Heroism, Fainting, Autoimmune Schizophrenia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #87

Nov 20, 2025
32 mins

Episode Description

Episode 87 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the potential relationship between autoimmunity and psychoses, why the heck humans faint, especially at the sight of blood, and what makes some of us perform acts of heroism.


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00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity and psychoses)

00:09:48 Question 2 (Fainting and vasovagal reflex)

00:18:34 Question 3 (What makes us heroes)

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