Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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Robert M. Sapolsky

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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Pros

Every page reveals something new and delicious, this, coupled with the authors humor and writing style, makes it accessible to non-academics. The author also employs a bit of humor and sarcasm where relevant to keep things moving. I loved his asides a... Read More

To absorb what the author is conveying takes concentrated reading. He lays out the things one has to know to understand fully what comes next. He acknowledges his critics (at least the serious ones) and considers their arguments fairly.

Evolution favors survival of the fittest,” he writes. Bio-mechanics could be (need to be) factored into our social structures.

Cons

Author's writing style is what makes this book so awful. I find myself having to re-read sections over and over because i keep loosing interest. Book feels more like an 800 page persuasive essay than an anything truly informative. Sapolsky says he doe... Read More

He assumes that everybody just knows what good and bad is. The authors political views are evident from his suspect selection of studies that support his preexisting conclusions. More consistent has been a link between lower intelligence and a subtype... Read More

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Quality

The author has done a fantastic job of making a highly complex subject approachable for the motivated reader

I never understood what was meant by 34identifying with the mind34 or why 34free will is an illusion34

I hate when a book seems very opinionated

34our brains’ confusion of the metaphorical with the literal literally matters

Competitiveness

It opens a world to understand human behavior

Overview

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Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.

Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.

Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 61.3% of the reviews are reliable.

This product had a total of 7,591 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 28 2023.