The Evolution of Yawning

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Our listener Sarah asks, what is your theory with the least factual basis? Yes, I have a couple that come to mind immediately. So it's like being debated why a human's yawn. Yawning might be a way to coordinate everyone to go to sleep at the same time. We're like, you see someone yawn, you now are more likely to suddenly feel tired and yawn yourself.

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Is it possible to be both agreeable and skeptical in conversations? How can you give feedback and challenge people constructively without triggering their automatic self-defense mechanisms? More generally, how can you challenge people intellectually without riling them up emotionally? What skills are needed to be able to have detailed, productive conversations across a wide range of topics? How can you push through plateaus in the process of self-improvement? What are podcasts as a medium good for?

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