Robert sapolsky's behave is an incredible achievement. The author uses humor and story to good effect. Fascinating insights on every page, including in many of the footnotes at the bottom of the pages--in teeny tiny print, but oh well.

Dr. Sapolsky's behave examines the role of biology in the best and worst of human behaviors. He explains the differences between the words inherited and heritability. He enters the minefield of the nature vs nurture debate, and offers an even handed a...  Read More

This is a book everyone should read, to at least get an idea of the untrustworthy aspects of our thinking. It provides insight into why we humans persist in making so many bad decisions, and in ignoring inconvenient problems to our disadvantage. While...  Read More

Author regurgitates what the stanford professor says about frontal cortex damage. To dismiss behaviorism and, presumably, all of the behavioral research conducted over the past 90 years, says to me that he is not a real scientist.

I find myself having to re-read sections over and over because i keep loosing interest. Content subjects are disorganized. Tedious and repetitive.

It is entirely erroneous to think of karma as some transcendental unitary entity that acts like a god in a theistic system. The language continues based on a completely materialistic belief system.

The issue of gender difference in math scores is about the tail of the distribution of math scores, not the average. More consistent has been a link between lower intelligence and a subtype of conservatism.