Fascinating stuff. Have enjoyed watching Sapolsky lecture (online and thru audiobooks, not at Stanford) and read a couple of his books.
1) He as cool as his persona?
2) Do you have any hunches how much human (and other animal behavior) might be controlled or affected by parasites or other infections. For example, I recently read a little about Greg Cochran's theory that homosexuality is more likely to caused by an infection than genes. I don't have the expertise to evaluate that argument, but do you think there are lots of other parasites or germs that fundamentally alter behavior that we have no idea about yet?
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Fascinating stuff. Have enjoyed watching Sapolsky lecture (online and thru audiobooks, not at Stanford) and read a couple of his books.
1) He as cool as his persona?
2) Do you have any hunches how much human (and other animal behavior) might be controlled or affected by parasites or other infections. For example, I recently read a little about Greg Cochran's theory that homosexuality is more likely to caused by an infection than genes. I don't have the expertise to evaluate that argument, but do you think there are lots of other parasites or germs that fundamentally alter behavior that we have no idea about yet?
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