#35: Anorexia Nervosa, Tribalism, Meditation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews

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That's how I got to know the good Doctor too!

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Was it during the early KZbin Atheist / Richard Dawkins era? That's how I discovered him at the time.

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[@ardentenquirer8573]

I wish to paraphrase the unshaven who made an excellent point: In my humble yet undeniably brilliant opinion, the sensible way to tackle this tribalism-this sneaky little in-group favoritism, that quiet, almost invisible bias for the familiar, especially as we, uh, mature-is to engineer situations where the “in-group” includes, well, literally everyone. That's right, folks! We’ve all got at least one thing in common: life! So let’s make the in-group the whole wildly colorful tapestry of humanity-no exclusions, no exceptions! Thanks for your time and effort(video)

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wow thankyou....i missed it, bye....grandfather richard

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[@thomasmaddox5638]

Very interesting topics today, especially the tribalism... explains some important aspects of 'cultural social mixing' and the difference it feels to be with people from your own background and upbringing (ie: one does not have to explain oneself all the time - common understanding!). Many thanks!!!

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Every video is truly incredible 💝

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Great episode, thank you!

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love that music stays with you even when dementia strikes

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Thank you so much for the infos!

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father and offspring brings joy to an old and alive 8 cycled grandfather i have new family thnx for reachin out to your fellow primates....

[@watcher1326]

"Not in my name" is a new idea to me and one that sounds like a really powerful influence on people's behavior. I hope I remember to pay extra attention to it.

[@fabian5002]

35 episodes already? Time flies!

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[@bh8281]

I really enjoyed this episode, thank you for the time and effort to put it together.

[@watcher1326]

Thanks for pointing out those anorexia myths.

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[@zezezep]

Great questions, especially about the anorexia nervosa brain

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Thank you so much! Love your channel!

[@hammersaw3135]

I do really short meditation in the evening. Long walks in nature work best for me, I had the alphabet soup of diagnosis at one point to.

[@jeremymr]

I was skeptical about Transcendental Meditation until I tried it. At the time I was in college and my teacher offered to teach me at a discounted price. TM does have some religious cultural influences and strange beliefs associated with it, and the guy who popularized this form of meditation (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) was sort of a shady character (John Lennon wrote Sexy Sadie as a diss track about him and a song called The Maharishi Song haha). But the practice itself is very calming for my anxiety and also energizing. My teacher described the 20-minute meditations as "money in the bank" to help you have a better day and I feel like that's really accurate. So is the description of going deep underneath the ocean to a place where the water is still away from the turbulent waves and stormy weather at the surface. Norman Rosenthal, the psychiatrist who first described seasonal affective disorder and developed light therapy to treat it, wrote a couple books about some of the studies related to TM and they are interesting.

[@greatedges]

Very interesting episode. Each question and their answers were of personal relevance and importance to me. Thank you both for this enriching series.

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Yes, I agree it very was interesting

[@tracy9610]

I found them all of personal relevance too. Very enjoyable.

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Good morning sir Sapolsky Shahid from India

[@robotempire]

good video

[@margotholmes7857]

💯 about meditation! And studies and 20 minutes a day of self care that is a health benefit ;)

[@cindyscott8470]

Not everyone can meditate, it is so not in my genes!

[@margotholmes7857]

@ totally fair but I bet you do a few things that count as mindfulness…any kind of exercise that is focused is mindfulness 😊

[@fullandempty]

you guys are my in group.

[@JohnGlen502]

If you can meditate, you probably are not a smoker, drinker, or addict. You probably are doing other things like eating right and going for a walk that also encourages mindfullness. Daughter is lucky to have a smart interesting dad! This is like a conversation around the dinner table I wish we had!

[@cindyscott8470]

I had anorexia as a teen and for many years after. I cannot even watch this episode.

[@влад-ф3ч1я]

thank you for the videos

[@brianjones6072]

good

[@MaxwellPietsch]

This is cool. I would caveat the meditation answer by saying that compassion meditation (also known as "the four immeasurables" or "metta") has effects other than just stress management. It makes people smile and changes the brain so that people have more frequent and lengthy and intense positive emotions, and plays a role with resilience. So there's more to meditation than just stress management, depending in part on which type of meditation you're referring to.

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Thanks Prof!

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What is 'Cognitive Dissonance'?

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That's what I'm saying 👍

[@oonaghcleary3645]

I have suffered with an eating disorder called ororexia all of my life and I agree it's down to my faulty biological luck I've recently researched that older parents can increase the likelihood of mental health conditions and I have 3 very old grandparents aged 62, 43, and 42 I believe we live in a cause and affect universe and so the ages our parents and are grandparents matter not enough is spoken about this topic so I have written a talk about this subject I want to prevent future suffering for our future generations

[@seanwelch71]

43 is not old for grandparents.

[@rorylippert247]

Love these podcasts, and I have a question!! I've heard people hypothesize that dragon myths are present in pretty much every culture because they represent an amalgymation of predators from our evolutionary history that it was adaptive for us to fear (wings of a bird of prey, body of a snake etc). Is it possible for 'archetypes' like a dragon to be hardwired into our brains by selection, and if so does this support the existance of a 'collective unconscious' shared by all humans? And follow up, could other intelligent animals with differing evolutionary roots have there own set of underlying 'archetypes'?? Would love to hear your thoughts!!

[@bebe8842]

20:00 How many years does it take for a person suffering from anorexia nervosa to develop all these harmful effects, especially on the brain?

[@yaongingyfmm1571]

I just want to let prof. Sapolsky know that, as instructed by Rachel last week, I went and bought Determined yesterday (read it already in the spring, through other methods wink wink). So you should be expecting a check pretty soon. On a serious note, as someone who meditates for 6 years now, using Waking Up by Sam Harris, I can confirm it works, at least for me. Once you make a habbit out of it, you just do it automatically, sometimes because you feel the need for it, since it's beneficial.

[@tracy9610]

I started out reading Sam's book and meditating on my own. I never actually tried the app though because I found a Buddhist sangha that I love ⭐️

[@yaongingyfmm1571]

​@@tracy9610Congrats. I got to it after reading Sam's book, and the app is worth every penny. There is so much information on it, so many teachers with different types of meditation, the quality of the guidance is top notch.

[@yaongingyfmm1571]

​@@tracy9610Congrats. I got to meditation after reading Sam's book, I registered for the beta version of Waking Up for Android and have been meditating ever since. I don't know if I could've done it on my own, the app is great, it has a lot of information on it, worth every penny. There also many teachers on it, with different types of meditations and instructions for them.

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​@@tracy9610For whatever resons youtube wont post my reply... anyway, Sam's app is great and I don't know if I could've gotten into meditation without his guidance.

[@yaongingyfmm1571]

​​@@tracy9610Congrats. I also read the book and after got the app, it was still in the Android beta mode, so I was on it from the start. I don't think I would've managed, to get into meditation, without Sam's guidance. The app is worth every penny, it has a huge amount of information, also teachers who teach different types of meditation.

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[@JaneDoe-ft8sz]

I have a question regarding anorexia. Is there a difference between anorexia and compulsive dieting/exercise? In my late teens I started dieting and it started to have a life of it's own. Even though I knew I was too thin (I would wear layers of clothes to look bigger) I just couldn't make myself eat more than say 500 calories a day. My understanding was that anorexics continue to think they are fat. I've wondered if I had more a form of OCD. It all changed one day, when I got off my exercise bike (I rode it exhaustively) and ate a cheese sandwich and then another. I tried going back to the bike but I was TIRED. LOL. The compulsion was gone. Of course then I started to overeat again.

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You escaped, you are lucky,

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14.5 thousand people so far professor

[@merlejohnson7069]

Does he read the questions beforehand or just answer them on the spot?

[@ishaadass]

lol this was great.

[@RobBominaar]

Ha, ha, ha, I have the same effect trying to meditate.

[@noone-t7b]

There is a core subject like math or English that is required in human science, not yet there. When talking zen it's the new tie, or new dress, something not noticed when walking in the room. It pulls all the mini subjects together, as a no one it is easy to 'see' without a conflict of interest. It's social organisation.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Thanks for another great episode! Anorexia is fascinating and terrible at the same time. I hope we can find a cure some day.

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How can I send my questions through?

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[@OngoGablogian185]

Does anorexia have any parallels with transgenderism? In that their sense of self does not conform to reality, and while there's a starving individual presented to the external world, in their mind they believe themselves to be something different (i.e. overweight) Or do most anorexics realize they are as gaunt as they are but keep restricting calories for other reasons?

[@julesc1665]

I recommend you watch Neuro-biology of Trans sexuality by Robert Sapolosky which is highly enlightening

[@dhschneider7945]

I have been thinking about how being patriotic can increase who counts as ingroup. For instance, in Iraq a few years ago there were Shia Iraqis who were demonstrating against Iran. Iran is Shia. These Iraqi Shia were shouting Iran out, Iraq for Iraqis. So maybe Iraqi Sunni and Shia can come together over their shared patriotism and rid themselves of the forces tearing them apart.

[@cliflord9244]

Very much enjoyed this as usual. In terms of anorexia, it is a dysfunction primarily rooted in control seeking. I wonder if you would agree, regarding the concept of behavior, that behaviors, especially those deemed innate, are equivalent to ideas? For example, when it comes to in grouping - something that clearly seems hardwired into our brains - isn't that more of an idea (you are like me and I like that) than it is a behavior (shivering when it's cold, laughing involuntarily)?

[@Yoseb-d6g]

Have any advice for the world today , after the election ?😢

[@NancyLebovitz]

One more myth about anorexia-- people with anorexia aren't necessarily thin-- a severely underfed fat person will also beak damage.

[@dinborough]

«I no longer have the kishkes to eat kishkes” 😅

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Ah! Can science or anything explain Guilliani being a Yankee fan...in Brooklyn...in the fifties...?

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I never wrote a comment on a KZbin video because the uploader asked for it, but if the KZbinr is a Sapolsky then I just can't help it...

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I'm always fascinated by the caviler way in which this guy can describe the method for making baby rats with a preference for lemon water. One of my questions (still working on the phrasing) has to pertain to the begrudging usefulness of animal studies. I'm not a vegan, but some of these just sound difficult with empathy.

[@julesc1665]

I am vegan and it genuinely hurts my heart to hear such things described! (it actually hurt my heart just as much before I was vegan!) I must equally confess to being somewhat fascinated by the results though I could never condone them taking place

[@marksteiger2014]

Tribalism re Israel and Palestine: Would a one state solution in which populations enter into a shared project in which they co-determine their futures together be the best way to create a larger sense of tribe? A single state with equal rights for all and in which a covenant is made guaranteeing refuge for Jews should they ever face persecution anywhere in the world would require a level of empathy development currently difficult to imagine, but it would be a shared project. A reminder that Jews, Christians, and Muslims lived peacefully as next door neighbors for hundreds of years in West Asia. The two state solution seems more practical, but neither side is likely to feel content with half of that which they believe is theirs. The two state solution requires little to no empathy development and it might seem more expedient, but it also seems likely to reinforce tribalism. As an aside, Daniel Kahneman believed that peace would come from brilliant leadership, not from a peoples' movement.

[@freyc1]

"Jews, Christians and Muslims lived peacefully as next door neighbors for hundreds of years in West Asia" is only true if you look at it from very far.

[@marksteiger2014]

@@freyc1 It's something I wasn't aware of until fairly recently. Always more to learn, but relations and improvements in equality were commendable especially in the 1800s especially considering the times. They were looking after each other's kids regardless of religion.

[@suzettevanderwalt9262]

My brain is too noisy to meditate, maybe that is why I have high blood pressure.

[@hailynewma9122]

have you tried meditative movements like tai chi and such. and there is literally a method called “awareness through movement” where you tune in to your sensations and intentions while moving which helped me a great deal with noisy brain. not sure about the blood pressure thing though

[@cindyscott8470]

Go for a run, today, tomorrow, 10 days straight, then take your BP.

[@Ronanjust8338]

Your Statment against Bibi not only that it was not in place but it makes me feel that you lack a lot of knowledge and information about the Middle East history customs and much more. I recommend you to get your info from Israeli academia people. Right of the political spectrum.

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[@pxp175]

Very smart man, but it is always better when he speaks of science. Better to leave the politics out in my opinion. When he speaks about political issues, he forgets the more evidence based approach. I am not sure that that "planet is melting" for example 😂😂.

[@stevenlaube7535]

It hurts i know but it habituation get over , still can we talk about something important like how beautiful your daughter look with her hair tossed and wild her ,full bust and hot bod . i was not shore how to arrange theses but it a poo thing so i knew you like it its an origin story about as interesting as yours ,Did " meditation" and so religion derived because of constipation , it being an origin story of devils and demons and possession ,, ? , probably ,,,, look i am sorry if i was flippant about you opened up to us about your up bringing it must have been tough , so i will share , I was wiped as a child and the only way i found to stop them was to laugh and complement,there efforts so as you could imagine i can be a bit over reactive you believe any thing😇.great show strange title , wish i had children but i am a man

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