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Robert M Sapolsky Quotes

We’ve evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick Picture Quote #1

Oxytocin is a Teflon hormone - bad news rolls off it Picture Quote #1

We’re getting along so well; I trust you so much for this one second that I’m going to let you yank on me Picture Quote #1

It’s great to have a buff frontal cortex to do that harder thing - for example, help a person in need rather buy some useless, shiny gee-gaw Picture Quote #1

Naturally, things are more complicated - those groovy, pro-social effects of oxytocin apply to how we interact with in-group members Picture Quote #1

The gigantic challenge is the magnitude of the individual differences in the optimal set point for good stress. For one person, it’s doing something risky with your bishop in a chess game; for someone else, it’s becoming a mercenary in Yemen Picture Quote #1

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Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc Picture Quote #1

Stress is not a state of mind... it’s measurable and dangerous, and humans can’t seem to find their off-switch Picture Quote #1

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They’re about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies Picture Quote #1

Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to this.) Picture Quote #1

Some Poor grad student pressing on the flanks of a hamster and out comes a doctorate on the other side Picture Quote #1

Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads Picture Quote #1

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The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it Picture Quote #1

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one’s own skilled action Picture Quote #1

We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress Picture Quote #1

We’re getting along so well; I trust you so much for this one second that I’m going to let you yank on me Picture Quote #1

I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla Picture Quote #1

How much you groom somebody else is more important than who grooms you Picture Quote #1

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An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart Picture Quote #1

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be Picture Quote #1

If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you’re in big trouble Picture Quote #1

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We’ve evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) Oxytocin is a Teflon hormone - bad news rolls off it (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) We’re getting along so well; I trust you so much for this one second that I’m going to let you yank on me. (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) It’s great to have a buff frontal cortex to do that harder thing - for example, help a person in need rather buy some useless, shiny gee-gaw. (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) Naturally, things are more complicated - those groovy, pro-social effects of oxytocin apply to how we interact with in-group members. (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) The gigantic challenge is the magnitude of the individual differences in the optimal set point for good stress. For one person, it’s doing something risky with your bishop in a chess game; for someone else, it’s becoming a mercenary in Yemen. (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc. (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) 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 Quotes) Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They’re about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to this.) (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) Some Poor grad student pressing on the flanks of a hamster and out comes a doctorate on the other side (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) 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 Quotes) The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one’s own skilled action (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) We’re getting along so well; I trust you so much for this one second that I’m going to let you yank on me (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) How much you groom somebody else is more important than who grooms you (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes) If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you’re in big trouble (Robert M Sapolsky Quotes)