

When Critical Thinking is Undermined
I recently served as a panelist for a screening of the documentary film, What the Health, at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine. At this screening, an audience of people whose careers involve ensuring the health of livestock watched a film that advocates for removing meat and dairy entirely from the global diet. I am a cognitive psychologist, and so my role was to help them understand how the film might influence consumers and impact their industry