A Simple Idea Changed the Entire Justice System | Robert Sapolsky
In his lecture on reductionism, Robert Sapolsky mentions the types of thinking that were lost during the Dark Ages; one of these types of thinking was related to putting pieces of information together and finding out whether someone had committed a crime. Prior to this, people would rely on superstitions instead of observable facts to run the justice system!
⚪️ This short is extracted From Robert Sapolsky Stanford Lectures: 21. Chaos and Reductionism. #shorts
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✏️ Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is currently a professor of biology, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Museums of Kenya.
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