Thank you so much for answering my question!! I am humbled that someone I look up to for moral, ethical and scientific guidance would acknowledge me. This is the best day of my life ❤️
People like you and Edward Witten are my favorite kind of human beings. If humanity followed the values of the Enlightenment and scientific humanism, the world would be a much better place. -An ex-Muslim atheist from Pakistan
Absolutely. I know so many of my negative biases, especially against gay people just... Vanished.. when I too became an atheist. Though, I suppose I did sorta replace my dislike of gays with my dislike of religion, interesting how they just swapped places now that I think about it. For me having been a Christian and growing up in a Christian household, area etc cost me some of my family and all of my friends. But for YOU, as an ex-muslim, from Pakistan no less... Wow, you've got guts man. That can get you killed and they would feel like they did a wonderful thing. I assume your family knows of your loss of faith? Did it impact your relationship? Cause you to move? Thanks in advance, I apologize if it's too personal. I'm always fascinated by ex-muslims. Christians from America aren't all that interesting as we have such a wishy washy watered down version of Christianity here for the most part. But I've yet to meet a Muslim who was not extremely well educated in their religion.
@@Subfightr My parents were really liberal Muslims. They believed in evolution, supported gay rights, and really valued science. In fact, they had never read the Quran in their life, and whenever I used to bring scientific contradictions or barbarism in the Quran or Hadith, they would simply say that this was the standard in the 7th century and avoid the question. When I started using the arguments of Sam Harris against them, that was the nail in the coffin and they became atheists as well.
The funny thing is that in the upper class, almost everybody is an atheist or agnostic in Pakistan. They just need to constantly give their lip service to Islam in order to satisfy the religious parties and control the general public. Religion is a very potent lever in Pakistan. I have no doubt that all the corrupt army generals are atheists or agnostics, but the only thing that allows them to influence the loyalty of the army is religion.
Angels on 🌎 Love the amazing Saposlky family!! Here is a question for Dr Saposlky. Dr, how do you manage to navigate this cruel world as a potential people pleaser that you are. I had a glimpse of that in your Dennett debate, you were amazing!
Hey Offspring Out of billions of humans lived on earth only a few had the chance to make a significant paradigm shift in science and Robert Sapolsky is the only living one I know. Big thanks for creating this channel :)
One of my favourite scientists started a UA-cam and I just found it, how exciting! Watched your Stanford behavioural evolution lecture series years ago. Was well out of my depth, it took a while falling down many rabbit holes learning more, but I just couldn't stop watching it was so good. The way you teach is just perfect, you're a great educator thank you!
OMG ! So glad you do those videos you 2. And can't wait to put my hand on your new book Doc. I've been a huge fan of you since your complete semester lecture right here on the Standford YTchannel. And yeah ! I'm a Middle aged man completely fangirling over a scientist. Sue me !
I am so happy to see you have recently made a youtube channel, I have listened to so many of your lectures that are on youtube and have always loved the way you explain things. I feel as though ive changed as a person for the better with your wisdom :D
LOVE THIS. Robert - I have to know. how do you respond to the challenge of confirmation bias in the reverse engineering of explaining the lack of free will? Love your work and the way you choose your words. So inclusive and compassionate. Keep up the good work!
I have just recently (about a month ago) found myself deeply engrossed in a book of Frans de Waal's, leaving me with elevated enthusiasm for further digging into his thoughts. His past writings will now have to sustain me.
Thank you for your latest video on depression!! As someone who suffered from severe depression and suicidal ideations for a decade I would always direct people to your first video if they were trying to understand depression, now I’m recommending the latest one!
@@OngoGablogian185 yep: too sad. He passed some days ago. ( Prof Sapolsky mentioned that in this video). Hey, I'm interested in your own work/ study. Besides ( lack of) free will, I love studying moral and empathy.
@@fabianamatano2512 Yeah, just heard him mention it after reading your comment. He leaves behind a really important body of work. I was first looking at some of his publications during postgraduate research. I was looking at the subject of human rights, what we ground them in, and how we take it from a moral concept to something more concrete. It got me interested in moral theory. Morality, to me, is something real that exists in the world - it's not just something subjective that rational agents construct. We see the rudiments of it in other species and it is part of our biological make up. We, and other mammals have this moral faculty that is mediated by environment. Beyond that, it still gets very hazy for me, but I find it to be an endlessly interesting topic!
OMG I love these videos! Fascinating questions and answers! Through learning from Dr. Sapolski over the years, I have become convinced there is no free will, but I don’t think I have assimilated it yet because my opinions / beliefs are often contradictory 😂 It has given me some peace though. I don’t know how to express how thankful I am for how your knowledge is helping me and so many of us Thank you, thank you, thank you for ever. Sending love to both of you from Spain ❤️
So glad I found this channel, happy to subscribe. I have a question that has been burning for weeks: Bushman pranks, when I see females scream then laugh uncontrollably, I see primate behavior to the nth degree. Maybe evolutionary?
I notice many interviews you, Mr. Sapolsky, have a dog in your space,I feel you're an animal lover, which I love. Is your love of animals why you don't eat meat? I think you're a genius and I want to always hear what you have to say.
Greetings from Brazil, Sapolsky you are my Favorite intelectual. Really, thanks for all the knowledge shared. I want to know your perspective about consciouness. Do you really believe that theres a hard problem at all? What neuroscience have to say about people that have Hydrocephalia? People that reaches adult age living a normal life and sudden diacover that almost all his brain has become pure liquid? Neuroplasticity alone is the answer? Thanks and love. Ps: is true that you like soccer?
Thank you both for 3 awesome podcasts. Given we have no free will; plus Quantum physics posits that Time does not exist and also that perhaps there are alternate dimensions, is it plausible that the spark of consciousness(whether solo or central) inhabiting these human meat bags, we call people, are not only “Determined” but also “Predetermined” in that perhaps that conscious spark skips around (maybe in an undiscovered variation of Quantum Entanglement) into an endless procession of unchanging scripted lives?
Dear Sapolskys, Could you please help explain tears in the context of stress? Are they a way to get rid of glucocorticoids or should we try to suppress tears because they cause harm?
To Professor Sapolsky's point, the book The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen is a real life example of the complex historical relationship between schizophrenia and a highly functioning intellect. It is devastating. I LOVE this series of interviews. I recently discovered the Stanford lectures online and I have been enthralled. Lovely to gain some insight into the family dynamics. Bravo!
Having done repeated experiment on some nonprimate ToM, memory, and implicit & explicit emotionality, i'm glad that Dr Sapolsky emphasized the highly likely divergent evolutionary roots, though prominence of affect varies, able to rearise when conditions change. We differ from some species that recognize the hormonal, pheromonal, and behavioral expression of emotion, rather than the intentional deceptive mimicry of it so many of us display. Too many of us are both poor at recognition or dismissive of a communication more basic and honest than we humans value, again, sufficiently often. I'd love to illustrate at length, the surprising sociality of beings we dismiss and/or fear. You will find a few, and must extrapolate much from their expressions alone, but don't go crazy as people in Yellowstone do, presuming submissive domesticity in anything. Even in fish, habituation is not entirely the expectation of easy lunch, at all.
These interviews are fun, thank you for taking your time to share with us. My question is, there are numerous ways that we can grow and develop our minds, character and essence of being. The search to develop into what we desire to be can get mixed up with all the studies or information that can be located rather easily. the rabbit holes I can and do follow take me to wondrous insights but I can also get lost going to soooo many unnecessary places. how do I see those pitfalls which take me away from my true area of search? how can I decipher the legit helpful stuff from the fluffy over done stuff? some way to read or hear some information and then just know it's validity? I want to stay open to all options, but I also would like to stay on a course of helpful insights.
Sapolsky saying he's sure he didn't have a beard as a foetus 😂. That's the kind of wit i wish I had. He always does that in his lectures and you'd never see it coming because he delivers the joke while remaining stoical before, during and after it 🤣.
Thank you professor Sapolsky for taking the time to answer questions. I have watched your lectures numerous times and watched most of the podcast you are visiting. Two questions for you. 1) could you please comment your views on Michael Levins work (tufts university). I find his work absolutly mind boggling. If you are familiar with it, i would be keen to hear your thoughts on multilevel intelligence and scaling goals, and also the field ofbioelectricity. 2) do you think there are any semantic structures in animal communation? Ok, lets make it three questions then.. :) 3) you have spoken about fractal/bifurcating systems in your lectures. It seems to be present from the smallest to the largest systems. Besides the feigenbaum constant, are there any other interesting characteristics to make note of? Not a biologist, just a keen learner. Kind regards, Geir (Norway)
Hello you 2 wonderful humans. Thanks for doing this fun form of communication! Pat from Canada wonders if you have any insights into when, in our cognitive evolution , did we connect coitus with childbirth?
Do you think a eugenics movement can use the idea of determination for nefarious reasons (such as, certain groups are just doomed to cause harm so preemptive actions should be taken) and quote your book?
Professor Sapolsky what do you think death is? what do you think happens to us after death? was there something bioogical, a regeneration just as nature regenerates after winter and comes back to life in spring? I would be interested to know how you think on this subject. Thank you very much.
LOL.😂 Knock-knock jokes? Ok, I had no idea of its universality. From times before doors? Is my chain being yanked here? More likely, I'd guess it's not. I've found the professor has such a treasure trove of arcane knowledge strewn among all the myriad information delivered that I'll assume the knock-knock joke is indeed a measure of the human condition. This is what I always loved about listening to his student video lectures; they are always literally a laugh a minute, or at least for certain, a good grin.
I'm not a hater of his long beard but a supporter. And in context of question 2, would you like to go to the time when we started exploring sounds and experimenting with language?
I would like to meet mother Sapolsky as well and to listen from her about “lollipop ballistics of mother love” ❤😊 my question - how does a woman’s brain change when she becomes a mother?
Huge fan of Robert’s, and quickly becoming intrigued by his offspring as well. I haven’t finished Rob’s memoir yet, so don’t spoil it, but did he ever make it out to the mountain gorilla habitat?
I still believe in the flea paddling his leaf down the river of fate. Though the spark of freedom is infinitesimally minuscule, the adroit observer will spot an opportunity to change tack. The universe is likely to be a trick shot in a game of pool by the most incredible observer you could never imagine. You’re not in control, but if you keep your eye out you can grab a branch here and there or drag your feet in time to skate by an eddy.
I didn't grow my hair long with the intention to aggravate the parents ,but I did notice how it seemed to bring out the most obvious element to the old man's mental short comings..
Funny Shakespeare came up. I have wondered for a while now, if people exactly like you, would not show that Shakespeare wrote a bunch of 'Just so stories'.
I need to borrow your dad for a month. I grewwith abuse and neglect and he can explain some things Ive watch lots of interviews and lectures I just need to borrow him for a month lol
Billy Shakespeare, Shakey, did often allude to backstory, as well as behavioral changes. There were times of de-emphasis of some poor-trait characters, and innocents sacrificed or triumphant. Some character can be played with sensitive regard, and even the transgender used as enlightening viewpoint, which should be more popular and is more useful than criminality or yakuza family tales. I'm suddenly of the opinion that Portia and her role of Balthazar, are worth inspection. What she notes on the quality of mercy, as well as the situation that had overwhelmed the humanity of a man who had been so reviled by the merchant Antonio, as to be pushed to retributive murder. Shakey takes less glee from punishment than may be the norm , past or present, howevermuch he also feels he must appease his audiences, and is quite careful for his own head when treating with known-paranoid hierarchy. When Billy ends darkly, he tends always to suggest portending dawn. I don't know if tv serials do any of this at all, or if they do, do it well.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into the wrong joke. The barman says “you shouldn’t be in here!” The Scotsman says, “well, we did knock”@@opusford
Though we may not agree on free will, we see eye to eye on Breaking Bad. And as someone who teaches Shakespeare, I think he’s not exaggerating that it’s worthy of the adjective (Shakespearean). I wonder what he thinks of Better Call Saul …
As a high school science teacher I totally get breaking bad and that instant reaction of I will do anything to help my family. Better call Saul is so much more of a tragedy because at so many points it could have gone better for Saul but that slow slide into more and more compromises of his ethics is so much sadder in my opinion. And as someone who doesn't believe in Free will you can pick out the determinants that pushes Saul down his path.
@@opusford @Ellier215 The two shows are dissimilar masterpieces, each genius in its own way. I think BB is more tragic in scope because it had more likable characters, but Saul, especially the final season, is just as moving. So, yes, Saul is a must watch. I agree that determinism is all over Saul. But Walter had the free will superpowers to turn himself into Heisenberg. Time for me to watch them over again.
@@jedser I totally agree. There's no magic with Walter White. But the determinants are so much more. Simplistic. Man with cancer who is a teacher in a society that doesn't value teachers and doesn't give them adequate healthcare. He also has the skills needed to make a lot of money to make up for that Gap. For me, Saul is just like straws on his back one after another. Each one pushing him slowly slowly slowly. It just a little bit of a slow thing for me. I totally agree Walter. White does not have free will just for the record, it just seems more obvious. The determinants like it's like laid out in the first episode. Fun discussion
The physics involved in dowsing have been reverse engineered in the book, The Art of Dowsing - Separating Science from Superstition ($14.95), by Michael Fercik. The modern light weight ball bearing dowsing rod precisely gauging what is being dowsed by pitting the energy of gravity against the energising of the pure one-tenth ounce dowsing rod load that is attached on the elevated acetylene welding rod. This precisely gauges the dowsing of all edges, exact center, depth buried with angle of deposition, and most important is grading of the dowsed element that is contained in the elemental mass that is being dowsed. This allows accurate dowsing of buried pipe and electrical cable lines, tunnels and voids, precious and base metal and mineral placer and lode deposits, dowsing for treasure, dowsing for any element, amplified long distance dowsing from a moving vehicle, and dowsing on water from a boat. Look for the new UA-cam channel, Tracy & Michael's Dowsing Adventure starting to post videos May 2024, where we will teach the world how to apply physics in dowsing while demonstrating of different elements or objects being dowsed. Stay safe and healthy while having a good day
I have been there in three different near death out of body consciousness with being above my body observing everything happening around me. There is God, but not as all the human bibles state. remember energy cannot be destroyed, instead it is converted. To simply put it "if you want to know God's first language, learn physics. If you want to learn the devil's one and only language then learn how to swear. The human god is the past and present along with the future consciousness of deceased humans.
Thank you so much for answering my question!! I am humbled that someone I look up to for moral, ethical and scientific guidance would acknowledge me. This is the best day of my life ❤️
I can imagine the thrill you felt 😀 Good question!
@@isabt4 I've been fan girling so hard lol
Good question, I'd recommend Frans de Waal book primates philosophers (idk the name of English title), he explain very well how morality evolved
im so glad we get to be here for the start of this channel, im really hoping it gains a lot of traction.
@@Guttszerk my question was the one about archaic hominins... I didn't mention which question was mine..?
These are too short! We demand MORE!
Fine, I'll binge watch all the episodes tonight.
People like you and Edward Witten are my favorite kind of human beings. If humanity followed the values of the Enlightenment and scientific humanism, the world would be a much better place. -An ex-Muslim atheist from Pakistan
oh bhai maaf kar. idiot
Absolutely. I know so many of my negative biases, especially against gay people just... Vanished.. when I too became an atheist. Though, I suppose I did sorta replace my dislike of gays with my dislike of religion, interesting how they just swapped places now that I think about it. For me having been a Christian and growing up in a Christian household, area etc cost me some of my family and all of my friends. But for YOU, as an ex-muslim, from Pakistan no less... Wow, you've got guts man. That can get you killed and they would feel like they did a wonderful thing. I assume your family knows of your loss of faith? Did it impact your relationship? Cause you to move?
Thanks in advance, I apologize if it's too personal. I'm always fascinated by ex-muslims. Christians from America aren't all that interesting as we have such a wishy washy watered down version of Christianity here for the most part. But I've yet to meet a Muslim who was not extremely well educated in their religion.
@@Subfightr My parents were really liberal Muslims. They believed in evolution, supported gay rights, and really valued science. In fact, they had never read the Quran in their life, and whenever I used to bring scientific contradictions or barbarism in the Quran or Hadith, they would simply say that this was the standard in the 7th century and avoid the question.
When I started using the arguments of Sam Harris against them, that was the nail in the coffin and they became atheists as well.
The funny thing is that in the upper class, almost everybody is an atheist or agnostic in Pakistan. They just need to constantly give their lip service to Islam in order to satisfy the religious parties and control the general public. Religion is a very potent lever in Pakistan. I have no doubt that all the corrupt army generals are atheists or agnostics, but the only thing that allows them to influence the loyalty of the army is religion.
Angels on 🌎
Love the amazing Saposlky family!!
Here is a question for Dr Saposlky.
Dr, how do you manage to navigate this cruel world as a potential people pleaser that you are. I had a glimpse of that in your Dennett debate, you were amazing!
Lovely conversation, as always with Sapolsky. Intelligent daughter of a genius.
Hey she might be too.
Hey Offspring
Out of billions of humans lived on earth only a few had the chance to make a significant paradigm shift in science and Robert Sapolsky is the only living one I know. Big thanks for creating this channel :)
Thank you for another great episode. I can't wait for next one.
One of my favourite scientists started a UA-cam and I just found it, how exciting! Watched your Stanford behavioural evolution lecture series years ago. Was well out of my depth, it took a while falling down many rabbit holes learning more, but I just couldn't stop watching it was so good. The way you teach is just perfect, you're a great educator thank you!
What a privilege to be able to have access to your wisdom. Thank you!
OMG ! So glad you do those videos you 2. And can't wait to put my hand on your new book Doc. I've been a huge fan of you since your complete semester lecture right here on the Standford YTchannel. And yeah ! I'm a Middle aged man completely fangirling over a scientist. Sue me !
I am so happy to see you have recently made a youtube channel, I have listened to so many of your lectures that are on youtube and have always loved the way you explain things. I feel as though ive changed as a person for the better with your wisdom :D
Thank you for these both of you, they have been a really welcome indulgence to my week
LOVE THIS. Robert - I have to know. how do you respond to the challenge of confirmation bias in the reverse engineering of explaining the lack of free will? Love your work and the way you choose your words. So inclusive and compassionate. Keep up the good work!
I have just recently (about a month ago) found myself deeply engrossed in a book of Frans de Waal's, leaving me with elevated enthusiasm for further digging into his thoughts. His past writings will now have to sustain me.
Some great questions! Mine was so dumb in comparison 🙈
Thank you for your latest video on depression!! As someone who suffered from severe depression and suicidal ideations for a decade I would always direct people to your first video if they were trying to understand depression, now I’m recommending the latest one!
Yaaasss! Breaking Bad is also my favorite!
I have read Shakespeare and I can say that yes it is deeply Shakespearean.
I didn't know Frans de Waal had died... Prof Sapolsky, my deep feelings: through your work I imagine how much you admire Frans.
Oh no! Has he? I'm sad to hear that. I was very inspired by his work on the origins of morality.
@@OngoGablogian185 yep: too sad. He passed some days ago. ( Prof Sapolsky mentioned that in this video). Hey, I'm interested in your own work/ study. Besides ( lack of) free will, I love studying moral and empathy.
@@fabianamatano2512 Yeah, just heard him mention it after reading your comment. He leaves behind a really important body of work.
I was first looking at some of his publications during postgraduate research. I was looking at the subject of human rights, what we ground them in, and how we take it from a moral concept to something more concrete. It got me interested in moral theory.
Morality, to me, is something real that exists in the world - it's not just something subjective that rational agents construct. We see the rudiments of it in other species and it is part of our biological make up. We, and other mammals have this moral faculty that is mediated by environment. Beyond that, it still gets very hazy for me, but I find it to be an endlessly interesting topic!
Very sad news.
OMG I love these videos! Fascinating questions and answers! Through learning from Dr. Sapolski over the years, I have become convinced there is no free will, but I don’t think I have assimilated it yet because my opinions / beliefs are often contradictory 😂 It has given me some peace though. I don’t know how to express how thankful I am for how your knowledge is helping me and so many of us Thank you, thank you, thank you for ever. Sending love to both of you from Spain ❤️
Question to Dr. Sapolsky: What is the sense of noticing thoughts/emotions but being separate from them?
If you see that you ARE thinking, and it isn't serving you well, you can choose a different thought.
So glad I found this channel, happy to subscribe. I have a question that has been burning for weeks: Bushman pranks, when I see females scream then laugh uncontrollably, I see primate behavior to the nth degree. Maybe evolutionary?
I notice many interviews you, Mr. Sapolsky, have a dog in your space,I feel you're an animal lover, which I love. Is your love of animals why you don't eat meat? I think you're a genius and I want to always hear what you have to say.
Greetings from Brazil, Sapolsky you are my Favorite intelectual. Really, thanks for all the knowledge shared.
I want to know your perspective about consciouness. Do you really believe that theres a hard problem at all?
What neuroscience have to say about people that have Hydrocephalia? People that reaches adult age living a normal life and sudden diacover that almost all his brain has become pure liquid? Neuroplasticity alone is the answer?
Thanks and love.
Ps: is true that you like soccer?
Glad you’re doing this and here is some engagement!
SAPOLSKY FTW
I love these
Thank you both for these episodes!! I love them and hope you both can keep them up 🫶👏
Going to have to re-watch Breaking Bad for about the 4th time now that I know it's my favorite persons favorite show! I guess it was Determined though
Thank you both for 3 awesome podcasts. Given we have no free will; plus Quantum physics posits that Time does not exist and also that perhaps there are alternate dimensions, is it plausible that the spark of consciousness(whether solo or central) inhabiting these human meat bags, we call people, are not only “Determined” but also “Predetermined” in that perhaps that conscious spark skips around (maybe in an undiscovered variation of Quantum Entanglement) into an endless procession of unchanging scripted lives?
Thanks so much for putting this together. Please get a good mic and camera set for both of you so as to make the most out of it! Sapolsky love.
Dear Sapolskys, Could you please help explain tears in the context of stress? Are they a way to get rid of glucocorticoids or should we try to suppress tears because they cause harm?
To Professor Sapolsky's point, the book
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen is a real life example of the complex historical relationship between schizophrenia and a highly functioning intellect. It is devastating. I LOVE this series of interviews. I recently discovered the Stanford lectures online and I have been enthralled. Lovely to gain some insight into the family dynamics. Bravo!
Wonderful….a voice of wisdom.
LOVE THIS! ❤❤❤❤❤ thank you for taking the time to make these videos! 😊
Having done repeated experiment on some nonprimate ToM, memory, and implicit & explicit emotionality, i'm glad that Dr Sapolsky emphasized the highly likely divergent evolutionary roots, though prominence of affect varies, able to rearise when conditions change.
We differ from some species that recognize the hormonal, pheromonal, and behavioral expression of emotion, rather than the intentional deceptive mimicry of it so many of us display.
Too many of us are both poor at recognition or dismissive of a communication more basic and honest than we humans value, again, sufficiently often.
I'd love to illustrate at length, the surprising sociality of beings we dismiss and/or fear. You will find a few, and must extrapolate much from their expressions alone, but don't go crazy as people in Yellowstone do, presuming submissive domesticity in anything.
Even in fish, habituation is not entirely the expectation of easy lunch, at all.
Ive enjoyed alot of your Lectures Professor
Thanks a lot. Excellent series of videos. Much appreciated and also learning a lot from these videos.
This is amazing
These interviews are fun, thank you for taking your time to share with us. My question is, there are numerous ways that we can grow and develop our minds, character and essence of being. The search to develop into what we desire to be can get mixed up with all the studies or information that can be located rather easily. the rabbit holes I can and do follow take me to wondrous insights but I can also get lost going to soooo many unnecessary places. how do I see those pitfalls which take me away from my true area of search? how can I decipher the legit helpful stuff from the fluffy over done stuff? some way to read or hear some information and then just know it's validity? I want to stay open to all options, but I also would like to stay on a course of helpful insights.
Sapolsky saying he's sure he didn't have a beard as a foetus 😂. That's the kind of wit i wish I had. He always does that in his lectures and you'd never see it coming because he delivers the joke while remaining stoical before, during and after it 🤣.
i just love this man
Thank you professor Sapolsky for taking the time to answer questions. I have watched your lectures numerous times and watched most of the podcast you are visiting.
Two questions for you.
1) could you please comment your views on Michael Levins work (tufts university). I find his work absolutly mind boggling. If you are familiar with it, i would be keen to hear your thoughts on multilevel intelligence and scaling goals, and also the field ofbioelectricity.
2) do you think there are any semantic structures in animal communation?
Ok, lets make it three questions then.. :)
3) you have spoken about fractal/bifurcating systems in your lectures. It seems to be present from the smallest to the largest systems. Besides the feigenbaum constant, are there any other interesting characteristics to make note of?
Not a biologist, just a keen learner.
Kind regards,
Geir (Norway)
Hello. There is a way to submit questions underneath the title description. Great questions!
@@waitaminute2015 thanks a lot :) i noticed it right after i posted here.
Amazing! Please more of everything Sapolsky!
Robert Sapolsky; if there were a god, he is it 💕
Thanks so much for these interviews, I hope the series will continue! 💜❤💜❤💜
Very nice to listen to and watch. Im a total Sapolsky fan! (Now, both of you)
Love this! So cool! Beautiful daughter, Robert.
I don't know which one of you two is the luckier. What I do know is how blessed we are out here in the interweb to have access to your insights! TY!
I love these discussions. Thank you both.
Hello you 2 wonderful humans. Thanks for doing this fun form of communication! Pat from Canada wonders if you have any insights into when, in our cognitive evolution , did we connect coitus with childbirth?
Do you think a eugenics movement can use the idea of determination for nefarious reasons (such as, certain groups are just doomed to cause harm so preemptive actions should be taken) and quote your book?
Professor Sapolsky what do you think death is? what do you think happens to us after death? was there something bioogical, a regeneration just as nature regenerates after winter and comes back to life in spring? I would be interested to know how you think on this subject. Thank you very much.
oh I'd love to see him watch Barry 😆 great stuff thanks
عظيم يا سابولسكي
LOL.😂 Knock-knock jokes? Ok, I had no idea of its universality. From times before doors? Is my chain being yanked here? More likely, I'd guess it's not. I've found the professor has such a treasure trove of arcane knowledge strewn among all the myriad information delivered that I'll assume the knock-knock joke is indeed a measure of the human condition.
This is what I always loved about listening to his student video lectures; they are always literally a laugh a minute, or at least for certain, a good grin.
I'm not a hater of his long beard but a supporter. And in context of question 2, would you like to go to the time when we started exploring sounds and experimenting with language?
❤❤❤
Thank you
Question 3 is everything.
Guy is the opposite of a fast-talker, whatever you'd call that. Great vid, ta!
I knew there was no free will when I realized I couldn’t stick to my diet plan.
Lovinthese!!! ❤
I feel you throttled Dan Dennet
That came across poorly.
Amazing as always!
I would like to meet mother Sapolsky as well and to listen from her about “lollipop ballistics of mother love” ❤😊
my question - how does a woman’s brain change when she becomes a mother?
Huge fan of Robert’s, and quickly becoming intrigued by his offspring as well. I haven’t finished Rob’s memoir yet, so don’t spoil it, but did he ever make it out to the mountain gorilla habitat?
I still believe in the flea paddling his leaf down the river of fate. Though the spark of freedom is infinitesimally minuscule, the adroit observer will spot an opportunity to change tack. The universe is likely to be a trick shot in a game of pool by the most incredible observer you could never imagine. You’re not in control, but if you keep your eye out you can grab a branch here and there or drag your feet in time to skate by an eddy.
Hello sir sapolsky
I didn't grow my hair long with the intention to aggravate the parents ,but I did notice how it seemed to bring out the most obvious element to the old man's mental short comings..
T. H. A. N. K. Y. O. U
T. H. A. N. K. Y. O. U
T. H. A. N. K. Y. O. U
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Funny Shakespeare came up. I have wondered for a while now, if people exactly like you, would not show that Shakespeare wrote a bunch of 'Just so stories'.
Dear Robert, I've always been a fan of your work but hearing what your beautiful daughter has to say about you...man, you've won life!
When is the 1 million subscribers special?
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I need to borrow your dad for a month. I grewwith abuse and neglect and he can explain some things Ive watch lots of interviews and lectures I just need to borrow him for a month lol
Is creativity not a form of dysfunction?
Billy Shakespeare, Shakey, did often allude to backstory, as well as behavioral changes. There were times of de-emphasis of some poor-trait characters, and innocents sacrificed or triumphant.
Some character can be played with sensitive regard, and even the transgender used as enlightening viewpoint, which should be more popular and is more useful than criminality or yakuza family tales.
I'm suddenly of the opinion that Portia and her role of Balthazar, are worth inspection. What she notes on the quality of mercy, as well as the situation that had overwhelmed the humanity of a man who had been so reviled by the merchant Antonio, as to be pushed to retributive murder.
Shakey takes less glee from punishment than may be the norm , past or present, howevermuch he also feels he must appease his audiences, and is quite careful for his own head when treating with known-paranoid hierarchy.
When Billy ends darkly, he tends always to suggest portending dawn. I don't know if tv serials do any of this at all, or if they do, do it well.
How was Sapolsky academic trajectory (kid to now)?
When did Robert become Heisenberg?
Knock knock….
Who's there?
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman!@@opusford
@@Ellier215 damn curiosity. Okay. An Englishman, Irishman and Scotman who?
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into the wrong joke.
The barman says “you shouldn’t be in here!”
The Scotsman says, “well, we did knock”@@opusford
Though we may not agree on free will, we see eye to eye on Breaking Bad. And as someone who teaches Shakespeare, I think he’s not exaggerating that it’s worthy of the adjective (Shakespearean). I wonder what he thinks of Better Call Saul …
How is better call Saul?
As a high school science teacher I totally get breaking bad and that instant reaction of I will do anything to help my family. Better call Saul is so much more of a tragedy because at so many points it could have gone better for Saul but that slow slide into more and more compromises of his ethics is so much sadder in my opinion. And as someone who doesn't believe in Free will you can pick out the determinants that pushes Saul down his path.
Ohhh! I might have to watch it.
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@@opusford @Ellier215 The two shows are dissimilar masterpieces, each genius in its own way. I think BB is more tragic in scope because it had more likable characters, but Saul, especially the final season, is just as moving. So, yes, Saul is a must watch. I agree that determinism is all over Saul. But Walter had the free will superpowers to turn himself into Heisenberg. Time for me to watch them over again.
@@jedser I totally agree. There's no magic with Walter White. But the determinants are so much more. Simplistic. Man with cancer who is a teacher in a society that doesn't value teachers and doesn't give them adequate healthcare. He also has the skills needed to make a lot of money to make up for that Gap. For me, Saul is just like straws on his back one after another. Each one pushing him slowly slowly slowly. It just a little bit of a slow thing for me. I totally agree Walter. White does not have free will just for the record, it just seems more obvious. The determinants like it's like laid out in the first episode. Fun discussion
Does Robert know how to juggle?
free will? it's willie. free willie.
Is ancestral trauma a real thing?
What happened to the baboon group that lost the most aggressive males?
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Is/are art/aesthetics biophilic?
I have been there in three different near death out of body consciousness with being above my body observing everything happening around me. There is God, but not as all the human bibles state. remember energy cannot be destroyed, instead it is converted. To simply put it "if you want to know God's first language, learn physics. If you want to learn the devil's one and only language then learn how to swear. The human god is the past and present along with the future consciousness of deceased humans.
Are you good at math?
Explain your non-belief in evil.
His book "Determined" is all about that.
Oh look Mr. atheist chasing that fame on UA-cam.
He's already a published author and a well known and liked Harvard lecturer lol
People are still offended by atheism? Weird.