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Every act is the tip of a causal chain stretching back millennia
Sapolsky shows cruelty and kindness share the same layered biology—from a second of neural firing back through hormones, childhood, genes, and evolution—so single-cause stories and pure free will both fail.
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About Robert Sapolsky
Robert Morris Sapolsky is an American academic, neuroscientist, and primatologist. He is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor at Stanford University, where he is also a professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery. Sapolsky's research has focused on neuroendocrinology, particularly relating to stress. He is also a research associate with the National Museums of Kenya.
Everything about Robert Sapolsky →- Occupation
- university teacher, writer, neurologist, neuroscientist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 6, 1957
- Website
- https://profiles.stanford.edu/robert-sapolsky