This is a talk at UPenn by neuroscientist Peter Sterling, who, in his writings for Mad in America, has critically assessed the “biological model of depression.”
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curious the differing views – Robert Sapolsky has just updated this lecture on depression and states categorically depression is a biological disease – how do we have experts telling such different stories about the same thing?
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How do we have experts telling such different stories about the same thing?
That’s easy to figure out. It’s because some experts’ reputations and careers depend on maintaining lies useful to them.
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Yes, the entire neoliberal system is all about focussing on and reinforcing economic self interest so who do you trust? I’ve read some of Sapolksy’s books and listened to many presentations and to me he seems honest and genuine, but who knows? . He’s a biologist and is absolutely wedded to biological determinism – this is his updated depression talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzUXcBTQXKM&t=597s&ab_channel=Stanford
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