Bobby McFerrin demonstrates musical social collaboration

Bobby McFerrin, who most of you might remember for his epic hit "Don't Worry Be Happy" (which due to its one-hit-wonderness sort of overshadowed the true genius of McFerrin as a gifted musician and awesome entertainer, but that's a totally different story), recently appeared at a panel during the World Science Festival in New York City. Without prior explanation, it seems, he animates the audience to sing with him (and boy can they sing!). They have to guess the melody by certain movements he does, and it works! A nice impromptu experiment which shows how certain behavioral patterns are the same everywhere and how they can shape what we like to call social collaboration. Enjoy!

(Via Nerdcore.)