"We have this amazing ability to turn on the exactly same stress response worrying about a mortgage that a zebra does when it's sprinting away from a lion."
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Robert Sapolsky is a distinguished neuroscientist, primatologist, and author, renowned for his groundbreaking research that bridges the fields of biology and psychology. Born on April 15, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York, Sapolsky’s work explores the complex interplay between stress, behavior, and the brain, often drawing insights from his extensive studies of wild baboons in East Africa. His compelling writings, including “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,” have made science accessible to the public, establishing him as a pivotal figure in understanding human behavior and resilience.
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"That's what stress management is about, that's what psychotherapy is about, finding religion, or finding your loved one or your hobby - any of those, they give you more outlets, more of a sense of control, more of a sense of predictability, of social support. They give you the means to psychologically finesse ambiguous outside reality."
Robert Sapolsky"For me, the single most important question is how to construct a society that is just, safe, peaceful - all those good things - when people finally accept that there is no free will."
Robert Sapolsky"As for testosterone, it's gotten a bum rap. Yes, it has tons to do with aggression but it doesn't cause aggression as much as sensitizes you to the environmental triggers of aggression."
Robert Sapolsky"I was raised as an Orthodox Jew in a major neighborhood specializing in that, in Brooklyn. And somewhere when I was about 14, something changed. And that change probably involved updating every molecule in my body, in that I sort of realized: this is nonsense, there's no God, there's no free will, there is no purpose."
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"I would still very much love to change the world, and there are three or four neurological diseases that I've got a personal grudge against. I wouldn't mind mopping them up in one amazing experiment to come out of my lab, and I certainly wouldn't mind transforming hundreds of thousands of people's lives overnight with some discovery."
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