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Notes from Robert Sapolsky

So the day started with a quick reading, Book by Robert Sapolsky, Behave: The Biology of Humans at our best and worst.  He states that we don't hate violence; we fear and hate the wrong kind of violence, the violence in the wrong context. When it's the " right " type of aggression, we love it. (A few days ago, at the Oscars,  Will Smith slapped a comedian, Chris Rock, for a joke about Will's wife. So people think Will did the right thing. I guess some people thought it was the right kind of violence.) Avoiding categorical thinking. The boundaries between categories are arbitrary; if you pay lots of attention to where boundaries are, you pay less attention to complete pictures. Words: Altruism- is the behavior of an animal that benefits another at its own expense. Egghead- an intellectual, very studious, and academic person,(informal and slightly insulting) Primatologist - someone who studies monkeys and apes. Wreak havoc - to cause great damage Determined This b...