Jacobs read a study that said arguing kept thought active, so he said he tried to do just that 鈥� with mixed results. "Nowadays, I'm always looking for a fight," he wrote. "Yesterday, Julie told me she read an article about how songbirds are being illegally hunted in Europe. 'Isn't that terrible?' she asked. 'Yes,' I said. Then I saw an opening. 'But let me ask you this. Is it any more terrible than people killing and eating turkeys or chickens?'... I then ranted about how we think it's okay to eat ugly animals: cows or turkeys.... By this time, Julie had stopped listening, and I'm following her around the kitchen as she puts away glasses and bowls."
