June 2, 2010

Just act natural!

Joseph’s post got me digging around on the Internets to find this again:

On June 13, 2009, Robert Sapolsky, world renowned professor of neurology, neurological sciences, neurosurgery and biological sciences gave the class day lecture in association with commencement weekend 2009. Having been selected to talk by the Stanford University graduating class, Sapolsky spoke about the uniqueness of humans in relation to the rest of the animal world. A few of the topics he spoke on include aggression, theory of mind, the golden rule and pleasure.

First part’s just intro. The actual talk starts around the five-minute mark.



Speaking of acting natural, does Sapolsky remind anyone else here of an R. Crumb character? I was thinking of Mr. Natural, but he’s bald, it turns out.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on June 2nd, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    I’d already made up my mind to watch this, but the Mr. Natural reference slew me and pushed it over the edge. No way I’m not watching it.

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