All humans exhibit mild compulsive behavior (checking a mailbox multiple times, trimming the edge of a Rice Krispie treat to smooth it out), showing that obsessive-compulsive impulses exist on a spectrum rather than being categorically pathological.

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Unidentified Speaker — 31. Religious Belief by Robert Sapolsky [q5UiYByBf3Q]

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all of us have elements of this... We all cut off this edge and eat that little piece... We all have that impulse at that time, and we trim it off. And this is remarkably common, and this is not a psychiatric disorder, obviously.

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31. Religious Belief by Robert SapolskyStanford School of Humanities and Sciences
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:59:56 PM

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