Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in vegetarian and animal-welfare threads as an introduction to the psychology behind how we treat animals differently.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TEDx Talks

Topic

carnism and food psychology

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• > "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: [VIDEO]

• Yes, there's absolutely no reason to believe pigs suffer less than dogs. In fact, they have similar cognitive levels. So we need to do some mental gymnastics to justify how we treat them. This behavior is labeled "moral schizophrenia" by some. We say that we …

• 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: [VIDEO]