#43: Syria | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Episode 43 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Syria in light of the recent overthrow of the Assad rule.
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0:00: Intro
0:33: Question 1 (Doctor dictators)
9:07: Question 2 (Morality and prison torture)
20:06: Question 3 (How can Syria recover)
I really look forward to each and every episode. Have been following Dr. Sapolsky on TH-cam for years. What a gift he is! Thank you.
Me too! Agree 100%.
I can't thank The Offspring enough for this interviews. Among all the artists philosophers scientists, Robert Sapolsky is someone i look upto the most. Especially for his stance on entitlement.
Agree 💕 I very much look up to Dr. Sapolsky and really appreciate his dedication to this channel! It’s a good day when I learn something.
Capitalizing the definite article made me think you were thanking the band named The Offspring for a second there.
I love Robert Sapolsky! Merry Christmas!
Soon there will be a snarky comment trying to correct your statement to happy holidays, happened last video
@@accidentalpatient4152Happy holidays!
Hanukkah.
@@twistedoperator4422 he's not a practicing Jew, he's an atheist, have you even read any of his books?
@@twistedoperator4422 he is atheist, not a practicing jew
Happy New Year! ❤ You’re an inspiration!
As a Syrian who has been a big fan of your work, this episode is amazing. I can’t begin to describe how much your ideas helped me understand how the effects of the past have impacted me. So it was such a treat to hear you apply a lot of the same concepts to the situation in Syria.
I must say, you captured it all so accurately and I was surprised by the level of detail you mentioned on the Assad family. Some I didn’t even know! (like the chauffeur sitting in the backseat of maher’s accident)
Thank you! We are all optimistic for a better future.
I just watched a presentation on the Havening technique, a sensory healing modality developed by MDs, from a woman named Elena Kindler. She was a securities lawyer (who was also pregnant) in the WTC on 9-11. She seems like a terrific person, fwiw, very intelligent, kind, and honest. She now practices Havening and is (if I recall correctly) one of the head trainers. Her videos have some interesting information about how trauma is encoded in the body, and how that can be shifted. There's so much to understand and integrate, but it was the most meaningful thing about addressing trauma that I'd seen in awhile. Cheers, Sapolskys, and Happy New Year!
Ever grateful for this sane voice :) I'm trying to incorporate blamelessness into my everyday life ...progress is slow :(
I can only blame star stuff 😂
Compelling episode. Thanks so much. 💖
Happy Hanukkah. Wonderful, as usual.
A brilliant episode.
Each episode is so fascinating. Thank you! ❤
Thanks. Glad to hear your viewpoint.
Important topic!!
Happy New Year Dr. Sapolsky and family
Will you do a video addressing the Luigi Mangione’s CEO murder case please?
the popup for the question submission for was very clean, and didnt inturupt the flow or feel forced. great job.
now i am going to type a few more words so the thing that controls the distribution of videos (if you say the a word then that itself makes the comment not count) will pick you up more and show you to more humanoid type creatures
be well
The more I learn about the “trajectory of will” the more liberated and terrified I feel… lol. TY both for the dreams and nightmares.
What about Netanyahu?
Thankfully something worthwhile to listen to after our Xmas excesses
Thank you so much for bringing intelligence and brilliance to explaining the human behavior of brutal oppressors. You two are the light in this world of darkness!
"Liberated Syria" 😮
God damn f***** right! 😏💚
This is wonderful 🎉 thnx.
Mery Christmas robert and family!!! This was very eye opening!
thank you
Salolsky>Santa
I mean with that legendary beard he could very well be santa himself.
@Oneiric_Benevolence Sapolsky has never shaved in his life! As an original founding "hippy", I salute his chin.
Merry Christmas. Could you guys also cover Israel and Palestine conflict.
Question: Why is patriarchy so pervasive, and does it actually work for most people?
Happy Holidays! I would be so curious to hear Sapolsky's analysis of LUIGI MANGIONE's Murder case of United Healthcare CEO. Thank-you very much! Happy New Year 2025!
Using the term "liberated" without caveat seems a bit premature, does it not?
No. It's probably the most or one of the most brutal dictatorships in the 21s century. Iran was basically occupying Syria too so it can't be more accurate than that
@haimainjauo242 I suppose I have a more robust definition of liberation than regime change; even if the new order - whose ideologies and past have hardly been a beacon of freedom - as temporarily better than the previous.
"When the dust has cleared
And victory denied
A summit too lofty
River a little too wide
If we keep our pride
Though paradise is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost"
-Rush, Bravado, written by Neil Peart
Oh my gosh. I have been searching for answers as to why and how two highly educated, articulate, enlightened individuals (Asma and Bashar) could have made the morally catastrophic decision, over and over, to commit mass murder in the name of retaining power that neither of them had previously wanted. This interview explains it. Thank you so much.
You're VERY generous with that description of those two brutal psychopaths.
Didn't Sapolsky once talk about the Nayirah testimony in his hum bio lectures? I hope somebody could ask him what the psychology is of propaganda and why certain groups of people tend to lie consistently to the masses.
Hello sir Sapolsky
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Powerful stuff. Encouraging.
What a great video!! We all depend on politics... So we must get the whole picture of it to fight for Democracy. Hi from Brazil.
In Brazil, they did a reconciliation thingy for the military who were responsible for horrors during the '64 - '86 dictatorship. Last year many of them were involved in a coup attempt, it didn't work.
Why is Syria mentioned but there's never been a mention of Palestine?
Pretty sure he's mentioned it in previous episodes.
Why is Palestine mentioned but there's never any mention of Sudan? Mali, Somalia, Nigeria, Ethiopia? Myanmar?
Considering the shits given for the last 50 years (you might have been born yesterday - in short: Palestinians made sure that for that time period their plight was omnipresent) how much more shits are we supposed to give to them?
@@gernwind9262But you don't seem to give those shits you speak of
@@gernwind9262 I have been finding it disturbing for the last year to see children being blown up and hospital patients burned alive by airstrikes, but maybe all your concerns are reserved for comments on TH-cam videos. We exist on a spectrum from GaF to DGaF, and I guess you and I are somewhat opposite to each other.
If we're going to delve into significant recent geopolitical events and address the tyrants behind them, then there’s an OBVIOUS example that’s uncomfortably been brushed aside. Until now, I genuinely thought the podcast was steering clear of geopolitics to concentrate on Sapolsky’s expertise, so I was surprised to see an entire episode framing questions around the fall of Assad’s regime in Syria. Mentioning Syria, yet somehow the Israel committing war crimes against the Palestinian people was entirely overlooked in this discussion.
Yes, the colonization and forced displacement of the Palestinians by the Israelis have been ongoing for years, but it wasn't until recently that social media found a way to push back against the carefully curated, state-sanctioned media narrative by granting the Palestinians a voice. People are now witnessing the atrocities firsthand, rather than just consuming manufactured propaganda. On top of that, there's a growing concern on behalf of some Americans (if you are an American citizen, then maybe not you) that tax dollars are complicit in funding these ongoing horrors.
I'm just saying, it's giving faint neocon warhawk narrative vibes.
@OmniversalInsect To be fair I haven't listened to every single episode. I only noticed this one because the entire episode is related to the topic. It's just strange.
What are the personal qualities / strategies that enable people to survive brutal trauma or concentration camps ? Did Victor Frankl utilize such strategies?
I expected Professor Sapolsky to be among those most aware of the fear and terror experienced by minority communities when extremist groups rise to power and control their fate. Instead, he seems to fuel a radical perspective toward the Alawites, further justifying genocidal acts against them by associating them with Bashar al-Assad’s regime-a regime with no doctrinal ties to them. Assad himself prays in the Sunni Islamic tradition, and most key figures in his government are Sunni Muslims. The Alawites in Syria are socially and economically oppressed, and Bashar al-Assad does not perceive them through the binary lens of “us - them.”
Surprisingly biased and short sighted analisis from someone so advocate to a superdeterministic view of things, besides that, i have to say that the point in making redundant claims that is worse sirians getting been killed by sirian made gas than by US made shells is quite a clear sign of compromised intellectual honesty
Just like Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc). He was a doctor who became a tyrant.
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Medicine is a business. Morality is a philosophy.
You’re talking about Syria, but I’m hearing 2024 US. Is there anything whatsoever that the historians, doctor, lawyers, intelligentsia, should have gleaned?
Спасибо Вам мистер Сапольский. Информацию от умных людей сложно найти бесплатно для нищего человека. С наступающим новым годом! Всем мира и добра!
such nonsense.............liberated???? you guys must be crazy!
Dear Robert.. You Remind Me Of Terrence Mckenna.. Have You Ever Done DMT.. Hope That Don't Come Across As Rude
Love the goth outfit 🦇
Thank you for sharing...very interesting information ❤❤❤
This is a perfect example that you can't be an expert in everything.
As soon as he mentioned the widely discredited (by award winning investigative journalists) accusation of chemical weapons use, I knew this wasn't going to be an accurate assessment of the complex situation in Syria. A dictator has been toppled, it's true, but Syrians are far from being free right now, and their prospects are not looking good for the foreseeable future. I didn't watch the full video but I'm guessing he didn't mention the pivotal role of the US and Israel in sanctioning, invading, occupying, stealing resources, crippling their economy and funding & arming blood thirsty terrorists for the past 10 years or so.
once upon a time… martians versus the alien….
#youmustbeserious
If you were a cult leader and wanted to spread the gospel of your knowledge, what would be the top 5 bullet points? I am a believer in no free will; how can the layman help spread the empathy and understanding?
A lot of doctors don't take the Hippocratic Oath.
"Newly liberated" is a political statement, dripping with bias.
Are the women "liberated"?
Agreed, HTS is literally a split of Al Qaeda, I hope they are just not aware of it.
@@---Dana----Is the human brain liberated?
Are human beings liberated?
@@mozartsbumbumsrus7750 From being alive, yes.
Thanks for another great episode. I hope Syria remains free.
Wow, how to heal an all generations traumatized folk?
I suggest using healing music frequencies and essential oils aromatic therapy for immediate release. And a lot of mathematics to rearange their brains. The people of Syria need a huge amount of only good natural harmonious stuff, beauty and lovely connections. Whishing their new to build society all the best. Thank you Sapolsky Family 💞🙏🏼
Pseudoscience
@Oneiric_Benevolence wake up,do some leg wrk and grow
So the basis of all their problems were religious based.
pastorialists attacking the farmers
2000 plus yrs now,yes religious based
Unfortunately, after your superficial reading of Syria’s political, geographical, and demographic reality, I don’t know if I can trust any of your ideas anymore. (I am very disappointed.)
What were your expectations in a short video Q&A format? And what is your take on Syria, what was missing in his responses that was most outstanding in your perspective? Im asking honestly.
@@Origins-AR I'm sorry, you're right, you are an oracle and he is just a mere layman. Lets hear your prophecy, please?
@@capac2
The Syrian regime is undeniably repressive and brutal, akin to other Arab regimes. However, it could be argued that its actions are less destructive than those of the American regime, which has left a legacy of death and devastation globally.
• Allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria have been consistently challenged by various professional investigative bodies. Often, such claims have been leveraged as tools of political pressure in Security Council deliberations.
• The Assad family, particularly Bashar al-Assad, has no ideological or theological connection to the Alawite sect or its beliefs. Contrary to popular narratives, Bashar does not adhere to a divisive “us vs. them” mindset. The Alawites themselves remain one of the most marginalized and historically oppressed communities in Syria. The simplistic portrayal of Syria as a “minority ruling over a majority” is a gross misrepresentation of the country’s complex social fabric.
• As George Galloway aptly remarked, “The West and Israel do not punish the Syrian regime for the mistakes it made, but for the mistakes it refused to make.”
• Celebrating the so-called “liberation of Syria” without scrutinizing the actors behind it - extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and other jihadist factions - is both irresponsible and dangerous. These groups have inflicted unspeakable terror on millions of Syrians from all backgrounds, leaving a trail of massacres and atrocities.
• The cycle of violence persists today, manifesting in acts of revenge and continued suffering for the Syrian people.
In summary, his commentary on Syria merely echoes the propagandistic narratives propagated by CNN and similar outlets.
Any of his ideas? He is a neurobiologist, not a political scientist. This is clearly not his area of expertise
He didn't even mention isis.
I find these views refreshing...
She has thyroid problems. She should get it operated. She may need to get a diet sorted so her immune system doesn’t act out (and try to destroy her own body).. her eyes constantly becoming bigger is a key giveaway for thyroid issues.
Assad, the blind optomoligist😅
Utterly poignant.