The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s, Flagellation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #103
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Episode 103 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the woman who is able to smell Parkinson’s, the ratio of brain to body mass, and the role of ritualistic physical harm in religion. NOTE this episode contains semi-graphic discussion of acts of physical harm.
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00:00 Intro 00:00:14 Question 1 (The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s) 00:14:25 Question 2 (Brain body ratios) 00:19:38 Question 3 (Ritualistic harm in religion)
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