#7: Punishment/reward, darting, the Offsprings | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring(s) Interviews

[@cabellocorto5586]

This family is just too adorable. The way he calls his wife "Mommy" to his kids is just so cute.

[@iamductri]

His students are so lucky to study and get mentored by him, luckily in this internet age almost everyone has access to Sapolsky and its a wonderful thing. All my homies love Sapolsky

[@mcd5478]

Cutest family!! ❤ My question: When will we meet Mommy?

[@Sylar-451]

If and when it's determined 😅

[@aquariuswithfire]

I hope you offspring realize how fortunate you are to have been born and mentored into such a wonderful family.

[@Cidnee454]

OhMyGosh… so desperately wanting to DART an Octogenarian!!😂😂😂 LOVE these family episodes; Thank You, SO much, for sharing!💖💕

[@noarelax]

...just pure delight to see "the beard" and his two lovely kids!🤗

[@naylojones7190]

Thank you for your support in science, the beard, and the Sun sneezing genes.

[@MrTuchat]

Holy macaroni is this family awesome, and we're pretty lucky we get to enjoy a bit of that time together. Thanks for that! All 3 of you are top notch, regardless of the propensity for cavities!!

[@isabt4]

ACHOO! Hilarious 😂 That was highly enjoyable, thank you to the three of you! And your adorable pawing doggy ❤

[@weston.weston]

I ❤ these three! I loved to see his smile when he saw both offspring. Who does not ❤ appreciate Dr. Sapolsky.

[@IrinaG-22]

Добрый день! Обожаю Роберта Сапольского💓💫💥🤩Благодарю за подкаст!

[@yaongingyfmm1571]

I love that these are getting gradually longer!

[@amusicment4829]

Yay, I love science and the beard with the Sapolsky offspring! ❤

[@lelandbefort]

I can't stop myself from complimenting the three of you on a great Episode 7. You must have worked very hard on it.

[@andrewbaker8373]

Your sons first question is so on point.

[@zahariachirica5466]

Mom is missing from the picture. It looks to me both son & daughter are father like. I am 65, romanian working & living in Italy, and I am so happy to see my favoured intelectual hero's family!😍

[@niklas_Slam_O]

..."because where Mercury is" LMAO that was good😂😂👏🏻

[@shaktizoom5236]

Such a cute ❤ family. We want to see their mom as well❤

[@danitajaye7218]

Absolutely love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Super smart people, all of you! Good reason to be proud, Dad!!!

[@thomasmaddox5638]

Enjoyed that so very much! I am so interested in Prof Sapolsky's work and try at least every day, to watch some of his lectures. He is incredible and a great inspiration in my life. Many thanks!!! Thomas Lund.

[@JakeTheo-sf5sj]

same, i watch his lectures or interviews every morning in the gym.

[@deserticus18]

awesome chemistry between all of you.....wait..what!! ...are they family??

[@fonsvandenhove]

Greetings from Estonia. Watching every episode.

[@carmenmccauley585]

Sun sneezer here. Love these. Big fan.

[@mrose6107]

I’m doing a marathon! Love every episode. Great stuff❤

[@jace3885]

Greetings from the Philippines, Dr. Robert and family! Absolutely loving the father and son offspring series! Thank you very much for all the wisdom and knowledge you've shared with us throughout the years. I had a question with regards to your thoughts on how our current everyday technologies (AI, Internet, Social Media) affects our neurological and biological makeup. Do you think the future generations will lose, evolve or inherit certain traits because of these tech?

[@VanillaGuerrillaRayGuevara]

Absolutely astonishing... wonderful

[@tanzil2244]

This series has been a joy to watch.

[@fabianamatano2512]

From Brazil here. Nice to see the male offspring as well!! Question: Prof, your writing style is distinguishable!! Millionaire vocab + tons of style. Do you have references of authors out of the world of science? What 's one of your non scientific fav book pls? How is your routine to write your fascinating books? Tks!!

[@briseboy]

A very common thing i noted concerning some North Asian and North American medicine persons, is that both the teachings, taking on of apprentices, and the community position of being an Evenk shaman, a Buryat olmen, or , using our translation again, Medicine person of North and Mesoamerican tribes, is that they are familial traditions. The practitioners run in families. An lrigin storry or two also point to the first selected person, talked with the animals, translating their language, which may mean something else entirely, as some of us are more attentive to meaningful behaviors of other species. That attentional skill is not more highly correlated with schizotypy. Much more can be said, as, for example, remembering the mnemonic symbols, petroglyph instructions that preceded highly symbolic writing, and which show remarkable consistency of mnemonic meaning, accurately, is a skill. The usage of plants, the often complex and numerous rituals, these tend to require that ease of learning, analogization, that MOST of a tribe would havve to forgo, just as most of any culture depend upon specialized professionals, be they artisans, musicians, rememberers. One of my psych instructors, who had a schizophrenic brother, pointed out how there was an hereditary component, telling us that creativity and schizophrenia were also significsntly more familially correlated. In a professional dance career, it is easily noticeable that prolific choreographers were NOT social, in the sense that schizotypals are socially uninterested, in comparison with dancers. Without delving further, several personality types regarded as abnormal, DSM, and other diagnostic evaluation, are increasingly regarded as stemming from relatively similar phenotypes. (on the latter issue, i find it more enlightening to become conversant with WHO as well as APA, differential diagnostics. Neuropsychology is essential, as are Dr. Sapolsky's and others' research into hormones as cognitive and behavioral differences. I only differ in not favoring such therapies, as much emotiocognitive stress arises from the cultures in which all humans are embedded!)

[@DCox87]

What a precious dog!!

[@ronynandu]

Mommy Sapolsky missing... Great video as always ❤

[@VaughanMcCue]

That was one hell of a treat to visit the Sap gang. ™ Thanks

[@escamoteur]

Loved that one, especially the one about the darting of baboons and other primates

[@christinley5213]

Ahcoo hhaha thats was good!! Ya got good kids… good job? Lol;) ok my question finally… what wise advice would you leave for your offspring? And one for the offspring if i could… what is your favorite memory with your wonderful dad?:) love this series… please keep doing this:)

[@Backyard.Archery]

Yeah for sun sneezers! Again, thank you for sharing.

[@VCE4]

That was indeed fun and interesting. Haven't heard before about this theory regarding how some psychological disorders remained in a gene pool, but now, yeah. It makes sense.

[@DavePace]

This came on me feed first thing this morning. It was a wonderful way to start the day. Extremely interesting information delivered by an extremely charming group. (Pup included!)

[@mellano3]

This was great!!! Thank you Sapolskys ❤

[@Ryco117]

These videos are so wholesome, entertaining, and full of interesting facts. Thanks for sharing

[@nnnnsaakadamanas218]

I had to Google to check whether 'Octogenerian' means Octopus Genetic researcher (or an Octopus Geneticist even)

[@seamouseable]

Hey Sapolsky kids, fun to see you doing this. I started using the film Stress: Portrait of a Killer years back in a study skills class that I grounded in stress awareness. Students were rapt. Lovely to see the young adults you've become.

[@nflorin1919]

What a wonderful family! Thanks for Share-ing :)

[@tracy9610]

I got that 😊

[@claudia.k.g.1271]

What a witty & funny episode! All my happy hormones are dancing right now! And the schizotypal teaching totally makes sense to me, especially when I look at what's going on in my own family.

[@Lyrielonwind]

I would love to know more about the genetic versus nature of narcissistic personalities. That's what runs in my family, although I believe it's nurture, I mean, the lack of proper nurture.

[@ms.communication8464]

Hey, excellent questions, Listeners! And I love the super nerdy joking around in this episode. 😄 I'm enjoying this entire series. Thank you

[@Ralph85Williams85]

Wow! You mentioned the work of Rizzolatti et al. (mirror neurons).

[@yasu4303]

In a purely deterministic world, punishment and reward don't make sense in terms of being a reaction to a past action, but would still play an integral role as a link in the causal chain of events that form future actions. As you said, some rewards ("you work so hard") are better at shaping future actions than others ("you are so smart"). Perhaps that changes the nature or application of them, maybe instead of "punishment and rewards" the positive/negative connotation is removed and we just call it something like "shaping" "guiding" "pruning" etc. There's plenty of room for re-imagining, but they do not need to be eliminated in order to maintain logical consistency.

[@bryanteaston7264]

I love these videos. I've learned a lot from watching Dr. Sapolsky's videos. It's good to see that he's a pretty regular guy in real life. The dog looking for attention makes me laugh as well. Mine does that too.

[@HughesHallinLA]

Really loving these Q & A videos!

[@LuisinaRosas]

I love these conversationsss, thank you!!!

[@KasperAnd132]

Ah, this a great concept :D

[@yupthatsright9856]

These videos are so sweet❤ much love from Denmark

[@msl8442]

Achoo that’s a good one😂

[@devos3212]

Get a podcast going!

[@terenzo50]

Brings to mind Julian Jaynes versus Cleckley-Hare-Kiehl.

[@GrowwithMOKY]

LOVE THESE!!!!

[@tammyscott9664]

Loving this!

[@Bikewer]

Fascinating ideas on schizophrenia!

[@nancychace8619]

Oh my goodness! You hit on a few subtle things. Nice to meet "Bro" - I can just see you all at card games. Of course, the way the cards fall depends on your eye color - just kidding 🙂 Smh - tomorrow I have to go to the dentist. One of my molars blew out. Actually, I probably popped a crown, but I digress. Phencyclidine. Eeesh! Does the memory come back? Sounds scary. Kind of reminds me of getting bitten by a rattlesnake. Don't go there. At least your baboons recover well from an anesthetic that only lasts so long. Around here every once in awhile someone has to dart a mountain lion that wonders into an area it doesn't belong or such. Always entertaining to hear of one wondering the streets of SF or somewhere - Btw, just found an article today with the usual annual Spring warning to watch out for rattlesnakes if you go out hiking. Tis the season. Thank you for sharing. Nice to have a little fun.

[@a.bodhichenevey1601]

So AWESOME!!!!!

[@dacisky]

These are so much fun! Have you considered writing a sf novel whear earthlings visit a world where knowing there is no free will is the norm? What would this world be like,especially if the males had pouches and raised the young...Just curious.

[@OzGoober]

gesundheit!

[@flamephlegm]

For everyone wondering I looked up Pneu Dart and they still sell the "Blo-Jector" for $99, so if you want to cosplay a primatology researcher this Halloween you better save your lunch money.

[@nancychace8619]

😄

[@dfinma]

10:49 Part of the answer could be we have out-evolved Mother Nature. IOW, through our intelligence, innovation, technology, etc., we can complete with MN's selective pressure in the sense that people with traits that would not have reproduced in the past -- that is, sexual selection would not have favored them -- can now reproduce thereby propagating this trait. Additionally, you can survive and reproduce mostly singularly whereas in the past you needed to be integrated in your tribe of 150. If your traits were such that you could not integrate with your tribe then either you were kicked out and died or otherwise couldn't reproduce. It could also be that modernity amplifies these traits/conditions -- sedentism, isolation, short-term gratification, coundless attention-grabbing things, general dread having to deal with innumerable strangers, shitty diet, institutions (wars, constant bombardment of bad news, grand-scale deception/propaganda, etc.) -- and evolution cannot keep pace with technology (

[@Lyrielonwind]

I agree, we are not progressing.

[@XYZ56771]

Thank you for great content!❤

[@davidwilkie9551]

Mirror Neurons are "merely" that intricate part of the human that echos inside-outside holographic positioning presence.. Let's go through the Looking Glass Universe analysis and just hang consciousness in No-thing Relativity, using Math-Physics and all the material Professor Sapolsky's works have contributed. This will be what, how and why inside-outside holographic positioning presence is teaching-learning continuity of us, the human family.

[@tarkovych]

Чудова сім'я. Чудовий контент.❤ Привіт з України!

[@treehuggr849]

Love this so much!

[@ephemeral_epiphanies]

I can't figure out who's more cute, Robert or his daughter. Mr. Sapolsky are you willing to give your blessing to a pair bond between me and your daughter. I promise to be deterministic.

[@venkataponnaganti]

Will you please answer me : Does my thinking and reflection change me?

[@matthewmccarter3284]

I'm about the same age as professor Sapolsky (66) and I wonder if he consciously considered his research in the manner that he raised his children?

[@Dman9fp]

Given that he's cool enough to tag along consistently for interviews, I'd say so. I've hardly had a real conversation with my father let alone I couldn't imagine doing a drawn out in depth podcast with him, various reasons lol

[@Lyrielonwind]

He's empathic and he knew what not to do to children. I'm guessing, of course but that's how I see it. I had a catastrophic lives being the scapegoat of my family from birth but I'm thankful I didn't have children. Since I found out about my narcissistic cult-like family I have been questioning about free will since manipulation, indoctrination and brainwashing is so extended in any system but still a taboo to talk about especially if is the mother who has the disorder.

[@tracy9610]

I think he was going to say that the schizotypal people end up reading fortunes and astrology and crystals and stuff. Oh, nevermind, they just said it for me. I paused too early 😂

[@davidwilkie9551]

I confess the difficulty of remaining in Agnostic neutrality in the face of emphatic religious astrology, epicycles, numerological abstractions and big bang type guessing games that all kept immediate observable phenomena away from serious scrutiny by unscientific mis labelling and systematic denigrating of unconformist reiterative analysis, from actual elemental first principles, if you know what they are, by Observation.

[@francoisperrin7397]

The question 4 has been answered intensely in two lectures fully available on KZbin (Schizophrenia) and Religion. You guys could have picked my question instead of that question 4 😭.

[@MechasCalvo]

Why do you kids have the last name Share-Sapolsky? You are a lovely and interesting family!

[@eniggma9353]

nice.

[@TheBaconWizard]

I guess one's inclination to dispense punishment or prasie are beyond concious control, and for the person being praised or punished you have become part of their environment that will act upon their biological inclinations.

[@susangravdahlparsons2684]

Offspring: may I be so bold to say that you have inherited your dad's sexy mind and appearance!

[@Lyrielonwind]

I'm terrible at games. I guess I don't get excited like most people do and since, they are games, I don't care much if I win or lose.

[@Al-cynic]

My Sangoma would like to have word with you!

[@russellfine3079]

Photic sneeze response. Is it an ashkenazi trait. I have it. In spades!

[@ishaadass]

❤❤❤

[@dietsoda1093]

YAYYYYYYY

[@dietsoda1093]

HI ROBERTRTTTTTT

[@margotholmes7857]

Where is you mother😊

[@curiousreporter4292]

Hi sir Sapolsky Shahid

[@unclefreddy2009]

This is the best keep doing these !!

[@laurapirate]

Is this the new Kardashians but with a family who are actually intelligent and talented?🤔😅

[@gailism]

These are such a delight to watch :)

[@ME-lx1du]

🧠❤👏👏👏

[@MTVBrat]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iV6TlWaZn8yZgsksi=vGtSBHlHB2182Y9q favourite tunes of the professor, please?

[@Lyrielonwind]

I would not be surprised if he says; Stairway to heaven...he reminds me of Robert Plant 😂 I have the same lion's hair 😂

[@jimhay4883]

never speed dad up our brains are slower than his :P

[@philosophicalmixedmedia]

Retrograde amnesia implies free will maybe because it deconstructs determinism.

[@Lyrielonwind]

Our brains are about survival. If something is too tough for your brain, it would be hidden somewhere in your subconscios. It's not an act of will because that choice doesn't come from your cortex but your limbic system.

[@philosophicalmixedmedia]

@@LyrielonwindThe concept of “subconscious” implies a prototype of anarchistic will which entails freedom from determinism.

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

I thought I was the only person that was horrible horrible at playing card games..Now i dont feel so bad..maybe its genetics!

[@Phawnreath]

:)😊

[@bostaurus1]

Is the son gay?

[@Lyrielonwind]

Why? Because he's no tatoos?

[@drhyshek]

Awful lot of sugary dripping praise comments that he says is irrelevant.

[@JoqToqyn]

these are so good!