#19: Phobias, Apotemnophilia, Youthful Biases | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
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Published 2024-07-10
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0:00: Intro
0:19: Question 1 (Prepared Learning and phobias)
8:28: Question 2 (Body integrity identity disorder, apotemnophilia)
12:30: Question 3 (Best non-human primate to raise your kid?)
14:41: Question 4 (Study on voting bias in kids)
All Comments (21)
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That dog is just sitting there getting a double massage lol
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15:34 The ball drops!! The anticipation throughout the entire video was intense.
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oh god you two switched places how will i know who is who??
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As someone with heritable anxiety issues (among other things) who grew up in a deeply behaviorist era, I remain indebted to Robert Sapolsky for his explanations of how neuroscience and physiology can factor heavily into cognitive issues. It is hard enough to have neurobehavioral challenges, and having to deal with those who insist that these things occur solely because of weird ideas that you allowed into your head can make a bad situation worse.
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Question: Harambe, the gorilla that was shot in 2016 - was he actually protecting the three year old that went down in his enclosure? Some people say he was violently dragged by the gorilla, others say the gorilla was attempting to keep him safe - what was going on there? I feel like I NEED to know so I can die in peace.
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I LOVE your dog. Omg. I love your whole family. You are all blessed.
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I think this series has a wonderful formulae of talents with daughter and dad in presentation and effective communication. Thank you
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Two questions from Indonesia: 1. To the Offspring: How is it like to be the offspring of a encyclopedic father? 2. What kind of concoction is fed to the golden retriever to become so huge?
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I am episodes behind on this channel and deeply ashamed of myself... but one of my very few must watch channels!
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3:04 - Safi lurking with the ball in her mouth had me in stitches. Totally a cryptid. 😂
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5 seconds into the video I realize I’m grinning ear to ear. Safi and the love shown towards this pupperoni calms my brain💛🥰 As always, great Q&A. Thx! 🫶🏻
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My favorite show!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Dr S is so great !! Thank you offspring ! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Thank you for these videos. A great way to start my day! 😊
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Yes, the dog changes everything... Fighting spider discussion reminds me of the jumping frogs of Calaveras County. I think they still have that contest - not sure. Interesting to consider how people make their decisions. Better think long and hard about that one, America.
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Love this channel and look forward to weekly videos. I've been a big fan of Dr. Sopolsky for years, especially his book Behave. Thanks so much offspring and Doc.
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lol... RS describing these surprising fixations while Arfy-the-Dog is busy showing the world his obsession with that gd ball.
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Pleeeease… throw the ball!!!!!!hahaha lol!:) i love that you love doing this.. your passion is contagious:)
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Outstanding! I wish the existing social realities could embrace the fact that they are all made up--products of collective brain consensuses--and use the physical reality of the brain's neurobiological mechanisms for making decisions of governance. But then, that would blow up in our face as well. Individually, I guess our goal remains doing the harder better thing until it is easy, and encourage that process in others.
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My family spent an exciting evening catching Huntsman Spiders with Dr Peter Jager -wonderful man-arachnologist from the University of Düsseldorf. He showed us (ok, my young son; wife and I were just too creeped out) how to catch these big fast predatory spiders by hand! “They can’t really hurt you…much”, he said. Then one particularly large specimen turned and nearly bit him! This exposed Peter’s innate fear, his reaction sending the prize specimen sailing off into the warm Philippine night! 😂
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They have such lovely hair.
