn said

    • @comprehendnature2404
      @comprehendnature2404 2 роки тому +25

      Consider it as free advertisement. It encourages people to compete more for entrance into Stanford whether it is young who want to study or adults that encourage others to send their children into Stanford.

    • @franknuzzo2576
      @franknuzzo2576 2 роки тому +9

      @@comprehendnature2404 Free education on UA-cam. I guess you could pay tens of thousands of dollars per year for what you can get for free on the internet. Maybe you’re paying for a piece of paper that influences other people. I’m sure it’s worth the price for some people.

  • @viralnetwork
    @viralnetwork 2 роки тому +2191

    What a good lecturer. Tone changes, speed changes, jokes in interval, all while delivering succinct info

    • @ishucrazy143
      @ishucrazy143 2 роки тому +48

      What else you expect from a top notch behavioral biology prof?

    • @johnnyroe8053
      @johnnyroe8053 2 роки тому +16

      sUcCiNcT

    • @kimkarlsen2280
      @kimkarlsen2280 2 роки тому +3

      P

    • @matthewmontano9695
      @matthewmontano9695 2 роки тому +1

      Wus tha mean.

    • @taryllhanchard3978
      @taryllhanchard3978 2 роки тому +15

      Yes he’s very easy to understand. I find emphasis i super important cos allot of teachers don’t emphasise the important stuff

  • @JudyFayLondon
    @JudyFayLondon 4 місяці тому +5

    I listened to this course twelve years ago when I was still a college student, he's really an awesome teacher.

  • @Harithian1
    @Harithian1 8 місяців тому +4

    These lectures changed my life , I watched it three times now

  • @sandeepvpragada
    @sandeepvpragada 2 роки тому +2097

    The basic quality of a teacher is to provoke interest in his/her students on the subject if not it's their first failure, Here's one guy who really did that, absolutely riveting!

    • @vemurisriharsha8907
      @vemurisriharsha8907 2 роки тому

      @@anilkumar-ph1qi 😂😂

    • @vemurisriharsha8907
      @vemurisriharsha8907 2 роки тому

      @@anilkumar-ph1qi winden ani...ikkade pakkana

    • @DiandraStarShine
      @DiandraStarShine 2 роки тому +4

      be careful..because, as I commented in my OP here: he's 100% wrong about what he said about the synchronization of the menses of women, how it happens. so, please don't go spreading around what he said about that. he has no idea what he's talking about.

    • @oeu3669
      @oeu3669 2 роки тому +5

      @@DiandraStarShine sweety it literally happens. I doubt you’re a woman. I’d suggest “further reading”

    • @KandiXoXoXo
      @KandiXoXoXo 2 роки тому +3

      @@DiandraStarShine It absolutely does happen.

  • @dtrio3996
    @dtrio3996 3 роки тому +1294

    Whenever he starts to explain something and you dont fully get what that really means in real life, he goes „let me give you an example“ and thats just brilliant!

    • @gingerbill128
      @gingerbill128 3 роки тому +30

      agreed , i am a big fan of examples when explaining things.

    • @Frankvega96
      @Frankvega96 3 роки тому +19

      That’s how professors should teach. Not treat you like a scientist when you are a student yet.

    • @markyruss
      @markyruss 3 роки тому +1

      a sales technique - agree

    • @bhavya6026
      @bhavya6026 2 роки тому

      When you needed examples this is not your place bro #facts😂🤷‍♀️

    • @MD-bf2ce
      @MD-bf2ce 2 роки тому +1

      I wish my all teachers taught like this in school, it makes it so much easier to learn!

  • @ZIDANz
    @ZIDANz 10 місяців тому +9

    I'm Egyptian And I Think this course just changed the way I think about how my brain works Thank you, prof. Sapolsky and thank Stanford,
    for a moment I really hoped that I was born and raised in California and joined this university, but I'm grateful for finding out this course is free online

    • @ZIDANz
      @ZIDANz 5 місяців тому

      @@bojohannesen4352 i dont know i just love to mention it everywhere 😂😂

    • @kadegetslaid634
      @kadegetslaid634 4 місяці тому +1

      LOL love the random nationality drop 🤣

    • @ZIDANz
      @ZIDANz 4 місяці тому

      After 5 months, it just hits me how cringe this comment is, but I will not delete it 😂

    • @kadegetslaid634
      @kadegetslaid634 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ZIDANz it's history now, you can't delete it!!!

  • @t.sultana
    @t.sultana Рік тому +7

    I am listening to this lecture totally out of curiosity and I find the lecture extremely informative, and enlightening. His interesting delivery of the lectures made me think about why I haven't done my major in human behavioral biology! I find the topic extremely interesting and I am gonna finish listening to all the lectures in this lecture series. Thank you for making the knowledge easily accessible.

  • @lou6018
    @lou6018 2 роки тому +2014

    The fact that the fall semester just finished and I was stressing out about school so happy it's finally over, then the next day I'm sat here voluntarily watching this whole thing speaks volumes to how good this professor is

    • @saragarcia2262
      @saragarcia2262 2 роки тому +7

      I'm currently doing that same thing right now hahaha

    • @marcia1959
      @marcia1959 2 роки тому +2

      @@saragarcia2262 it starts again soon 😢 dread

    • @SherryLea
      @SherryLea 2 роки тому +1

      This is so impressive. I love it so much.

  • @bradleybaker5396
    @bradleybaker5396 3 роки тому +1489

    The fact that this is available to anyone who has an internet connection is what it means to be truly connected to the rest of the world and its knowledge. and also, this guy probably kills it at social gatherings.

    • @chaoticfloralarrangement8741
      @chaoticfloralarrangement8741 3 роки тому +49

      If putting these videos up for free was the professors idea then he made a damn good choice. I actually agree with him on his opinion that everyone should learn about the content in the video and the videos following this one. The world’s broken rn and the best anyone can do is use their brain to understand their morality and how they can help other people to help themselves. It was never going at it solo, it’s how you can help the world to which it can help you some day in return

    • @vinnyshock7733
      @vinnyshock7733 3 роки тому +18

      It's pretty neat that anyone who's interested can get a bit of knowledge for no cost. You don't get the degree like the students, but you get some good coffee shop banter

    • @libster9631
      @libster9631 3 роки тому +23

      Maybe yes, maybe no. My students were surprised to learn that I had social anxiety. They asked, " How can you teach so well?" I said, "I know what to say when I teach."

    • @karasprouse595
      @karasprouse595 3 роки тому

      Yes it is a great breakthrough and allows for many to get a better education if they deem to do so. but some will be reluctant like this tommy tooter who called DR. Sapolsky a ghoul for his stance on religion and said he was in Kenya carving on gorilla brains.. in several of his delusional videos. last one being a female child was born. They do not go by biology instead they will to believe anything off tumblr

    • @didi2.045
      @didi2.045 3 роки тому +1

      @@chaoticfloralarrangement8741 butterfly affect 🥰

  • @pechoja
    @pechoja Рік тому +7

    Just love to hear this professor. Would have loved to have him when I was in college. He loves to teach and loves people, relates really well with his students. And highly intelligent and has a unique interesting personality.

  • @yendrian44
    @yendrian44 2 місяці тому +1

    The way he explains everything with humor and making sure even the slowest of students can get it right makes him one of the best teachers I have ever seen. I will have to watch the other 25 videos now lol

  • @michaelpryor78
    @michaelpryor78 3 роки тому +540

    This guy gave a lecture at my high school. A decade later, I still vividly remember it. One of the smartest men I've ever heard speak.

    • @Its-a-me-maddy
      @Its-a-me-maddy 2 роки тому +3

      Can you explain the point on 14:10 to me? I didn't get the B and P thing

    • @fray-roe1715
      @fray-roe1715 2 роки тому +31

      I got former drug dealers giving lectures back in high-school. Huh... the socioeconomic differences between us are stark.

    • @AnythingMike
      @AnythingMike 2 роки тому +8

      @@Its-a-me-maddy The Finnish man pronounces P as B. Their intonation sounds like they are saying Bear, but in reality, they are actually pronouncing Pear.

    • @arivukosa8138
      @arivukosa8138 2 роки тому +1

      he’s captivating !

    • @twogirlsandapsychopath4879
      @twogirlsandapsychopath4879 2 роки тому +2

      @@fray-roe1715 I feel ya!

  • @hamasaki000
    @hamasaki000 2 роки тому +2608

    I'm so grateful for living in an era where this kind of content is available like this. I'm from Brazil and I wouldn't be able to listen to this amazing classes if Stanford and professor Sapolsky weren't so kind to make it available online. Thank you.

    • @ericjoia5001
      @ericjoia5001 Рік тому +9

      Just like me

    • @Jtanonimato
      @Jtanonimato Рік тому +5

      Also me. :)

    • @yotubecreators47
      @yotubecreators47 Рік тому +11

      thanks to USA

    • @soterobahia
      @soterobahia Рік тому +3

      Exatamente! Concordo com você

    • @lua5589
      @lua5589 Рік тому +20

      Brazilian here! Learning from Stanford lectures... I could have never dreamt of it when I was in my teens craving for quality information! Internet is something!

  • @anirudhbadri
    @anirudhbadri 6 місяців тому +2

    Took me over a year to finish this course, read chaos and went down that rabbithole too! Best course I've ever done!!

  • @lechenaultia5863
    @lechenaultia5863 2 роки тому +847

    Imagine going to university and actually getting lecturers of this calibre

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 2 роки тому +25

      That is technically easy. The problem is the people with the presentation skills want to be in film and theater.

    • @cantweallplaynice3912
      @cantweallplaynice3912 2 роки тому +12

      I luckily have at community College. Genius sociology prof.

    • @julieearp9549
      @julieearp9549 2 роки тому +8

      I did at Northern AZ University. Graduated in ‘97. I feel so lucky for those amazing professors. That’s why I love sapolsky, so familiar and wonderful.

    • @pikiwiki
      @pikiwiki 2 роки тому

      yeah

    • @Schaferhund1
      @Schaferhund1 2 роки тому

      Uh, I got stuff this interesting in community college. But that was 30 years ago.

  • @dbdj0nts
    @dbdj0nts 4 роки тому +1738

    Can this guy teach everything? He is so concise, calm and articulated. He makes me want to go back to school.

    • @karenhovgaard9163
      @karenhovgaard9163 4 роки тому +30

      My thoughts exactly. I wish I studied psychology.

    • @dbdj0nts
      @dbdj0nts 4 роки тому +13

      @@karenhovgaard9163 same here! I'm starting to think maybe information technology wasn't the field meant for me. I really enjoy these videos.

    • @rider2731
      @rider2731 4 роки тому +2

      But his beard. Urgh

    • @GeseIIschaft
      @GeseIIschaft 4 роки тому +49

      @@rider2731 Yeah I'm jealous of it too.

    • @danilobatista1329
      @danilobatista1329 4 роки тому +3

      @@rider2731 comon you enjoy his talk and ability to pass on HIS knowledge, is beard is cool, but apart of that. would we rather be though by a moron in a tie clean shaved, who stands talking but can pass on the teaching? those are the majority , that's why people quit Uni, but Teachers like are the best with or without beard. keep well and enjoy the learning

  • @krutibhavsar9534
    @krutibhavsar9534 Рік тому +3

    I am a person with an academic background in plant sciences, have no idea how this field works but this lecture....!
    This lecture is pretty old, however, I discovered it lately, fortunately. And I'll turn up for each single lecture by this person posted here! Awesome experience.....!

  • @theoriginal4279
    @theoriginal4279 Рік тому +47

    This is awesome! Thank you for making it available to everyone!😊👍

  • @kepler4382
    @kepler4382 3 роки тому +3357

    I didn't even graduate high school, but I'm here attending at Stanford.

    • @hmlqrt2716
      @hmlqrt2716 3 роки тому +62

      Hahaha
      Like a boss

    • @brack25c
      @brack25c 3 роки тому +7

      Haha

    • @lolmanittakesguts
      @lolmanittakesguts 3 роки тому +76

      Never too late to take an alternative pathway to university or college if you want to man 💪

    • @stacykorinek3169
      @stacykorinek3169 3 роки тому +38

      It is never too late to become what you might have been.. T.S. Elliot

    • @karasprouse595
      @karasprouse595 3 роки тому +23

      Keep learning Kepler It is great you decided to go on your own and learn a bit more than basic education. In doing so you will enrich your mind and your life.

  • @TheEternalGerman
    @TheEternalGerman 2 роки тому +789

    I accidentally clicked on this, but I'm just going to act like I walked into this class, sat down and played it cool.

  • @windsweptconcept7261
    @windsweptconcept7261 Рік тому +1

    shows the importance of great teachers. My mum has been a teacher for 30 years and the amount of red tape schools have to go through, often set out by people who have never taught, is outstanding and sometimes counterproductive.

  • @PhilBradburyLondon
    @PhilBradburyLondon Рік тому +2

    Deeply absorbing series of lectures by a master of exposition - thank you Stanford for sharing. UA-cam is an amazing resource and repository of knowledge; we are very lucky to have it.

  • @TrumperVex
    @TrumperVex 4 роки тому +2155

    I am a Stanford grad. Biology of Behavior with Sapolsky was my favorite class. High recommendation to "take" this class here on youtube. And you won't have to take notes or do the readings or take the exams either...just absorb the information.

    • @MagisterialVoyager
      @MagisterialVoyager 4 роки тому +45

      Cheers for telling this, mate!

    • @rogerbalmaceda7762
      @rogerbalmaceda7762 4 роки тому +26

      What was your biggest take away from the course,If Imay ask?

    • @willzsportscards
      @willzsportscards 4 роки тому +92

      @@rogerbalmaceda7762 me too, took the class in '96. I think this class showed me as an overarching theme, to really think critically about nuance. Most complicated things in life can not be boiled down to simple binary things. 'yes' or 'no'. 'nature' or 'nurture'. A simple/lazy mind will fight complexity by going down this default route. Fight this in your own mind!

    • @docholiday8315
      @docholiday8315 4 роки тому +6

      @@willzsportscards Do you think determinism is binary? Or do you think it explains all human behaviour, or could explain all human behaviour if we had access to all the variables involved?

    • @glammedtv3396
      @glammedtv3396 4 роки тому +7

      Big Kahuna what was the book that he wrote that was recommended for the course?

  • @nickacelvn
    @nickacelvn 2 роки тому +2018

    I would turn up for every single one of Robert Sapolskys lectures. The guy is the definition of an engaging educator.

  • @shabbydoll
    @shabbydoll Рік тому +5

    Love this series on the site. Thank you to Stanford for keeping these up. And THANK YOU Robert Sapolsky for sharing your knowledge to those willing to listen!

  • @rashadhouston
    @rashadhouston Рік тому +7

    Phenomenal Professor. Taking the whole day to watch this and many other lectures.

  • @tasuku-koike
    @tasuku-koike 2 роки тому +1160

    Published 10 years ago -- and it has just hit 10M views.
    Thank you to Dr. Sapolsky and Stanford for sharing the most valuable of knowledge with us.

    • @krukrok5218
      @krukrok5218 2 роки тому

      Thank you Stephanie Soressi

    • @loveschagerstrom325
      @loveschagerstrom325 2 роки тому +4

      sami flaggan?

    • @TheBlackfall234
      @TheBlackfall234 2 роки тому +1

      He said the worst quote is from the Nationalsocialists. Yet after that quote, looking carefully at our modern Society and World... it turned out to be correct. You can hate it, you can deny it... but the reality is that we live in a Society that strives for Human degeneration on all aspects of Society and Social Integrity. The World is in a constant Downfall.
      ""Es ist notwendig das ich für mein Volk sterbe, aber mein Geist wird sich erheben aus dem Grab und die Welt wird wissen, daß ich recht hatte"

    • @GiustinoColameo
      @GiustinoColameo 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheBlackfall234 Ok, nazi sympathizer

  • @xkiller007x8
    @xkiller007x8 3 роки тому +1519

    “And you get a bagel with cream cheese” this man not only taught his class but he rewarded and fed them, now that’s a legend.

    • @bobbyfishlips5689
      @bobbyfishlips5689 3 роки тому +42

      The student later died he poisoned the bagel look it up

    • @schumbo8324
      @schumbo8324 3 роки тому +11

      @@bobbyfishlips5689 what

    • @velvetweid4865
      @velvetweid4865 2 роки тому +12

      It's almost like he knows something about student behavior.

    • @alexmoorehead8501
      @alexmoorehead8501 2 роки тому +11

      @@schumbo8324 true story man its crazy

    • @guibeck8259
      @guibeck8259 2 роки тому +17

      @@schumbo8324 it's a joke

  • @craighamaimbo844
    @craighamaimbo844 10 місяців тому

    I didn't have an opportunity to go to university but like the saying goes, he who wants to learn Will always find a teacher but in this matter the Stanford university has just given me the kindness that I didn't deserve but they only offered it for free.thank you so much from Zambia

  • @glitcharcing
    @glitcharcing 4 місяці тому +4

    This has popped up on my recommended since 2015 or so… and I never watched it until now. Wow… what a shame. This guy is great!

  • @tonygabashvili8357
    @tonygabashvili8357 2 роки тому +370

    I have no idea why UA-cam has been recommending me this video for 5 years now but I'm finally watching it.

  • @morkeymoose4592
    @morkeymoose4592 4 роки тому +3185

    I have been watching this video for 40 minutes right now.
    A: I do not study at Stanford
    B: I do not study anything related to biology
    C: I have a thermodynamics exam tomorrow

    • @mhughesmatt20
      @mhughesmatt20 4 роки тому +114

      How did you do on your exam? lol

    • @morkeymoose4592
      @morkeymoose4592 4 роки тому +244

      Matt Hughes I passed actually lol, thank you for asking!

    • @rahulchaudhary6740
      @rahulchaudhary6740 4 роки тому +138

      This type of knowledge could elevate our quality of life. That's why I'm watching this too. Better than playing video games anyway. And these lectures are quite interesting honestly.

    • @beyondboundaries2
      @beyondboundaries2 4 роки тому +3

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    • @salem.a5679
      @salem.a5679 4 роки тому +7

      hang in there brother you are not alone :DDD

  • @TigerKindheart
    @TigerKindheart 25 днів тому

    It could be fascinating how valuable information could be presented online, yet don’t look for it and so you don’t find it. Finally in the quest of looking for a proper question which resulted in finding this video. Thank you for sharing. You’ve got my focus.

  • @Gg-xx7wq
    @Gg-xx7wq Рік тому +2

    This guy knows how to hold lectures with people actually listening and it shows is experties in that exact field

  • @beckett367
    @beckett367 2 роки тому +729

    if all my professors were like this guy, i’d die happy.

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 2 роки тому +14

      And I’d have retained something.

    • @emeraldcelestial1058
      @emeraldcelestial1058 2 роки тому +11

      I had an English teacher who made the works of the greats we studied feel like I was going to space. I am very grateful for her.

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 2 роки тому +4

      @@emeraldcelestial1058
      Dude, sophomore junior and senior year I had the same English teacher and he would request me through admin every year :)

    • @Portia620
      @Portia620 2 роки тому +2

      🤣😂

    • @sagarsreddy6037
      @sagarsreddy6037 2 роки тому +2

      Me too

  • @dix_pack_of_sixie
    @dix_pack_of_sixie 2 роки тому +1178

    This would have to be the most appreciative comments section I have seen anywhere. Proof that most of us thirst for real knowledge because we are unsatiated by the daily sources of "knowledge". This professor nailed his role. Articulate, intelligent and witty while having an appearance that invites your attention. Best thing I have seen on UA-cam to date, solely for the good it passed on to so many people.

    • @jezebelisgone
      @jezebelisgone 2 роки тому +4

      Word!

    • @user-yd6ip8pp3l
      @user-yd6ip8pp3l 2 роки тому

      You can't be smart or be nice. I am not offended by the opinion of nonentities

    • @wiinguyen3683
      @wiinguyen3683 2 роки тому +5

      Lmao this is my therapy

    • @rainbowbridgerestoration979
      @rainbowbridgerestoration979 2 роки тому +1

      I have a sister seeking a masters in western psych. She herself is an addict and her kids all have sexual identity issues as well as suicidal tendencies. She claimed not to be ABLE to go to her exes wedding bcuz she felt it unfair for him to be in a happy life when he was the reason she didn't have a happy life now....she's one who tries to fit in and so when in the home of those who care not to fit in she attempts to remove babies from their loving mothers in demand that they will not thrive socially....this is venango county Pennsylvania

    • @noonehere0987
      @noonehere0987 2 роки тому

      "Most of us" seems to be a rather ignorant, or maybe just ignorantly hopeful, proclamation. There's certainly no proof here.

  • @LeonardGimson-zf7ry
    @LeonardGimson-zf7ry Місяць тому +1

    I'd forgotten how much I love psychology and education. This is a wonderful course

  • @anjanawijewardhana381
    @anjanawijewardhana381 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for sharing this content with people who were not lucky to attend those prestige colleges❤

  • @anitacarvalho6270
    @anitacarvalho6270 3 роки тому +1662

    When you were just planning to have a quick look but you can't stop watching 🤓

    • @z1sania
      @z1sania 3 роки тому +8

      so true

    • @putriayudya
      @putriayudya 3 роки тому +2

      so me

    • @regineeeregineee
      @regineeeregineee 3 роки тому +2

      Yes

    • @akhil5960
      @akhil5960 3 роки тому +2

      Lockdown bring me here :)

    • @---rk9vl
      @---rk9vl 3 роки тому +9

      I read this comment before watching it thinking hmm you guys have no self-control, then it happened to me 😂

  • @dr.stevebrule8575
    @dr.stevebrule8575 4 роки тому +431

    Good lord I wish I had a professor with his level of interest and teaching. I never thought I'd watch an entire lecture outside of my education.

    • @46_and28
      @46_and28 4 роки тому +3

      Check it out!

    • @dr.stevebrule8575
      @dr.stevebrule8575 4 роки тому +2

      @@46_and28 For your schools

    • @maeksu
      @maeksu 4 роки тому +2

      well, you still became a doctor.

    • @goldfishi5776
      @goldfishi5776 4 роки тому

      Maybe because it can be understood by a 5th grader. Fun stories are great and entertaining but they don’t provide complex skills that we expect to learn in a school of ‘quality.

    • @MinecraftGuy2
      @MinecraftGuy2 4 роки тому

      Me too

  • @user-gy4wd6kn4m
    @user-gy4wd6kn4m 7 місяців тому +3

    This is awesome! Thank you for making it available to everyone!. Lectures hit different when you’re not pressured by grades..

  • @roobookaroo
    @roobookaroo Рік тому +4

    The first time we get a glance at Prof. Robert Sapolsky's video teaching, there's no doubt we can't escape a feeling of stunned astonishment at his unusual look, especially in his hair style. So unlike the classical image we may have formed in our younger years of an austere, conservative competent academic in a prestigious university. The bushy mustache, the luxuriant beard, and the cocky ponytail in the back form a strikingly impressive appearance. One may wonder, what kind of microscopic vegetation may prosper in such a jungle-like beard. All this, while wearing what looks like some kind of tired open shirt more appropriate to home carpentry work than standing between a professorial desk and regular school blackboards. It's easy to jump to the conclusion that we're facing a truly eccentric character, a kind of hippie-style professor better tolerated on the West Coast than in the North-East.
    Surprisingly, Prof. Sapolsky's style is not as extravagant and unique as we initially thought. There's another distinguished lecturing scientist who operates with practically an identical style of facial hair configuration. This is Dr. Irving Finkel, a philologist, a specialist of the Ancient languages of Mesopotamia. This was a Middle East region now in modern Iraq, part of what is called the "Fertile Crescent". This area is one of the origins of human civilizations, where farming emerged through domestication of plants, and creation of crops. Thus permitting accumulation of reserves of food, a technical development of agriculture, the formation of primitive nations, with record-keeping, government, writing, etc.. the whole megillah.
    Dr. Irving Finkel operates at the British Museum, in the Dept of the Middle East. He lectures a the Royal Institute. He now is about 70 or 71, which makes him 6 years older than Prof. Sapolsky. The major contrast between both hairy scientists is that Finkel's beard, mustache and ponytail are all white, and thus project a much older look than Sapolsky, who still enjoys a vigorous frame of darker hair. Nonetheless, the resemblance of looks is uncanny. It is tempting to wonder if the two have ever been photographed together.
    This unusual resemblance suggests another question: Are there more scientists or academics sporting a similarly remarkable bushy frame of facial hair?

  • @Sumiyeco_boutique
    @Sumiyeco_boutique 2 роки тому +836

    Me in college: trying to get the hell out of there as soon as possible.
    Me, 15 years later: wishing I was in college, watching lectures on UA-cam for fun.

    • @dougimmel
      @dougimmel 2 роки тому +2

      Boom. Love to be with GOOD professors ALL my life . Kinda sorta do that anyway. Bravo tono80

    • @jennifs6868
      @jennifs6868 2 роки тому +1

      Love Learning Life!

    • @tatyanas_simonoff
      @tatyanas_simonoff 2 роки тому

      Yeah, exactly)) was talking just about that with my daughter few hours ago)

    • @rumundutu7533
      @rumundutu7533 2 роки тому

      Never too late my friend

    • @bafflezbiz
      @bafflezbiz 2 роки тому +1

      Can always go back, part time. Take a class or two and who knows, Uncle Sam might pay for it...

  • @arlenemulqueeney7891
    @arlenemulqueeney7891 3 роки тому +367

    I am an extremely old senior citizen and did not have the $$$ to attend college. Now I can say I attended a class at Stanford As the saying goes it's never to late to learn something. I found this quite interesting. Thank you for being alive to learn something on the internet and U Tube.

    • @contremarfia3253
      @contremarfia3253 3 роки тому +10

      Where I'm from (NZ) lectures are completely free and you can turn up to any lecture you want as the times are posted online. The thing you pay for in NZ is the exams and the degree, pretty cool

    • @LanceSummer
      @LanceSummer 3 роки тому +4

      Thats wonderful to hear, we are classmates now haha.

    • @Sbannmarie
      @Sbannmarie 3 роки тому

      Arlene, so cool to have you here!

    • @warrendavidson1123
      @warrendavidson1123 3 роки тому +3

      The fact that this is available to anyone who has an internet connection is what it means to be truly connected to the rest of the world and its knowledge. and also, this guy probably kills it at social gatherings.

    • @pagerthemacaquemonkey3248
      @pagerthemacaquemonkey3248 3 роки тому

      God bless you stranger.

  • @estherwiskel6550
    @estherwiskel6550 Рік тому +6

    Love the professor 😍👍👏👏 He is very stimulating and makes me want to sit in his classes for several subjects

  • @katekennedy2320
    @katekennedy2320 Рік тому +8

    I’ve watched a few of his lectures. I like him. Smart guy. He seems not just genuine and entertaining but friendly too. I wish there were more professors / teachers like this.

  • @ryanwagner6715
    @ryanwagner6715 4 роки тому +1923

    Limiting access to knowledge is how society breeds elitism. Thank you for posting this .

    • @michellew.3691
      @michellew.3691 4 роки тому +5

      Craig Jones its buying in a pre-categorized system of thoughts.

    • @foxleo6729
      @foxleo6729 4 роки тому +46

      @J. Milton Jeffreys if you both watched the video youll notice you both begin your conversations by using categories. We were told to leave this sortve behavior behind in the lecture. Both of you take 7 and come back with next weeks lecture.

    • @joritsegalee
      @joritsegalee 4 роки тому +1

      THANK YOU! For saying this!

    • @joritsegalee
      @joritsegalee 4 роки тому +15

      @J. Milton Jeffreys I might agree with you but your slander makes you sound dumb. You might already know this

    • @alban1959
      @alban1959 4 роки тому +11

      Rather, it's how those in power create a controllable mass of obedient consumers

  • @2seek4truth
    @2seek4truth 5 років тому +523

    Utterly astounding how he proceeds with his material as if it was prerecorded in his brain, and nonstop for one hour. I did also watch one of his lectures that went for 1 hour 22 minutes the same way. And he is very endearing because he is obliviously so brilliant yet I do not detect a large ego, only a sense of self confidence and gentle humor.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 4 роки тому +20

      He's smart enough to know that he doesn't know waaaaaaaaaaay more than he does know. The brain is still such a mystery.

    • @jibrillndny9126
      @jibrillndny9126 4 роки тому +1

      Donna you put my thoughts into words perfectly👌

    • @kater6873
      @kater6873 4 роки тому +12

      I think truly intelligent people are the most humble. Like Einstein said the more you learn the less you realize you know.

    • @super266
      @super266 4 роки тому +8

      It's a Stanford professor, not a ghetto middle school teacher. Different planets, different abilities.

    • @msheart2
      @msheart2 4 роки тому +1

      You think you know anything about him from this speech, good luck with that.

  • @kaseynice9607
    @kaseynice9607 Рік тому

    Omg genuinely EVERY lecture for this class is on this channel that’s genuinely amazing you can actually learn what people are paying thousands to learn just by UA-cam madness

  • @maxgarcia1454
    @maxgarcia1454 6 місяців тому +1

    Man, I was just sitting here wishing I could afford to go back to school and here pops up a series of 50+ lectures from the university I dreamed of going to as a little kid. Life is cool sometimes.

  • @mjd9412
    @mjd9412 3 роки тому +2036

    Lecture One Notes
    57 Minutes
    Minutes 1-10:
    - Professor describes a circumstance in which a male with no history of inappropriate behavior begins to act out of character. He acts in a way that displays violence, illegal sexual activity and rash decisions that lack logic. The professor justifies the presence of this behavior by attributing it to a genetic mutation.
    - The Professor presents four subjects and asks the class what they all have in common.
    1. A woman being on her period
    2. A brain tumor
    3. Junk food
    4. Anabolic Steroids
    - The thing the four topics stated above have in common is that they have all been used as reasons to justify murder in a court of law
    - The point of this example is to present evidence that the actions of the body directly affect the actions of the brain and, thus, contribute to behavior
    1. A woman being on her period (hormonal changes lead to aggressive behavior)
    2. A brain tumor (Effects on the amygdala lead to behavior that is typically out of character)
    3. Junk food (Causes dangerous changes in blood sugar level which lead to behavioral alterations)
    4. Anabolic Steroids (Large scale hormonal changes which lead to behavioral alterations)
    - Professor ends first ten minutes of lecture by stating the point of the course. The point of the course is, in part, to understand the relationship between the brain, the body and behavior under various complex circumstances.
    Minutes 11-20:
    - The next ten minutes is spent discussing an issue that arises when one attempts to understand the relationship between the brain, body and behavior. That issue is singular categorical thinking. Categorical thinking is approaching the situation and only considering one variable that may be attributing to behavior.
    - The benefit of categorical thinking is at times it can give humans needed structure to approach a topic.
    - The negative side of categorical thinking regarding this course are as follows:
    “When you pay attention to categorical boundaries you do not see big pictures.”
    “When you think categorically you underestimate how different two facts are when they fall in the same category.”
    “When you think in categories you can overestimate how different two things are when there is a boundary in between them.”
    Minutes 21-30:
    - Professor begins the next ten minutes of class by reiterating the goal of this class “The goal of this class is to take this big complex issue of behavior without falling into thinking in categories.”
    - The professor then gives examples of people who thought categorically and the flaws that followed because of such.
    • “ Give me a child at birth from any background and let me control the environment in which it is raised and I will turn him into anything I wish him to be whether doctor, lawyer, beggar or thief.” John Watson
    John Watson was one of the founders for the school of behaviorism.
    He believed that you could dictate a person’s development via their environment. However, the professor points out the obvious flaws in this train of thought.
    • “Normal physic life depends upon the good function of brain synapses and the mental disorders appear as a result of synaptic derangements. Synaptic adjustments will then modify corresponding ideas and force them into differing channels. Using this approach, we obtain curers and improvements but no failures.” Antonio Egas Moniz (Famous Portuguese Neurologist who developed and received a Noble Peace Prize for developing Frontal Lobotomies)
    Synaptic Adjustments= Frontal Lobotomies
    The speaker of this quote did unnecessary damage to the brains of hundred because he was thinking in a singular categorical fashion.
    • “The selection for social utility must be accomplished by some social institution if mankind is not to be ruined by domesticated induced degeneracy. The racial idea is the basis of our state and has already accomplished much. In this respect we may, and we must rely on the healthy instincts of the best of our people; for the extermination of elements of the population loaded with dregs.” Conrad Lorenz (One of the founding fathers of the Ethology/Nazi Propagandist)
    The errors in Conrad Lorenz Nazi styled categorical thinking patterns are obvious given the mass genocide that followed similar categorical thought patterns.
    - After these three examples are given the professor clarifies that this is not the way in which we will approach analysis behavior.
    - The way in which the professor states behavior needs to be analyzed is as follows:
    1.) Address what the behavior looks like.
    2.) Address what went on neurologically one second before the behavior took place.
    3.) Address what environment stimuli provoked that neurological response.
    4.) Address what hormone level was presence for the organism to be affected by the environment int hat way.
    5.) Address the gene that was coded for that hormone and how the structure of that gene may affect that hormonal response.
    6.) After accessing genetic coding note how pre-natal development may have affect that genetic coding.
    - The idea is to not get caught in a singular categorical way of thinking, but to see the overwhelming nuance and various factors of why an organism behaves in the manner it does.
    - The professor concludes this segment of ten minutes with depositing the question of what is the purpose of a chicken? The answer being that the chicken is just the eggs way of creating another egg.
    Minutes 31-40:
    - The professor uses this segment of ten minutes to address the three intellectual challenges you as a student may have in not thinking categorically. The three challenges are as follows:
    1.) Understanding and Accepting that man is just like any other species.
    • The professor gives the example of how female hamsters and homo sapiens have menstrual cycles that will sync up when in close living conditions. The name of this phenomenon is called the Wellesley Affect and the McClintok Effect.
    2.) Accepting that as a species we have a similar physiology to other species, but we utilize it at times in a way completely different from any other species.
    • The example that is given to support this is the way in which calories are burned. A chess player can burn the same number of calories as a full-grown chimp killing a predator. Same physiology but, at times, utilized in a completely different way.
    3.) As a species we have similar physiology to other species but, at times, completely different behavioral patterns.
    • Example given to support this point is the mating ritual of homo sapiens versus that of hippos.
    Minutes 41-50:
    - Professor describes that the first portion of the course will be identifying each category used to dissect behavior.
    - Professor describes that the second part of the course will be used as an opportunity to use the categories you just learned to explain and ration various human behavior.
    - Books assigned:
    • “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” Robert Sapolsky
    • “Chaos” James Gleick
    - This segment of ten is concluded with the professor promoting Chaos by saying that it perfectly communicates the concept that human behavior is not something you can understand and fix by breaking it apart into its most small pieces and putting it back together but must be understood in the way a the structure and function of a cloud is.
    Minutes 51-57:
    - Last few minutes of the class are the professor detailing the structure of the class for the following semester.

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 3 роки тому +17

      MJ D
      Down Syndrome was the lobotomized group with which "there was 'no' problem", I believe.

    • @Karole1997317
      @Karole1997317 3 роки тому +18

      Thank you!!

    • @mjd9412
      @mjd9412 3 роки тому +23

      @@HighestRank Hey, ur comment interested me,so,I did a little research.
      Yes,a large portion of the population that was practiced on did come from those with Down Syndrome ,however, a decent portion were people who had brain tumors that caused seizures and other disabiling side effects.
      These are my sources
      António Egas Moniz (1874-1955): Lobotomy pioneer and Nobel laureate
      www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291941/
      And there is a short documentary on the UA-cam page of
      David Santos titled Egas Moniz on the neurologist life.
      If you've got the time you should check it out;it's a pretty interesting take on the inner workings of the science/medical community.

    • @AevouraVisuals
      @AevouraVisuals 3 роки тому +16

      Bless Your Soul

    • @mariagatt5442
      @mariagatt5442 3 роки тому +71

      Wow! Great note-taking. You are a very attentive, dedicated, student and individual. :)

  • @evo4940
    @evo4940 5 років тому +497

    "If you can't explain something simply, that means you don't understand it yet." This guy can carry a conversation with an auditory tone, barely skipping a beat, and hold your hand the whole way without making you feel like you weren't listening. This is the best keynote speech of 'you're going to learn more about yourself than the text in the books provided' I've ever seen/heard.

    • @vervoid73
      @vervoid73 5 років тому

      and the next step is?

    • @evo4940
      @evo4940 5 років тому +3

      He would like us to imagine there is no 'next step.' The topic is that we think in steps, generalizations, in order to attempt to understand that which we know very little of, easier that way to categorize what somebody else has placed within that thought process. When it may be better to think that no circumstantial understanding of topics and/or steps is the best first realization in having a better understanding of your/our understanding of behavior. Understand the box(es), then think outside of them but not without. He calls them buckets.

    • @FlyingMonkies325
      @FlyingMonkies325 5 років тому +3

      I sure as hell can't learn things without breaking it up into catagories i doubt a lot of ppl could unless you have photographic memory or something which 99% of the general population don't, even coming to a conclusion is one step taken into another step even with Detectives, they find the information and as much as they can, break it down then you focus on the Pertinent Negatives of what's not there or what in the information doesn't make sense without more information that will bring everything into a clear understanding, i guess you do then think outside the boxes once you've established some information by looking at the Perninent Negatives. Information is the key word because without the right information there's nothing you can do with even what you currently know because you can't come to a full understanding of something even in every day situations, if we listen to ourselves we'll know where we need to find more information it's more than just about steps too but based on instinct and intuition too.

    • @joshuapeterson9691
      @joshuapeterson9691 5 років тому +8

      @JamRock You are fundamentally misrepresenting what he is saying. In fact, your criticism is actually what he wanted people to understand. He destroys the buckets of categories by taking them ALL into consideration, whereas solely approaching a topic from one category leads to irrationality. Sounds like you are writing a short essay on UA-cam simply to criticize him. Maybe you should listen more.

    • @joshuapeterson9691
      @joshuapeterson9691 5 років тому +1

      @FlyingMonkies325 I suggest you look into Sapolsky's thoughts on Reductionism and follow his recommendation to read Chaos by Gleick. It illustrates why it can be harmful to think of complex issues solely by their component parts. I do agree that we all place our INITIAL understandings of subjects in categories, but we can take those understandings and synthesize them based on understandings from others.

  • @itsOmari
    @itsOmari Рік тому +2

    I don't know how I found this. This guy is amazing. What a Teacher!

  • @polarberri
    @polarberri Рік тому +4

    Thankful that this is posted for everyone to access. There's nothing like the feeling of hanging onto every word of an incredible lecturer, especially when we don't have to worry about taking notes or grades!

  • @sylvia7592
    @sylvia7592 3 роки тому +509

    mom would be so proud knowing me attended a Stanford (online) course, with 100% scholarship (bc it's free)

    • @Frankvega96
      @Frankvega96 3 роки тому +5

      Hahahahahahhahqhajajah

    • @ENFPerspectives
      @ENFPerspectives 3 роки тому +1

      🥳🤜💥🤛💫

    • @jankees4037
      @jankees4037 3 роки тому +3

      Watch a ton of university video's the last year and you come out of covid year like a top notch person on about every front. No young person should have see this last year as "wasted" because you widened your horizon by a mile or 20. And it's all free lessons and you can follow whenever suits you.

    • @phillipjacobs9982
      @phillipjacobs9982 3 роки тому

      I watch these baked and I feel better

    • @cocosack8692
      @cocosack8692 3 роки тому +1

      @@phillipjacobs9982 IM watching it high af rn

  • @bettywong5099
    @bettywong5099 4 роки тому +438

    This is the best motivational speech I've heard in the last decade.
    "When you pay too much attention to boundaries, you don’t see the big picture. All you see are categories."

    • @brianm744
      @brianm744 4 роки тому +28

      There's a corollary to that above. When you pay too LITTLE to boundaries, you lose yourself in the big picture. You lose purpose.

    • @brianm744
      @brianm744 3 роки тому +5

      @@bruno-zc1jo Don't apologize, you did nothing wrong. Just because YOU say I'm wrong, doesn't mean I AM wrong.
      Here's a scenario where the person pays no attention to boundaries.
      Shipwrecked in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Life raft has no devices to tell global positioning, and has no raw materials to craft a makeshift compass. No food, no water, only the raft, a paddle and a small sail. The sky is completely overcast, so he doesn't have a means to tell east from west. The oceanic current is around 3mph so that's negligible. No radios, no phones, no walkie talkies, no ability to tele-communicate with another human being.
      Isolated and alone.
      Objective: get to land and sanctuary before you die of thirst or hunger. What do you do?
      The above scenario I know for a fact, according to the US Coast Guard, has happened numerous times. Container freighters have found people that died of thirst (or even worse, salt poisoning from the ocean because when you're severely dehydrated, you become irrational and delusional).
      Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, I bet I could paddle until I reached land." Nope, the average human male (5'10", 180lbs, 18-24% body fat) needs 2400-2600 calories a day to maintain weight and energy levels (assuming a good balanced diet). If you're very active (paddling a life raft for several hours a day would qualify), you'd need 3000 calories. Your body basically starts eating itself around 7 days with no caloric intake. Fat goes first, then muscle mass. Look at some of the photos of the people in the Auschwitz concentration camp. and you'll see what I mean. www.thesun.co.uk/news/10829470/colourised-pics-auschwitz-horrors-hitlers-regime-75-years-ago/
      Big picture is you're stranded. After 7 days with no water, you're basically going to have a heart attack and die. Some people have been known to go beyond that, but they're keeping themselves in a meditative state (doing little to know exercise).
      You're concentrating on the "Big Picture", but you fail to notice the boundaries. Boundaries? Who needs them! This guy who's going to die in 7 days if he doesn't get any water (not to mention food) needs boundaries. Namely, a GPS device, or a transceiver radio, a sat phone, a mirror, or some other device that is capable of tele-communicating with another human being. A clear sky would be nice too (tell east from west.... you know, the Sun rises in the East? Sets in the West?) Also, a clear sky is nice for celestial navigation (if he has a sextant).
      All these things are boundaries. So the teacher's and your argument holds very little weight.

    • @federicocasali1565
      @federicocasali1565 3 роки тому +1

      @@brianm744 I don't really understand how that's relevant to the course .-.

    • @brianm744
      @brianm744 3 роки тому +4

      @@federicocasali1565 The teacher's topic of his classes is human behavior, right? @bruno there is challenging my assertion regarding human behavior. I gave an example of where the teacher's assertion of paying too little attention to boundaries (in regards to human behavior) can be just as bad as paying too much attention to boundaries. That's all I'm saying.
      The Greek poet and historian Hesiod (circa 700 BC) wrote in 'Works and Days,' "Observe due measure, moderation is best in all things." This is also what I'm saying.
      @bruno claims I'm wrong, but does nothing to substantiate his point of view. I, on the other hand, gave a real world example of my point of view. If anyone wants to, they can go to the US Coast Guard's archive and read about the literally hundred's of cases of finding people in my specific scenario.
      I never said the teacher is INcorrect.

    • @federicocasali1565
      @federicocasali1565 3 роки тому +1

      @@brianm744 well in your exemple you are simply fucked cuz you are stranded with no tools at your disposal, doesn't really have anything to do about thinking big picture or little picture, once you are in that position you can't magically conjure up some food or clean water or a gps.

  • @diannh2894
    @diannh2894 Рік тому +2

    The way this guy can teach is so natural.

  • @leefonda6203
    @leefonda6203 Рік тому +6

    While living and studying in North America, I was so lucky to have professors like Mr. Sapolsky. While I was working for HP, Stanford folks would come around regularly on our campus to offer many post graduate programs. I was too busy at work to take that on, but I was lucky enough to work with and work for some folks who had graduated from these programs. Some of the best people I ever worked with who had incredible level of understanding. The education system that makes such lectures possible makes a great nation, albeit with all it's short comings. I now live in South Asia and the quality of education is so poor it's beyond explanation. You have people who were 10 levels below mediocre, graduating and teaching at the same institution. It's pathetic.

  • @sabasharikadze4457
    @sabasharikadze4457 4 роки тому +810

    Massive respect for Dr. Sapolsky - He's making my stay at home during this wretched pandemic not only possible but also very intellectually satisfying. Watching people panic buying toilet paper and then watching this lecture definitely changes one's perspective about human free will (2:18)

    • @abdelrahmanhosny93
      @abdelrahmanhosny93 4 роки тому +3

      same here :D

    • @trueh.9217
      @trueh.9217 4 роки тому +7

      Saba Sharikadze same here) not the worst way to spend this whatever this is

    • @MrUnfamiliar
      @MrUnfamiliar 4 роки тому +11

      45:02 Everyone should study behavioral biology... now : specially these times...

    • @verlorenish
      @verlorenish 4 роки тому +18

      I am just upset that this amazing content has been available on youtube for over 9 years and I'm barely finding out.

    • @vijaybikramsubedi2400
      @vijaybikramsubedi2400 4 роки тому +3

      Hey there, Same. I too was wondering this psychological basis behind hoarding and having everything for oneself and neglecting its impact on others' unprivileged ones.

  • @ognjenmilenkovic3050
    @ognjenmilenkovic3050 2 роки тому +343

    As a non native English speaker, I love the fact that this topic has been explained in such simple yet effective matter. It's an amazing feeling to refresh your memory as well as learn something new. Gotta watch more of these

    • @benjiboy1245
      @benjiboy1245 2 роки тому +4

      Absolutely! I am a native English speaker but sometimes I watch lectures in French and it really is nice to exercise two parts of your brain at the same time!

  • @meghand8682
    @meghand8682 3 місяці тому

    I took this class two years ago and found myself rereading my notes from the class on my flight back home. Here I am watching the lectures again, this time not for a grade, but just as entertaining 🎉

  • @AnnaMarova
    @AnnaMarova 3 роки тому +2320

    *me trying to watch something calm before sleep*
    The teacher: think about your death

  • @YtoRetry
    @YtoRetry 5 років тому +485

    For everyone asking, the two books are:
    1) Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky
    2) Chaos: Making New Science by James Gleick
    I know the Zebra book, is the one he wrote that he talks about here because he references it briefly at the beginning of the third lecture.

    • @HippieChick9
      @HippieChick9 5 років тому +14

      This really should be up top. I scrolled so far for this, searching the word 'book'.

    • @SkvidaLovesSquids
      @SkvidaLovesSquids 5 років тому +7

      Thank you!

    • @mau5099
      @mau5099 5 років тому +5

      mvp

    • @kivonny
      @kivonny 5 років тому +4

      Andy Giroux thank you, I was searching for it!

    • @ahmedattar4663
      @ahmedattar4663 4 роки тому +7

      Thanks man you are a hero.

  • @elkoose3713
    @elkoose3713 Рік тому +1

    I've fallen asleep many times watching other videos but then when I wake up I always seem to end up in this video or another lecture from him

  • @annaercolischnitzer3675
    @annaercolischnitzer3675 5 місяців тому

    I just started to listen to Prof. Sapolsky and am addicted already! Thanks!!!

  • @Kasamira
    @Kasamira 2 роки тому +945

    This professor is wonderful, I’ve been in a lot of lectures and the way he immediately captured my attention, held it, injected humor, and made me like him- was fantastic. Intro to human behavior indeed.

    • @saskiascott8181
      @saskiascott8181 2 роки тому +10

      Yeah the intro story was genius.

    • @xyz-pg3zd
      @xyz-pg3zd 2 роки тому +1

      takeaway from this course?

    • @strankoj
      @strankoj 2 роки тому +3

      do you know if there is a website to get the lecture material

    • @mikek9297
      @mikek9297 Рік тому +2

      I've slept through a lot of lectures. Wouldn't have it this guy was teaching.

    • @carolnahigian9518
      @carolnahigian9518 Рік тому +2

      He is a Keeper! fascinating !

  • @sophiapappas7664
    @sophiapappas7664 3 роки тому +1593

    This camera guy does not get enough credit. Like damn the professor was pacing back and forth for an hour and the guy followed him the whole way through.

    • @alsin1597
      @alsin1597 3 роки тому +46

      but still could just zoom out for a bit and get his attention to the lection))

    • @maghrath1
      @maghrath1 3 роки тому +70

      Yeah it’s too zoomed in. Gives a claustrophobic feeling. Should’ve zoomed out a bit and given more perspective of the lecture hall

    • @davak72
      @davak72 3 роки тому +28

      Also didn’t show the board even when the professor said “look at these items on the board” :/

    • @CybertroninfiniteOfficial
      @CybertroninfiniteOfficial 3 роки тому +12

      it might be a self-follow camera

    • @markrosenthal5217
      @markrosenthal5217 3 роки тому +25

      This is terrible camera work. They need to zoom out a little bit