"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as an entertaining and informative explanation of how stress affects health.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Beckman Institute at Illinois

Topic

stress physiology

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• I don't know... honestly. I was extremely surprised. I was actually wondering if they switched to some level of human in the loop, because it used to suck in the past, but now is great. I expected people to have good experiences too. I 'm …

• The "active amygdala = no empathy" point does not jibe with my lay understanding of the physical phenomenon of empathy. That's the only one that I don't believe models our physiology in a useful way. The rest match up with some of the stuff I've …

• I'm sure it's been said many times, but John Cleese did provide a memorable talk on it [1] and particularly touched on the relation to stress. And if anyone feels like they have troubles with stress/anxiety, Robert Sapolsky provides some great insight into how and …