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ROBERT SAPOLSKY: biological determinism

2025/3/6
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Robert Sapolsky is an academic, author, neuroscientist, and primatologist, who has studied wild baboons in Kenya over a 25 year period, exploring how stress and social hierarchies affect their health and behaviour and how these findings parallel human experiences in societal structures. Sapolsky discusses the philosophical implications of biological determinism, free will, and moral responsibility.

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