Learn about a cockatoo that proves humans aren’t the only animals who can dance; mental models like Hanlon’s razor for reducing anxiety and getting along better with others, with some help from authors Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann; and, what would happen if the world went vegan.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about a cockatoo that proves humans aren’t the only animals who can dance: https://curiosity.im/2SD85vB

Additional resources from Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann:

• Pick up “Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
• Gabriel Weinberg official website — https://ye.gg/
• About DuckDuckGo — https://duckduckgo.com/about
• Follow Gabriel Weinberg @yegg on Twitter — https://twitter.com/yegg
• Follow Lauren McCann @LilBunnyFuted on Twitter — https://twitter.com/LilBunnyFuted

Other resources discussed:

• Veggie-based diets could save 8 million lives by 2050 and cut global warming | University of Oxford — http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-03-22-veggie-based-diets-could-save-8-million-lives-2050-and-cut-global-warming#
• What would happen if the world suddenly went vegetarian? | BBC — http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160926-what-would-happen-if-the-world-suddenly-went-vegetarian
• Simulating a meat-free America | Phys.org — 11-simulating-meat-free-america.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-11-simulating-meat-free-america.html

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