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Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring InterviewsMothers vs Fathers, Emergence, Primate Parenting | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #72Episode 72 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether the mother or father is more evolutionarily dominant, why bottom-up emergence matters, and how other primates respond to offspring bullying.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:23 Question 1 (Importance of mothers vs fathers)00:12:04 Question 2 (Bottom-up Emergence)00:23:08 Question 3 (Primate protective parenting)2025-07-2432 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring InterviewsIQ, Earworms, Thinking vs. Feeling | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #71Episode 71 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how our IQ’s are increasing, why that one song is stuck in your head, and whether we think or feel our way to decisions.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:15 Question 1 (IQ’s)00:09:39 Question 2 (Earworms)00:16:30 Question 3 (Thinking vs Feeling)2025-07-1739 min
Big ThinkYou have no free will at all | Stanford professor Robert SapolskyHow your biology and environment make your decisions for you, according to Dr. Robert Sapolsky.
Robert Sapolsky, PhD is an author, researcher, and professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. In this interview with Big Think’s Editor-in-Chief, Robert Chapman Smith, Sapolsky discusses the content of his most recent book, “Determined: The Science of Life Without Free Will.”
Being held as a child, growing up in a collectivist culture, or experiencing any sort of brain trauma – among hundreds of other things – can shape your internal biases and ultimately influence the decisions you make. This, explains Sapolsky, means that free...2025-07-131h 06Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring InterviewsIsrael, Placebos, Tit-for-tat | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #70Episode 70 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include placebos, updates on Sapolsky’s lectures, and whether Israel is simply doing tit-for-tat.Captions available for translation.NOTE: we are not accepting more questions for the time being, but the form will be reopened soon.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:15 Question 1 (Placebos)15:03 Question 2 (Updated Lectures16:01 Question 3 (Israel: tit-for-tat?)2025-07-1134 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#69: Sex – Penis Size, BDSM, Missionary Position | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 69 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on questions about sex, such as penis sizes, clothing as sexual modesty, BDSM and the relationship between arousal and fear, and why humans have face-to-face sex.Captions available for translation.NOTE: we are not accepting more questions for the time being, but the form will be reopened soon.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:23: Question 1 (Penis Sizes)2025-07-0333 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#68: Animal Politics, Bodily Secretions, Gesturing | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 68 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses gestural expression, whether animals have political systems, and why others’ bodily secretions disgust us.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:19 Question 1 (Gestural expression)09:48 Question 2 (Animal politics)19:34 Question 3 (Bodily secretions)2025-06-2631 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#67: PTSD, Night Shifts, Wincing | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 67 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether night shift rotating is ideal, why we wince, and the hippocampal damage of PTSD.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:20: Question 1 (Night Shift rotating)00:15:30: Question 2 (Wincing)00:21:16: Question 3 (PTSD Hippocampal Atrophy)2025-06-1942 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#66: Forgiveness, Optimal Living, SA Prediction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 66 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the optimal living environment for humans, how we forgive, and whether suicide attempts can really be predicted and prevented.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:43: Question 1 (Optimal living environment)17:13: Question 2 (The science of forgiveness)30:56: Question 3 (Suicide prediction)2025-06-1242 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#65: Stress Addiction, Genome Differences, Metaphorical Diets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 65 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the 1% difference between human and chimp genomes, how stress hormones can be addictive, and if one can lose weight with a metaphorical diet.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:43: Question 1 (Genome differences)00:17:13: Question 2 (Stress hormone addiction)00:25:28: Question 3 (Metaphorical diets)2025-06-0535 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#64: Botox, Chemo Brain, Chess | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 64 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the brain fog experienced during chemotherapy, the effects of Botox on emotion, and how many calories chess players burn.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (Chemo brain fog)13:53: Question 2 (Botox and emotions)24:55: Question 3 (Chess and calorie burning)2025-05-2936 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#63: Wealth Disparity, Smell Loss, Libet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 63 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the loss of smell in COVID-19, the 1983 Libet study, and the relative standing of current inequality.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (COVID and smell)10:22: Question 2 (Libet et al.)28:28: Question 3 (Inequality — better or worse?)2025-05-2245 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#62: Palestine, Monkey Language, Dutch Hunger Winter | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 62 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the function of language brain regions in other apes and monkeys, the “developmental origin of health and disease” and the Dutch Hunger Winter, and how this applies to Palestine.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (Monkey and ape language brains)13:28: Question 2 (Dutch Hunger Winter)25:44: Question 3 (Applicability to Palestine)2025-05-1531 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#61: De-extinction, Jennifer Aniston Neurons, ASD Vaccines | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 61 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses de-extinction, parasocial relationships and Jennifer Aniston Neurons, and whether autism is genetically or environmentally caused (by vaccines).Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction)09:06: Question 2 (Parasocial Relationships)26:11: Question 3 (ASD: Genes or environment)2025-05-0842 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#60: Tourette’s, Free Will vs God, Sexual Maturation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 60 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Tourette Syndrome, whether free will and God are mutually exclusive, and the timeline of human sexual maturation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome)21:07: Question 2 (Free Will vs God)25:44: Question 3 (Human Sexual Maturation)2025-05-0135 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#59: Marshmallow Test, Language Wiring, NSSI’s | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 59 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses wiring of different languages, whether the Professor and Offspring pass the Marshmallow Test, and addictive qualities of non-suicidal self-injury.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:20: Question 1 (First and second language wiring)13:40: Question 2 (The Marshmallow Test)22:04: Question 3 (Non-suicidal self-injury)SUPPORT RESOURCESS.A.F.E. Alternatives (Self-Abuse Finally...2025-04-1735 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#58: Female Orgasms, Cute Aggression, Misophonia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 58 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the condition misophonia, what the “cute aggression” urge stems from, and whether female orgasms have a purpose. Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro01:37: Question 1 (Misophonia)12:09: Question 2 (Cute Aggression)22:43: Question 3 (Female Orgasms)2025-04-1037 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#57: AA, Real-Life Zombies, Introversion/Extroversion | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 57 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include dopamine’s role in introversion/extroversion, drugs that create real-life zombies, and the religiosity of Alcoholics Anonymous.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:33: Question 1 (Introversion/Extroversion and dopamine)11:07: Question 2 (Real-life zombie drugs)26:04: Question 3 (Religiosity of AA)2025-04-0332 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#56: Ozempic, Inbreeding | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 56 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Ozempic and the potential for addiction treatment, and the historical and evolutionary presence of inbreeding.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:26: Question 1 (Ozempic and addiction treatment)19:11: Question 2 (Inbreeding)2025-03-2729 minRobert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#55: Circumcision, Pregnancy Brain, SPE | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 55 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include brain changes during pregnancy, Zimbardo and the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the roots of circumcision.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky0:00: Intro0:18: Question 1 (Pregnancy Brain changes)12:40: Question 2 (Stanford Prison Experiment)26:30: Question 3 (Circumcision)2025-03-2036 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#54: Animal Grief, Graves’ Disease, Anticonvulsants | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 54 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the autoimmune disorder Graves’ disease, why anticonvulsants treat bipolar and seizures, and whether other species grieve.2025-03-1439 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#53: Neanderthal Autism, Dreams, Social Anxiety | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 53 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include neanderthal DNA and autism, why we dream, and the existence of social anxiety.2025-03-0742 min.png)
Wie jetzt? Wie morgen? Der Zukunftspodcast aus der Robert-Jungk-BibliothekReligionen der Zukunft & gibt es eigentlich einen freien Willen?Die großen Religionen sind im Umbruch – in Europa wird dies besonders an der Situation der Kirchen deutlich, aber auch in anderen Teilen der Welt verändern sich die Gefüge religiöser Organisationen. Doch nicht nur große Religionssysteme sind im Wandel, besonders auch die individuelle Spiritualität hat sich durch die religionspluralistischen Gesellschaften verändert. Beide Aspekte führen zu der drängenden Frage, wie die Religionen in der Zukunft aussehen werden. Der Blick auf die empirischen Daten von individueller Spiritualität und organisierten Religionsstrukturen ermöglicht zu verstehen, wie sich Religionen entwickeln könnten. Dabei werden die gegenwärti...2025-03-0638 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#52: Adult Play, APOE, Fashion Trends | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 52 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include APOE-4 and odds of Alzheimer’s, why we follow fashion trends, and the purpose of adult play.2025-02-2835 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#51: Seizure Dogs, Types of Memory, Jury Duty | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 51 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the different types of memory, what determinists do about jury duty, and how dogs can detect seizures.2025-02-2131 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#50: Blindness, Misusing Determined, Bartering Animals | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 50 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why blindness and schizophrenia don’t overlap, ways in which “no free will” can be misused, and examples of trading and bartering in other species.2025-02-1427 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#49: Prion Diseases, Science vs. Philosophy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewEpisode 49 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include prion diseases and the history of their discovery, as well as criticisms from a philosophical approach of Sapolsky’s no free will assertion.2025-02-0735 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#48: Schizophrenia, Fiction, Brachydactyly | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 48 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the auditory hallucination of schizophrenia, Sapolsky’s brachydactyly fingers, and the benefits of fiction.2025-01-3128 min
FOCUS FITNESS RADIOS4: E10 | Η Ανθρώπινη Συμπεριφορά, η Βιολογία και η Ελευθερία – Συζήτηση με τον Dr. Robert SapolskyΣε αυτό το επεισόδιο, έχουμε τη χαρά να φιλοξενούμε τον Dr. Robert Sapolsky, έναν από τους κορυφαίους νευροεπιστήμονες και βιολόγους της εποχής μας. Η συζήτηση εστιάζει στη σύνθεση της ανθρώπινης συμπεριφοράς, τη νευροεπιστήμη, τη γενετική, τη φιλοσοφία της ελευθερίας και την κοινωνική μας ευθύνη.Ο Dr. Sapolsky αναλύει την επίδραση της βιολογίας και του περιβάλλοντος στις αποφάσεις μας, ενώ αγγίζει κρίσιμα θέματα όπως:🔹 Είναι η ελευθερία μια ψευδαίσθηση;🔹 Πώς η κοινωνία και το περιβάλλον διαμορφώνουν την ανθρώπινη φύση;🔹 Ποιος είναι ο ρόλος της τεχνολογίας και της AI στις ζωές μας;🔹 Πώς η φιλοσοφία της ελευθερίας σχετίζεται με τη νευροεπιστήμη;🔹 Γιατί η αλλαγή απαιτεί δράση και δέσμευση;Μέσα από μια βαθιά και διαφωτιστική συζήτηση, εξερευνούμε τη σύνδεση της ψυχολογίας, της βιολογίας και της κοινωνίας, καθώς και το πώς αυτές οι δυνάμεις επηρεάζουν την ελευθερία και τις επιλογές μας.⏳ 00:00 – Εισαγωγή στον Dr. Robert Sapolsky⏳ 03:09 – Η ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά και η βιολογία⏳ 06:17 – Η ελευθερία και η βιολογία της ανθρώπινης συμπεριφοράς⏳ 09:08 – Η επίδραση του περιβάλλοντος στην ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά⏳ 12:19 – Η φιλοσοφία της ελευθερίας και η νευροεπιστήμη⏳ 15:21 – Η οικονομία και η ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά⏳ 16:37 – Η ελευθερία και η ανθρωπότητα⏳ 20:06 – Η ανάγκη για κατανόηση και εξέλιξη⏳ 22:37 – Η σχέση με την ελευθερία και την πραγματικότητα⏳ 26:07 – Η επίδραση της κοινωνίας στην ελευθερία⏳ 30:32 – Η εξέλιξη της σκέψης και της ελευθερίας⏳ 33:03 – Η καταστροφή και η δημιουργία⏳ 35:14 – Η ελευθερία και οι περιορισμοί της⏳ 38:14 – Η ψυχολογία και η ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά⏳ 41:03 – Η γονεϊκότητα και η ανάπτυξη των παιδιών⏳ 46:18 – Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και οι ανθρώπινες σχέσεις⏳ 49:04 – Διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις στην ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά⏳ 51:52 – Η σημασία της αλλαγής και της ανάπτυξης⏳ 54:54 – Η δύναμη της ερώτησης και της αυτογνωσίας⏳ 57:23 – Η σχέση ανθρώπου και περιβάλλοντος⏳ 01:00:30 – Η δημιουργικότητα και η εξερεύνηση της γνώσης✅ Η ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά διαμορφώνεται από βιολογικούς και κοινωνικούς παράγοντες.✅ Η έννοια της ελευθερίας είναι περίπλοκη και ίσως μια ψευδαίσθηση.✅ Η βιολογία επηρεάζει τις αποφάσεις μας, αλλά δεν καθορίζει τα πάντα.✅ Η γενετική και το περιβάλλον αλληλεπιδρούν συνεχώς στη διαμόρφωση της ανθρώπινης φύσης.✅ Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και η ηθική φέρνουν νέα διλήμματα για την ανθρωπότητα.✅ Η αλλαγή απαιτεί δράση, αυτογνωσία και εξέλιξη.✅ Η αναζήτηση της αλήθειας είναι κρίσιμη για την πρόοδο.✅ Η ευθύνη και η ελευθερία είναι αλληλένδετες.🎙️ "Η αλλαγή απαιτεί δράση."🎙️ "Η AI έχει μεγάλο πρόβλημα."🎙️ "Η αλλαγή συμβαίνει."🎙️ Podcast | Εκπαίδευση | Νευροεπιστήμη | Φιλοσοφία | Ψυχολογία🔍 Λέξεις-κλειδιά: Dr. Robert Sapolsky, ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά, βιολογία, ελευθερία, νευροεπιστήμη, φιλοσοφία, ψυχολογία, γενετική, κοινωνία, τεχνολογία, AI, ηθική, αλλαγή.2025-01-291h 04
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#47: Neurogenesis, Science/Religion, Human Immaturity | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 47 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses neurogenesis, reconciliation of science and religion, and the slow immaturity of humans.2025-01-2436 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#46: Winston Churchill’s Ass, Alcohol/Cancer, Foxes | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 46 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Winston Churchill’s ass and its relation to wealth, the link between alcohol and cancer, and fox domestication.2025-01-1734 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#45: Bio of Religion, Anxiety/Fear, Insulin Resistance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 45 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the biology behind religiosity variance, including the relevance of anxiety vs. fear, and insulin resistance in type II diabetes.2025-01-1028 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#44: Youthful Appeal, Beauty & Goodness, Cerebellum | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 44 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the desire for youthful appearances, the conflation of beauty and goodness, and the cerebellum.2025-01-0330 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#43: Syria | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 43 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Syria in light of the recent overthrow of the Assad rule.2024-12-2729 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#42: Parasites, Animal Racism, Trauma Inheritance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 42 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include toxoplasmosis and other parasites, the mechanisms behind inheritance of trauma, and racism in other animals.2024-12-2035 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#41: Bipolar Disorder, Sleep, Chronic Pain | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 41 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the role of sleep in depression, whether Bipolar Disorder is a sleeping disorder, and the psychosomatic nature of chronic pain.2024-12-1325 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#39: Alcohol, Penis Envy, Plate-Licking | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 39 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the effects of alcohol on the brain, what Freud got right and wrong, and how to reframe the disempowerment of no free will.2024-12-0623 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#30: Stress, Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 30 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and the ins and outs of stress.2024-12-0627 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#31: More Stress, SSRI’s, a Universe with Free Will | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 31 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this episode, we talk more about stress and SSRI’s, including their efficacy and suicide risk increase, and whether Sapolsky wants us to have free will.2024-12-0634 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#32: Cost of Ambition, Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 32 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode talks about allostasis, the Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis, Sapolsky’s advice to his young self on ambition.2024-12-0623 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#33: Homosexuality, Nobel Prizes, Synapses | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 33 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode talks about the mechanism behind synaptic gaps, the evolutionary explanations for homosexuality, and controversial Nobel Prizes.2024-12-0629 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#34: Against Empathy, Sex Ratio Regulations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 34 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the legitimacy of altruism, downsides of empathy, and biological regulations of birth ratios.2024-12-0635 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#35: Anorexia Nervosa, Tribalism, Meditation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 35 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the values of meditation, the good in religion, and the impacts of anorexia nervosa.2024-12-0625 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#36: COVID, Decussation, Thymicolymphaticus | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 36 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the dangers of COVID, nerve decussation, and the consequences of “Thymicolymphaticus.”2024-12-0634 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#37: Pareidolia, U.S. Election, Psychological stress | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 37 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the phenomenon of pareidolia, the results of the U.S. election, and how to manage psychological stress.2024-12-0622 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#38: Trans Brains, Parkinson’s, Inequality | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 38 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the neurobiology and environmental factors behind Parkinson’s, the link between inequality and free will, and the difference between cis- and trans- brains.2024-12-0633 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#40: Monogamy, Genetic Testing, Sociobiology | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 40 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the field of sociobiology, whether men are naturally monogamous, and the value of genetic testing.2024-12-0635 min
From Our Neurons to YoursHow to live in a world without free will | Robert SapolskyToday, we are speaking with the one and only Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neurobiologist, a MacArthur "Genius", and best-selling author of books exploring the nature of stress, social behavior, and — as he puts it — "the biology of the human predicament." In his latest book, Determined, Sapolsky assertively lays out his vision of a world without free will — a world where as much as we feel like we're making decisions, the reality is that our choices are completely determined by biological and environmental factors outside of our control.Before we get into it, it's worth saying that w...2024-12-0540 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#22: “Kitschy” Nostalgia, body-picking disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 22 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include aging preferences for “kitschy” trinkets, body-focused repetitive behaviors, and personal disorder struggles.2024-12-0523 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#21: Bird-Brains, Nature | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 21 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include a continued discussion of nature and awe, bird-brains, and mosquitos.2024-12-0515 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#24: Trolley Problem, Dancing, Game Theory | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 24 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include the trolley problem, dancing, and real-life applicability of game theory.2024-12-0520 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#25: Brain Exercise, Pain Types, Music | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 25 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include exercising brain parts, type of pain, and the reason for rhythm.2024-12-0525 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#26: Alzheimer’s and Dementia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 26 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Alzheimer’s and Dementia and brain aging in humans and other primates.2024-12-0537 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#27: Telomeres, Meritocracy, Autism Plasticity | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 27 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on telomeres and aging, neural plasticity with autism, and perceiving a world without meritocracy.2024-12-0530 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#28: Munchausen’s, Munchausen by proxy, Cognitive Bias | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 28 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses explanations for cognitive bias and the destructive disorders known as Munchausen’s and Munchausen by proxy.2024-12-0528 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#29: Dyslexia, Brain Size, Autoimmune Diseases | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 29 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the neurobiology of dyslexia, the brain size relativity metric, and factors that influence autoimmune diseases.2024-12-0533 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#23: Free Will Emergence, Religion vs Atheism | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 23 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include Free Will as an emergent property, religious vs. atheist generosity, and John Newton.2024-12-0526 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#20: Dogs! | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 20 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video is all about dogs – Williams Syndrome in humans and dogs, genetic changes in dogs, dogs vs cats, and more.2024-11-2820 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#19: Phobias, Apotemnophilia, Youthful Biases | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 19 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include “prepared learning” of phobias, non-human primate parenting, voting bias in kids, and more.2024-11-2819 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#18: Tickling, Negativity Dominance, Household Baboons | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 18 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include a study on tickling, why negatives overpower, and the presence the baboons have in our household.2024-11-2820 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#17: Violence, Catan, Neurodegenerative Disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 17 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include theories on origins of human violence, Settlers of Catan strategies, interactions with neurodegenerative diseases, and more.2024-11-2824 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#16: Sex Brains, Jerusalem Syndrome, legal work | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 16 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include sex differences in the brain, Marshmallow Testing the Offsprings, Sapolsky’s work with juries, and more.2024-11-2820 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#15: Non-human disorders, “gut,” People Magazine | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 15 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include anxiety/depression in non-human primates, orexin-2 antagonist, “gut feelings,” and more.2024-11-2817 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#14: Ketamine, anti-Semitism, astrology | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 14 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include neurobiology of “the right thing,” differences between treatments, anti-Semitism, and more.2024-11-2822 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#13: Food and the brain, humor, depression remission | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 13 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include effects of food on the brain, Sapolsky’s humor, potential of remission after depression, and more.2024-11-2819 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#12: “Us” vs “Them”, zombies, beauty and awe | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 12 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video touches on the “us” vs “them” mindset, Taylor Swift in a Zombie Apocalypse, beauty in nature, and more.2024-11-2816 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#11: Sabine Hossenfelder, Big Bang, ASD | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 11 of Father-Offspring Interviews, with special Mother’s Day guest appearance. Topics include microtubules, choosing ice cream flavors, Autism (ASDs), and more.2024-11-2829 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#10: Parenting, Ukraine, state of humans | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 10 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include parenting with no free will, “oh god,” Ukraine, and more.2024-11-2822 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#9: Patient SM, mortality awareness, favorite books | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 9 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we discuss patient S.M., the neurobiology of racism, favorite books, and more.2024-11-2821 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#8: PFC, genetic enhancement, agriculture benefits | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 8 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include brain regions and tails and wildebeest migrations and more.2024-11-2809 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#7: Punishment/reward, darting, the Offsprings | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring(s) InterviewsEpisode 7 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include darting strangers in movie theaters, mirror neurons, the Share-Sapolsky’s ACHOOing, and more.2024-11-2819 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#6: Neural cross wiring, psychedelics, zoos | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 6 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we chat about jealousy, drugs, zoos, and more.2024-11-2815 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#5: Freud, aggression, dopamine | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 5 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we cover Freud, aggression, the best neurotransmitter, and more2024-11-2815 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#4: Sapolsky’s style, Feigenbaum Constant, piano | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 4 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include Sapolsky's lecturing style, his piano background, the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, and more.2024-11-2812 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#3: Art, Share-Sapolsky childhood, Breaking Bad | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 3 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this episode, we discuss archaic hominins, genius and madness, the truth about the beard, and much more.2024-11-2811 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#2: Ideal weekend, baboon conflicts, Sacks’ disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 2 of our new series "Father-Offspring Interviews".2024-11-2810 min
Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews#1: Nauta, religiosity and anxiety, dessert/desert | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring InterviewsEpisode 1: In this very formal video, the first of a potential series, Professor Robert Sapolsky is joined by one of his Offspring to answer some of your questions.2024-11-2810 min
Align PodcastRobert Sapolsky: Are You Actually in Control of Your Life? | Align Podcast #518We dive into the mind of Robert Sapolsky, renowned neuroscientist, primatologist, and author, as he unpacks some of today’s most challenging questions about human nature, choice, and resilience. With over 30 years of research on baboons and human behavior, Sapolsky brings a unique lens to questions about free will, the effects of stress, and how trauma can reverberate through generations.
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Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate’s Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. His most recent book, Behave, was a New...2024-11-141h 13
The Spiritual Perspective226: The Science Behind Defeating Stress, Why There's No Such Thing as Free Will, and the Impact of Determinism on Society with Dr. Robert Sapolsky, Renowned Neuroscientist and PrimatologistIn this captivating episode of The Light Watkins Show, host Light Watkins sits down with the renowned Dr. Robert Sapolsky, a neuroscientist, primatologist, and acclaimed author of "Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers" and "Determined." Known for his extensive research on baboons and their stress-related behaviors, Dr. Sapolsky dives deep into his fascinating journey from growing up as an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn to becoming a leading voice on the science of stress and the concept of free will.Listeners will be intrigued as Dr. Sapolsky shares the pivotal moments that shaped his path, including his teenage re...2024-07-311h 21
The Doctor's ArtLiving Well Without Free Will | Robert Sapolsky, PhDMost of us take free will for granted — from the biggest of life decisions to choosing an ice cream flavor, we are generally capable of freely deciding how to think and how to behave without outside influence. But Robert Sapolsky believes our decisions cannot be disentangled from our genetics, environment, and neurobiology. In other words, to him, free will does not exist. Dr. Sapolsky, a neuroscientist and primatologist at Stanford University, is a leading thinker on the biology of stress, human behavior, neurodegenerative diseases, and the science of free will and determinism. He is the author of mul...2024-06-1853 min
Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingWhy There’s No Such Thing as Free Will w/ Robert SapolskyPlease join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥Whether or not there is free will has tortured scientists from many fields since philosophers in ancient Greece started wondering about it.But for one scientist, there’s no question about it…Meet neuroendocrinology researcher, bestselling author, and Stanford University professor – Robert Sapolsky! Sapolsky’s journey has led him from studying stress and neuronal degeneration in wild baboons in Kenya to exploring the relationship between schizotypal disorders and the emergence of shamanism a...2024-02-181h 15
Tom Bilyeu's Impact TheoryNo Freewill, No Purpose, No God? Only Way to Change Your Life in 2024 | Robert Sapolsky PT 2Welcome back to part two with renowned biologist Robert Sapolsky, who presents a compelling argument that free will is an illusion that is deeply rooted in our biology. His ground-breaking insights, as detailed in his book "Determined," challenge conventional wisdom and reshape our understanding of human behavior, asserting that we are in fact products of our biology, not the autonomous agents of free will you believe yourself to be.If you’re on the edge of your seat wanting more, check out Robert Sapolsky’s latest book, Determined, A Life Without Free Will: https://www.amazon.com/Dete...2024-01-101h 01
Tom Bilyeu's Impact TheoryNo Freewill, No Purpose, No God? Only Way to Change Your Life in 2024 | Robert Sapolsky PT 1I had a super compelling conversation with the legendary biologist Robert Sapolsky to challenge the concept of free will and pull together what can be done with these ideas when you feel lazy and lack purpose or direction.We dive into the unsettling reality that everything we perceive may just be a simulation, and how evolution has optimized us for survival, not accuracy. But don't despair! Even without god or free will, we discuss how you can still massively improve your life. We explore the societal implications of free will being an illusion and why a...2024-01-091h 10