For most people on earth, responsibility is the incorrect attribution of things that justify

unhappiness in life and unhappiness that we are willing to hand out based on our belief

that people had control over things that which they did not, that's most of the human experience.

Hello and welcome to the Psychology Podcast. Today's episode is sponsored by unlikely collaborators.

Their mission is to entangle the stories that hold us back as individuals, communities,

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forward is inward. Later on in this episode, I'll talk a lot more about the perception box

and how it relates to this episode. But right now, let me tell you about today's guest.

Today we welcome Robert Sapolsky to the show. Robert is professor of biology and neurology at

Stanford University and a research associate with the Institute of Primate Research at the

National Museum of Kenya. His research has been featured in the National Geographic

Documentary Stress Portrait of a Killer. At age 30, Robert received the MacArthur Foundation's

Genius Grant. His author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, A Primates Memor, The Trouble with

testosterone, and Monkey Love. His latest book is called Determined, A Science of Life Without

Free Will. In this episode, I talked to Robert Sapolsky about life without free will. Humans

like the idea of having control over their lives, but Robert has searched that free will is just an

illusion. Robert argues that life beyond free will may sound unpleasant, but explains the profound

consequences of this belief in reforming the justice system, merit, talkercy, and education.

We also touch on the topics of philosophy, quantum physics, mindfulness, grit, and responsibility.

Wow, this was such an incredibly exciting conversation with one of my intellectual heroes and

just being able to chat with him and freestyle and arm wrestle a little bit about the nature of

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