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Melanie Joy explains the psychology of carnism, the invisible belief system that conditions people to eat certain animals while loving others.

Melanie Joy on Carnism and other food choices. Melanie Joy, Ph.D., Ed.M. is a Harvard-educated psychologist, professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, a noted speaker, and the author of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows." Melanie is a recipient of the Institute of Jainology’s Ahimsa Award. Her work has been featured by numerous media outlets including the BBC, Germany’s ARD, ABC Australia, the New York Times and Spiegel Online. Melanie has given her carnism presentation on five continents. She is also the founder and president of the organization Beyond Carnism (formerly Carnism Awareness & Action Network) and the project Karnismus erkennen (German-speaking countries). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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What people say. Recommended as a brilliant explanation of the psychology behind our arbitrary classification of animals as either pets or livestock.

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On “Death of a Programmer, Life of a Farmer”

> "Even though I see them as livestock, not pets" Isn't it funny how this is a completely arbitrary definition? The most sensible explanation I've seen about this phenomenon is called carnism and it's brilliantly explained by Dr. Melaine Joy in this TED talk: link to this video

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On “One of Paris’s last horse meat butchers discusses the disappearance of his trade”

…ering, but we often behave toward them as insentient things and treat them in ways that are diametrically opposed to any moral consideration of their interests. Unless we label them as pets, of course. Then they are automatically included in our circle of compassion. For a deeper look at the psychology behind this, I recommend this great TED talk: link to this video…

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On “The fight over transparency in the meat industry”

I think most people in this thread are new to animal rights theory. This TED talk from Dr. Melanie Joy is a good introduction to Carnism: link to this video

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On “COP21: Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Go part-time vegetarian to protect the planet'”

For those who are interested in reducing their animal consumption and need an extra push, I recommend this great talk by Dr. Melanie Joy about carnism, which is the invisible belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals: link to this video

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On “Exercise 'doesn't slow' progression of dementia if you already have dementia”

You’re right but you should have included decent sources in your initial comment. Sadly the vegan crowd overlaps too much with the pseudoscientific new age/alt med/antivaxxers crowd, so skeptical types are quick to dismiss any suggestion that such a diet is healthier. And people generally don’t like to hear that eating meat is bad for them anyway. If anyone is interested in why you instinctively react so negatively to the idea that your diet is unhealthy and unnecessarily wasteful/harmful, there’s a great Ted Talk on it: link to this video

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On “After death of girl yesterday, 12 more detected with H5N1 bird flu in Cambodia”

I already have one. Meet my psychologist, Melanie Joy, Ph.D., Ed.M., a Harvard-educated psychologist, professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts. link to this video (Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen) link (What to Say to Vegans | Melanie Joy)