Robert Sapolsky

Or in 20 years, it'll be obvious that we were wrong. Okay? That's a real possibility because what we don't know is vast. And I want to tell you a story now about just how wrong people can be.

Or in 20 years, it'll be obvious that we were wrong. Okay? That's a real possibility because what we don't know is vast. And I want to tell you a story now about just how wrong people can be.

And I want to tell you a story now about just how wrong people can be. It begins with a mystery. Sudden infant death syndrome.

And I want to tell you a story now about just how wrong people can be. It begins with a mystery. Sudden infant death syndrome.

And I want to tell you a story now about just how wrong people can be. It begins with a mystery. Sudden infant death syndrome.

It's about the worst thing that can happen to a parent. And each year, it does happen about 7,000 times. Still no one knows why. Oh, and by the way, that was Robert Sapolsky. He's a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University. And Sapolsky tells this story of the moment SIDS was diagnosed for the first time, or at least classified, and a terrible mistake that was made.

It's about the worst thing that can happen to a parent. And each year, it does happen about 7,000 times. Still no one knows why. Oh, and by the way, that was Robert Sapolsky. He's a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University. And Sapolsky tells this story of the moment SIDS was diagnosed for the first time, or at least classified, and a terrible mistake that was made.

It's about the worst thing that can happen to a parent. And each year, it does happen about 7,000 times. Still no one knows why. Oh, and by the way, that was Robert Sapolsky. He's a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University. And Sapolsky tells this story of the moment SIDS was diagnosed for the first time, or at least classified, and a terrible mistake that was made.

They'd measure the size of the baby's lungs. That looked normal. They'd measure the size of the heart. Nothing strange there. Stomach, kidney, liver. Those are all fine. Then they would look in the throat.

They'd measure the size of the baby's lungs. That looked normal. They'd measure the size of the heart. Nothing strange there. Stomach, kidney, liver. Those are all fine. Then they would look in the throat.

They'd measure the size of the baby's lungs. That looked normal. They'd measure the size of the heart. Nothing strange there. Stomach, kidney, liver. Those are all fine. Then they would look in the throat.

What is the thymus? Yeah, what is a thymus? Well, it is a little tiny pink gland that is right here, right behind your collarbone, at the base of your throat. And its job is to help you fight disease.

What is the thymus? Yeah, what is a thymus? Well, it is a little tiny pink gland that is right here, right behind your collarbone, at the base of your throat. And its job is to help you fight disease.

What is the thymus? Yeah, what is a thymus? Well, it is a little tiny pink gland that is right here, right behind your collarbone, at the base of your throat. And its job is to help you fight disease.

Hmm. In any case, normally this little organ is about the size of a tiny tube of toothpaste, like the tribal kind. But in these sitz kids, it was huge. Humongous. Enormous. Twice the size. Exactly. And since the thymus is dangerously close to the windpipe, doctors came up with a hypothesis. A perfectly reasonable hypothesis.

Hmm. In any case, normally this little organ is about the size of a tiny tube of toothpaste, like the tribal kind. But in these sitz kids, it was huge. Humongous. Enormous. Twice the size. Exactly. And since the thymus is dangerously close to the windpipe, doctors came up with a hypothesis. A perfectly reasonable hypothesis.

Hmm. In any case, normally this little organ is about the size of a tiny tube of toothpaste, like the tribal kind. But in these sitz kids, it was huge. Humongous. Enormous. Twice the size. Exactly. And since the thymus is dangerously close to the windpipe, doctors came up with a hypothesis. A perfectly reasonable hypothesis.

Which was that maybe if you're one of these babies with an enlarged thymus and you're asleep and somehow you roll over wrong...

Which was that maybe if you're one of these babies with an enlarged thymus and you're asleep and somehow you roll over wrong...

Which was that maybe if you're one of these babies with an enlarged thymus and you're asleep and somehow you roll over wrong...