Robert Sapolsky

Which is that if we're going to help these babies, we've got to shrink their thymus glands. And to do that, the best solution, obviously, is to...

Which is that if we're going to help these babies, we've got to shrink their thymus glands. And to do that, the best solution, obviously, is to...

Which is that if we're going to help these babies, we've got to shrink their thymus glands. And to do that, the best solution, obviously, is to...

Zap the child's throat with trillions of radioactive particles. Really? Literally? You betcha. And this was considered like something every good loving parent should do?

Zap the child's throat with trillions of radioactive particles. Really? Literally? You betcha. And this was considered like something every good loving parent should do?

Zap the child's throat with trillions of radioactive particles. Really? Literally? You betcha. And this was considered like something every good loving parent should do?

Yeah, that's a fairly big one. So here's my question. How could these doctors have gotten it so, so, so, so, so wrong? Do you know what I mean?

Yeah, that's a fairly big one. So here's my question. How could these doctors have gotten it so, so, so, so, so wrong? Do you know what I mean?

Yeah, that's a fairly big one. So here's my question. How could these doctors have gotten it so, so, so, so, so wrong? Do you know what I mean?

It was a brand new technology. But that's not what I was going to say. Oh, no.

It was a brand new technology. But that's not what I was going to say. Oh, no.

It was a brand new technology. But that's not what I was going to say. Oh, no.

So that's your explanation. No, that may look like the explanation. I mean, sure, radiation played a role, but if you would have let me say what I was going to say, I would have told you the real explanation preceded the radiation by like a couple hundred years. I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm going to tell you. Back in the 1700s, okay? That far back. That far back.

So that's your explanation. No, that may look like the explanation. I mean, sure, radiation played a role, but if you would have let me say what I was going to say, I would have told you the real explanation preceded the radiation by like a couple hundred years. I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm going to tell you. Back in the 1700s, okay? That far back. That far back.

So that's your explanation. No, that may look like the explanation. I mean, sure, radiation played a role, but if you would have let me say what I was going to say, I would have told you the real explanation preceded the radiation by like a couple hundred years. I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm going to tell you. Back in the 1700s, okay? That far back. That far back.

Before radiation, before your grandpa. Before the Civil War or the Eiffel Tower or Napoleon. I'm talking when the redcoats. We're still wearing red.

Before radiation, before your grandpa. Before the Civil War or the Eiffel Tower or Napoleon. I'm talking when the redcoats. We're still wearing red.

Before radiation, before your grandpa. Before the Civil War or the Eiffel Tower or Napoleon. I'm talking when the redcoats. We're still wearing red.

Right about this time, says Cebulski, the first med schools started to pop up in America. And a supply and demand issue came into effect. Because with these med schools came med students. Medical students. Who needed to learn about anatomy. And of course, in order to do that, they needed bodies.

Right about this time, says Cebulski, the first med schools started to pop up in America. And a supply and demand issue came into effect. Because with these med schools came med students. Medical students. Who needed to learn about anatomy. And of course, in order to do that, they needed bodies.