Human Behavior w/ Robert Sapolsky
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Is There a Significant Difference Between Male Aggression and Testosterone?
The author says testosterone doesn't cause aggression, it amplifies pre-existing social tendencies towards aggression. The problem is that we hand out so damn much status for the right types of aggression, he says. "If you're a baboon ... if your status is being challenged 99% of the time, you're going to maintain it with aggression"
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