The problem isn't testosterone and aggression; it's how often we reward aggression. And we do: We give medals to masters of the "right" kinds of aggression. We preferentially mate with them. We select them as our leaders.
The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be. - Robert M. Sapolsky
The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be.
- Robert M. Sapolsky
Until you appreciate something crucial - It is incredibly easy to manipulate us as to who counts as an Us, who as a Them. - Robert M. Sapolsky
Until you appreciate something crucial - It is incredibly easy to manipulate us as to who counts as an Us, who as a Them.
I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compass… - Robert M. Sapolsky
I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compass…
It's probably even the case that if you stoked up some Buddhist monks with tons of testosterone, they'd become wildly competitive as to who can do th… - Robert M. Sapolsky
It's probably even the case that if you stoked up some Buddhist monks with tons of testosterone, they'd become wildly competitive as to who can do th…
An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart. - Robert M. Sapolsky
An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.
Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch. - Robert M. Sapolsky
Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.
Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads. - Robert M. Sapolsky
Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads.
But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to mak… - Robert M. Sapolsky
But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to mak…
The most important point of [Susan] Fiske's work is that it provides a taxonomy for our differing feelings about different Thems - sometimes fear, so… - Robert M. Sapolsky
The most important point of [Susan] Fiske's work is that it provides a taxonomy for our differing feelings about different Thems - sometimes fear, so…
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