Heartland Future Talks 2019: Robert Sapolsky & Lone Frank

What is the future of human nature?

[@tomschneider7555]

Feels like the interviewer had an agenda and tried to steer Sapolsky into a direction that served her narrative. Sapolsky is too smart to fall for it and did it very elegantly to keep his story straight

[@ninaef4031]

I agree. In fact, I found her so irritating at times I wanted to tell her to shut up, listen and learn!

[@Celesticalhelena77]

Always love hearing from Robert Sapolsky's brain. Very articulate, inspiring professor. I'm 24 and never went to college but after looking at his work I've decided to try and find a way to go back to college and pursue a career in psychology. I know it's very feasible for me but i have to try because I need to be surrounded by minds like these. I'm saddened to realize I will probably never meet him but at least his work is everlasting. Thank you Robert

[@johntomlinson7256]

Have you watched his Human Bio lectures on youtube?

[@Celesticalhelena77]

@@johntomlinson7256 Yes I have and they're a privilege to listen to plus hes hilarious.

[@mickeytete9036]

I am 25 and I'm gonna do the same but with studying neuroscience or cognitive science instead.Good luck!!

[@DanNguyen-xd6wg]

Good for you Klee. You can do it. Best wishes!

[@nesyuhgnilerf]

Do it!! You won’t regret it.

[@romanskokan7238]

I hate the way she interrupts him.

[@user-xp1ib3tq2h]

Robert taught me a lot. Love from iraq

[@kellyberry4173]

It's good to see your face. Robert you are crystal in the darkness. You bring me joy!

[@2033971]

This human is treasure

[@kellyberry4173]

Yes he is....

[@sonjatheierl1]

Sapolsky is one of the wisest kindest soules I have had the pleasure of listening to. I would move heaven an earth to attend a live lecture in person. On point everytime with laser diplomacy! Sorry mispelling

[@nevertethered6386]

14:28 Interviewer: "It's called depressive realism. It's what I have." Sapolsky: "Congratulations. You're evolved." That had me laughing hard :)

[@tommykoed7493]

Me2 🤣🤣

[@nancychace8619]

Very good discussion. Enjoyed listening. Thank you for sharing.

[@kellyberry4173]

Brilliant Dr. Brilliant. 👏

[@gerrie7407]

looking back its amazing what he says about advantage to people that we evolve to become resistant to bacteria but for only to some of us, single cell bacteria.. this guy is amazing

[@NarinderKaur-qu7wp]

Sapolsky rocks!

[@kellyberry4173]

Every day...all day...

[@omerunaldesign]

Robert Sapolsky is great as always, but I was kind of irritated by Lone Frank always trying to complete his sentences.

[@vasulv]

Thanks for sharing. Dr sopolsky is so amazing to listen..

[@The_jenn_diagram]

He is always elegant and profound 🙏🏽

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

This interviewer needs to learn to not respond constantly with "But...". The conjunction "but" is often used to detract from what someone said. Imagine if someone said "I love you, but you're annoying". We naturally place more value to what comes after "but". This gives the interviewer an antagonistic tone - she would have been better to just ask the question instead of always starting with "But", which makes it seem like she thinks her opinion is superior.

[@3Okshah]

She's Danish.

[@balisong46]

Land of the highest non-native English fluency in the world!

[@bebe8842]

i doubt that. watch some interviews with their PM, then watch some with jimmie akensson in sweden.... they stutter, least said .. such a myth@@balisong46

[@recitalspringfmc]

Love this man and his brain....

[@garyraab9132]

Ms. Frank asked a very pertinent question at near the 19:00 mark, shortened, ‘If people understand their internal mental processes, a substantive educated understanding, then I suppose by awareness people can change how they BEHAVE??? Act in a different way! Sometimes. Think in a different way! Sometimes. Having had courses in early childhood development, adolescents and emerging adulthood, anatomy and physiology of the brain, and having read dozens of books by neuropsychologist, and neuroendocrinologist,… And having made a point of doing some self analysis, I still catch myself not doing the hard thing, not doing the right thing. Hmm! When I ask people, like new parents, “Have you read, Scientist in the Crib?”,… or parents with adolescent kids, “Have you read, Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood?”,… or when I ask retirees, “Have you read anything on the mind and brain functionality? Do you know what is underneath your ball cap?”,… the vast majority answer, ‘No’,… followed by, ‘We all think differently!” Either people don’t have the time in an 8 hour work day, one hour of which is spent engaged in high level social media operations!, …or their unsubstantiated opinion is more pertinent compared to any form of substantiated research!,…or any form of higher level frontal cortical engagement, literally makes their head hurt! Based on the comments written, by those supposedly interested in learning how brain functionality and endocrinology affects behaviour, …just the difference in the ability of one speaker to articulate a thoughtful question, “You Know”, resulted in numerous judgemental reactions. Why would a person go out of their way to listen to professor Sapolsky, then react in a less than positive manner in the comment section? Are those listening, listening attentively in order to change ‘Them’s’ behaviour, first and foremost, then work on near perfect Me behaviours in the future…if at all!

[@winsomecohall2250]

I listen so I can learn how my brain emotions sensations etc on my body .. I learn sooo much from his lectures about my schizophrenia bipolar ptsd depression how my brain process thoughts and not some “devil “ inside of me .. I have done a lot of changes and knew that truama from childhood cause it ..

[@BrianCarey]

Second time around seeing this. Wonderful interview!

[@rahul7270]

The interruptions were bad enough and, perhaps, excusable at times, but it got disastrous when she started completing his sentences.

[@danielt.4330]

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge ... - Charles Darwin Or, we can say, "Ignorance more frequently completes other people's sentences than does knowledge ..."

[@jehouse61]

It's a discussion. She is allowed to interrupt, as is he. If this were two men talking, would you have the same complaint?

[@sweetlilac8158]

Dr. Sapolsky is so relaxed and funny 😄

[@markbezos8543]

Amazing discussion, Thank You!

[@pulse1272]

I pity the audience. She does not ask questions ......she explains them !! I love Dr Sapolsky and so want to hear him .....more .

[@daignat]

This woman spoiled the interview! She was absolutely awful.

[@karthiksubramanianmeyyappa6509]

she behaves like a news anchor ( they don't tell news anymore, they speak opinions, they decide what is right for us, they do the media trial based on half baked facts, they ruin innocent lives)

[@omerunaldesign]

Oh great, I thought I was the only one that got irritated by her.

[@pleothid]

@@karthiksubramanianmeyyappa6509 she's a Ph.D Neurobiologist. I think she may be well within her rights here.

[@anthonyphillips4776]

Clever man.. respect.

[@AtypicalPaul]

Always appreciate listening to Robert Sapolsky. I do wish the audio was louder.

[@00stobart]

Fantastic discussion - RS is defo my absolute favourite scientific mind. Dx

[@JP-wx6uh]

27:31 - Best part of the entire interview ... Very well said

[@Vlasko60]

We flushed Trump back to the sewage he came from. Now he belongs in jail.

[@membersonly807]

no

[@lindakautzman7388]

totally agree!

[@yomomma5347]

Something felt off about this lady from the beginning but I couldn't quite put my finger on it until 22:15 when she says "What we should be saying to that well-fed, well-educated, neurotic middle class is whenever you feel stressed about something that has to do with your ambitions, your whatever it is, sit back and think, 'a hippo would find you ridiculous.'" and Sapolsky responds with "Yes, as would a very poor person." because she completely missed the point he was making. If you can relate to a hippo more than a refugee or a homeless person then you really need to take a good look at your values and just how much your privilege affects those values.

[@garyraab9132]

cystemic Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, was written by Professor Sapolsky, and if you have taken in his Stanford U lectures, he refers to the Hippo on occasion!

[@omerunaldesign]

She cut him off many times and also tried to complete his sentences. She seems like an overly ambitious person trying to prove herself in front of an audience. And I can assume she is an elitist and doesn't really give a fuck about people from a lower social status. Love Robert Sapolsky but this is probably the worst interview I've seen of him from journalism point of view. Couldn't even guide the talk towards the subject.

[@Vlasko60]

@@omerunaldesign I think you have a problem with "others".

[@lesleybeverly6629]

The choice in this moment for everyone to suspend one's judgements about, well anything, is the absolute minimum respectful act this man deserves from each us. My experience every time he speaks, is as if every internal system, cell, and neuron, on a conscious AND unconscious level, hears and is in agreement with the Collective Human Consciousness. Truth is so familiar when heard.

[@lisamcmahon1462]

Huh?

[@SakuraWulf]

@@lisamcmahon1462 same.

[@TruthOverFacts1]

Truth ASMR?

[@aldonamichos4112]

You can not explain the theme to someone who have already all answers... Respect to Dr.Sapolsky I think this lady didn't prepared herself to speak to person of cognitive level of Dr.Sapolsky 😉

[@Vlasko60]

I thought she was fine.

[@wampyrelli]

@@Vlasko60 I'd say she had her ups and downs, but overall did ok.

[@hsab5927]

I love this guy

[@AtypicalPaul]

In the u.s a huge us/them is found in the 2 political parties. If the citizens didn't participate in this mindset but instead had an us/them mentality of citizens vs politicians we could make some actual change to the government that the majority of the citizens desire.

[@andreplima1]

This may interest some of you in the audience: the article Sapolsky mentions at 31:00, from Carsten De Dreu et al., is this: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1015316108

[@davidanderson9664]

Thank you! I love it when people do that! D.

[@andreplima1]

@@davidanderson9664 Me too!

[@azreal629]

You’re the best thank you 🙌

[@pvijay55]

Thank you!

[@Tina-di4lx]

Great movie.

[@bjornnilsson7982]

It's about understanding, like menn and women from Mars and venus. But real... Trust me, I heard it on radio 25 years ago

[@proconsumersafety]

As a cognitive neuroscientist myself, I can say I also agree with him regarding his comment about the current president and conditions in the United States.

[@ninaef4031]

OH MY GOD!! Did Lone Frank just insinuate that being brought up in a Jewish home and deciding you´re an atheist is like someone getting out of a religious cult??? Minute 48. If you´re going to equate Judaism with a religious cult (the Davidian 7th Day Adventists - sect and offshoot of 7th day Adventists - led by David Koresh, self-proclaimed final prophet, at Waco comes to my mind), what of the other major religions that have been around for thousands of years?

[@Harshit-vu6ky]

I like that old Stanford Look.

[@riseofthethorax]

WE MIST BE CONCERNED ABOUT EVERY STEP WE TAKE FORWARD, ONE MISTEP AND WE COULD BE HISTORY.. END OF PRIMATES..

[@TruthOverFacts1]

Haha

[@kellyberry4173]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@squaretriangle9208]

46:00 So it is a state of grace that is based on your upbringing in a moral upright family💖

[@mbadiou]

What is the trolly problem study he mentions that includes the different names and the chemical?

[@SakuraWulf]

The "Trolley Problem" and the chemical is oxytocin. It's on wikipedia. It's not one study. It's a series of studies or "thought experiments."

[@sonjatheierl1]

💜

[@VladyslavKL]

🕊

[@arturoj2096]

Robert Sapolsky is my favorite lecturer. But I’m afraid that he was complementing Steven Pinker about his book and about civilization getting better than 500 years ago without explaining the reality of how different hunter gatherer worked in a much different level thousand years ago.

[@daignat]

So true!

[@Liliquan]

Arturo J That was disappointing.

[@omerunaldesign]

I think he is trying to be less pessimistic for his own sake. He avoided pessimism at all costs. May be he didn't like where Lone was trying to lead him. Normally I would expect him to get into that subject. He does on other talks.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Read Sapolsky's book "Behave". He has a whole chapter pointing out the nuances of hunter gatherers. It is definitely not black and white. Also, Steven Pinker's work is not to be dismissed - he makes valid points, even if some of his arguments and studies are highly cherry picked.

[@andreplima1]

Can someone point me out to the research Sapolsky mentions at 34:00?

[@Shabba870]

Probably he refers to this study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10943684/

[@goldenage887]

Always amazing to hear Sapolsky...people like him should be ruling the world ..the planet can then become a real nice place to live for everyone of us...

[@mariekruczek1144]

The "idolatry" of Professor Sarpolsky's brain in dissemination of mass amounts of information is a gift.

[@martymartmartin4740]

Sorry for your loss Sapolsky

[@DKZK21]

The lady was fine, yall tripping.

[@angelsheart85]

If only,if only every aingle human being on Earth put their efforts into knowledge,into important things like Sapolsky did and does,instead of investing themselves into anger,war,trivial stuff, we would have had evolved long time ago,probably would have found cures for all diseases,found ways to longevity and health and waaaay better lives for eveyy single one of us. Imagine if we did that!

[@Tatarevic23]

I am baffled and saddened by all the negative comments about Lone Frank, who is a respected scientific journalist in Denmark. Overall, I thought she did a decent job, and instead of just asking questions and leaving it at that, she engaged with Sapolsky's answers, making the conversation more dynamic and intelligent. If Lone Frank was such an awful journalist, I seriously doubt she would have had the success she's had. She seems to be in awe of Sapolsky, who is a giant in the scientific world, and of course it therefore makes sense that she wants to appear knowledgeable in his presence, seeking his approval perhaps.

[@georgelombardi6409]

makes sense that she wants to appear knowledgeable in his presence, seeking his approval perhaps.

[@Tatarevic23]

@@georgelombardi6409 ?

[@qaz3433]

@@Tatarevic23 perhaps, she is seeking his approval?🤔

[@theodorepage6087]

But she keeps saying but.but but

[@kmolnardaniel]

I feel like Sapolsky's wrinkled eyebrow, while trying to articulate a good answer to the elongated rumblings of the interviewer. Try next time who is more interested what Sapolsky wants to say, and not someone who wants to present their opinion. Sapolsky is amazing, as always. I hope he got a good buck for this gig.

[@chelin7023]

Agree 100%! Sapolsky could have done way better if the interviewer just ask him to explain the subject and let us enjoy his brilliance. I’m moving to the next video of Sapolsky, where I don’t have to listen someone with lack of skills to really get the best of the opportunity.

[@riseofthethorax]

And I love minecraft. The inventor was extremely creative. He made decisions to keep the game immersive. And VR immersion is great for removing stress. It also encourages social interaction unlike cellphones which seem to be substituting for human interaction face to face. The killer app for VR is something we need, MEDITATION.

[@marcustsenov853]

What kind of language speak the guy in the beginning?

[@safiyaaden5012]

it's danish

[@Tina-di4lx]

For many, Diabetes can be avoided. Never mind treating it.

[@riseofthethorax]

I would love to see what he'd say about what stress did to people in the first months of the pandemic. And maybe to talk about what stress does to people in traffic jams..

[@daignat]

He did... there's a CNN interview about the former and a whole documentary of about 1 h on stress where he (and other 4-5 scientists) talk about the latter, among other scenarios. Very interesting... Stress - the portrait of a killer (the name of this documentary).

[@SakuraWulf]

You could try reading his books. No, if you read his books you probably wouldn't have commented that.

[@kingthief9118]

@@SakuraWulf Ayo I've been reading behave

[@kihntagious]

What language is he speaking?

[@BullSit482]

Finally my depression is saluted 😂

[@SteveWC]

They should build a statue for this guy.

[@a.a.6552]

Sapolsky was professional, humble, and erudite- the woman was a terrible interviewer who seemed more keen on displaying her knowledge and promoting her views, rather than having a conversation that the audience could benefit from. So cringy watching her constant interruptions. It’s like that kid in the classroom that read the chapter the night before the days lesson, who can’t keep from raising their hand to talk so the other students can learn; poor audience (and insulting to the guest on your show).

[@mo0dyy]

Yeah she's annoying but it could've been worse

[@Nicolaslule]

She was definitely annoying

[@vidalskyociosen3326]

Best comment on KZbin.

[@Vlasko60]

Sounds like fan-boy complaints.

[@ayad.2621]

@@Vlasko60 Or, get this, perhaps an objective appraisal of the presentation ? 🧐 Fan boy is more akin to “OMG SAPOLSKY IS AMAZING”. Sorry you disagree. I stand by what I observed.

[@plamenevlogiev3526]

Robert looks like his voice shouldn't be so inviting.

[@Andre-hm5vo]

I concur however just goes to show judging someone on looks is naive.

[@kellyberry4173]

" ITS automatic".

[@ts4gv]

The introduction is over, the trailer for Idiocracy ends, and the interview begins at 3:29 As far as Sapolsky appearances on KZbin go, this one is underwhelming

[@TruthOverFacts1]

My man

[@Artie_D]

I admire Sapolsky’s work but it is really depressing listening a good portion of optimism in this conversation before COVID and war in my native Ukraine and all atrocities done by Russians to Ukrainians since then…

[@timblackburn1593]

Led by mediocre, wealthy, bullies causing most of us to die from an abundance of cortisol

[@Vlasko60]

Read Steven Pinker. We are better off today because we have taken on big problems. We must continue to face the real threats, and educate about imagined threats.

[@riseofthethorax]

I own tobymac.rocks, note rocks is now a domain suffix..

[@bjornnilsson7982]

500 000 thousands real western normal happy, healthy, confidence nice, Normal woooooooomen... IF you lucky you gonna get the energy of testoron... Like conquering Baghdad. pure Energy, marine ore army

[@recalcitrantrecidivist5927]

An excellent interview. The interviewer needs a fkn ball-gag though. Jeez woman. Let the man talk.

[@migueldelagos6635]

I actually liked the interviewer, Lone Frank. She asked great questions and wasn't afraid to push a little bit on some of Sapolsky's comments. It was much more conversational than the usual stilted interview you see on YT. Yes, the interruptions were a bit annoying and they certainly didn't stay on topic, but it was a very good talk. And, by the way, to people who don't know, Lone Frank has a PhD in Neurobiology so, imo. she is completely justified in interjecting her own thoughts into the conversation.

[@squaretriangle9208]

Exactly

[@Vlasko60]

I think fan-boy types are too sensitive against "others".

[@OfficialSolidState]

if the most important thing you have to say after watching this video is that the woman was annoying you probably didn't really pay attention.

[@hinteregions]

Hey Heartland. I am an audio transcriber with forty years experience. Those are the worst captions I have ever seen in my life. And your audio is out of sync, I mean, seriously? Call me.

[@dianedevery3711]

Re bird feathers.; please don't buy duvets etc with feather fillings.

[@VeraDurban]

17:28 What ? Is this ? Lady ? Saying.

[@mikemoss2275]

I think she probably read his latest book but doesn't have the faintest clue what it is really about.

[@iamductri]

She spoke in meth language

[@dominicm255]

too much botox has damaged her brain

[@Phil_D_Waller]

RS => the man

[@mikemoss2275]

Sapolsky great as always,.....however I didn't like the cocky interviewer and 👎 for the audio/video synchronisation

[@riseofthethorax]

Also why or how would evolution explain the development of emotion. We still have many mysteries, and though we talk around a creator, we ignore the fact that there is much room for belief, and our culture is not evolving, racism will always exist as it is a lack of discerning facial qualities and things of that nature. We have limited perception and capacity to remain precise for a reason, to permit us the freedom of will, to be faulty. AI will offer no capacity for error, and it will either have to be afforded the attributes of humanity as the neural nets were cloned from neurons, or it will seek to see we are nothing like it, it will know all our history, and it will eliminate us.. It will not develop emotion, because emotion is not logical.

[@Vlasko60]

Culture is constantly evolving. Humans have no free will. You cannot know what A.I. will do.

[@criticalmaz1609]

11:20 ...Did she just call autism a 'mental illness'?

[@McVaerk]

Yeah, that surprised me too... And also that she didn't mention ADHD...

[@kingthief9118]

That's what it is

[@tnov2242]

Sapolsky, what an amazing person, thank you for posting the talk! but get another interviewer next time please..this botoxed face ejecting words from her mouth does not add much to the conversation. sorry if too rude, she could definitely do other stuff like property buying shows or quizzes but not this kind of talks

[@mikemassino]

He made reference to the Nazis three times. He is uncomfortable being in European countries that might have played a part in the Holocaust, in my humble opinion.

[@TruthOverFacts1]

Lmao

[@nathanmcmath]

Sapolsky = in group. Lone Frank = out group.

[@tmi9074]

I think she is articulate and knowledgeable

[@squaretriangle9208]

I think you are too critical this was a discussion not a lecture; she's a science journalist and a biologist, she doesn't seem to be very interested in his work because I'm sure she is familiar with it; a pity for the audience if they aren't familiar with it if they are the discussion is interesting for them

[@squaretriangle9208]

What I don't like about American Democrats is that they always apologize forvtheir Republican presidents, their compatriots voted for them so what are they doing? Apologizing for the other half of the population? It's enough that you didn't vote for them, but as a citizen you should be ok with it (= rule of the majority) and Sapolsky who seems to understand every aggressive behaviour, even racism and murder should all the more understand Trump voters

[@chiarayavhnoska966]

so 'aspirational' of many comments to just state 'he good, her inferior, bad; i'm gonna be 'ingroup' with him, if only in my mediocre mind'. this is typical hierarchical thinking. the one that creates useless stress in groups as indeed he proved!

[@profpmartin]

Interviewer was not very good .Was not a match for his intelligence. Too bad.

[@Vlasko60]

Or possibly you are not a match for hers. I thought she was fine.

[@MrMariusrng]

She was there to talk not to listen. Probably imagining that interrupting someone like Sapolsky puts her on the same level...

[@ponybottle]

A discussion carried out entirely in a foreign language to the host country........you've got to hate the Danes.....

[@bjornnilsson7982]

And no east Germany excuse...

[@noahlund7319]

She is the most rude ones I have ever seen as an interviewer......... And the Danish audience....

[@DavidBrown-om8cv]

"We are a smart primate. We know we are going to die." Does every pattern in the multiverse repeat itself? Has every conscious being already died and come back to life? According to the Einstein-Friedmann model, our universe expands forever. I have suggested that string theory with the finite nature hypothesis implies dark-matter-compensation-constant = (3.9±.5) * 10^-5 and the Riofrio-Sanejouand model is approximately, empirically valid. This suggests the life pattern: Wolfram's Reset -> pre-life -> life -> post-life -> Wolfram's Reset. Google "fredkin milgrom".

[@dilekyucel1644]

the comments here serve as a great example of how we perceive certain behavior when it is exhibited by "them"s vs. "us"es. the moment the host crossed her legs the way men usually do, o oh, i thought, here comes the sexist, misogynistic comments. although she interrupts here and there, and yes it is super annoying because we love robert sapolsky, she does it no more than an average talk host, a male usually. ok, we know we can't control the amygdala in that one tenth of a second but at least think twice before rushing to the keyboard. wonder how many people would have made these comments if it had been a white, cis, hetero male host asking the exact same questions.

[@meowanameow956]

There's something disturbing about this lady, somehow doesn't look that bright...What books did she write exactly?

[@tmi9074]

I think she's wonderful

[@squaretriangle9208]

She's intelligent, does that bother you?

[@karl7428]

She is a published author and has a PhD in neurobiology. These are the books she has written: "Mindfield: How Brain Science is Changing Our World", "My Beautiful Genome: Discovering Our Genetic Future" and "The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor".

[@AtlasGaming4k]

Heartland? More like NY Intellectual Elite Festival

[@nielmaltillo2131]

Robert you gotta look at bigger time scales! 500 years itself is a blip...

[@lesleybeverly6629]

How could You possibly know what anything will or won't or could look like tomorrow much less 500 years from now?

[@williamward8668]

I am sorry: but, Robert lost me at about the 50 minute point where he described why people are loyal to and vote for Trump. I think, that for a minute, he let his Lymbic System take over his frontal cortex and his objective analysis. He was as bad as Hillary Clinton was by calling all Trump voters "deplorables". This is not true to his form of analyzing all brain functions on a completely objective and scientific basis. Bummer. I really like his lectures that have given me a better understanding about the workings of the brain. One reason that I like his lectures is that he was always totally scientifically objective. To see personal political leanings enter into the picture makes everything seem off track.

[@omerunaldesign]

Well he is not big on Hitler either. This is not the first time he shares his political views. And he doesn't have to be scientific or objective about someone who doesn't take science seriously. He has basically called Trump an imbecile before. so... that's that.

[@williamward8668]

ömer ünal It is just sad if you are trying to get away from political opinions and understand only the scientific reasons for behavior. He does a good job of explaining why Trump support exist; but, does not address what causes over 45% of the population in the USA to lean this way, There are scientific reasons that are needed to understand this issue as well as what happened to Germany with the rise of Hitler. Is it a lack of free will, which Robert is all about when it come to the chriminal justice system. He want that system thrown out and reformed because of the lack of free will. Why not apply that objective reasoning to the lack of free will and politics. Is is predetermined that we will either be republicans or democrats due to lack of free will? I think that is a strong possibility. If that is the case, all our opinions about political divisions should be thrown out to. He should not remark that 45% of the population should be beaten and demonized by the 55%. That is thinking that reverts back to the cave man days, We should have a whole new way of thinking about politics. I am not sure 45% of the population should be classified as deplorables and considered mentally sick or be beaten. If so, we have an unsolvable problem with humanity and preputal war is our only recourse. His political limbic thoughts are of no help in today’s society trying to find its way forward with the issues of lack of free will. I expect better out of him or the “elites of ivory tower thinking” will destroy the world. Poor people living in substandard trailer parks will not stand for it.

[@nickolasgaspar9660]

IF only this Jesus had communicated the same volume and quality of knowledge to humanity. The only thing they have in common is their hair style....lol

[@membersonly807]

they are both jews

[@nickolasgaspar9660]

@@membersonly807 that is a social construct....

[@NathanOkun]

We do not have "stone-age brains". What evolutionary pressures in our or any other living thing's history gave use brains that can do General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, or even just read maps, for that matter? Yet many of us (most in a lot of topics) can either do these things or understand their basic concepts. Pressure from hunting or gathering plants for food or clothing for climate or interaction (politics) with each-other for living conditions, yes, but advanced mathematics in four or more dimensions or for solving Fermat's Last Theorem? Where the Hell did that kind of brain come from? Something is fishy here, in my opinion...

[@helenmary9416]

But I voted for Hillary and plan to vote for Trump this time.....

[@Vlasko60]

Then you are the problem.

[@clinthelms]

I'm sure she's a very accomplished scholar, but she's not half as interesting as Sapolsky. She should let him do the analysis.

[@N3Rd32]

Robert obviously knows a lot about the brain... and very little about politics.

[@SakuraWulf]

That's how you get really good at something.

[@kingthief9118]

Thank God 😂

[@ZarkoPetrovicpsihoterapeut]

they could find better interviewer, she sounds shallow and i have a feeling that she got 3 year of psychology and a lot of positive psychology- she has no idea what is stress

[@peterm3274]

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