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Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen

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Psychology & human behaviorPhilosophy & ethicsNutrition & diet science

What it is

Psychologist Melanie Joy's TEDxMunchen talk introduces carnism, the invisible belief system that conditions people to eat some animals but not others, and how it shapes reactions to food choices.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “it's brilliantly explained by Dr. Melaine Joy in this TED talk”

    Melanie Joy explains carnism and arbitrary distinctions between pets and livestock.

    PerfectElement, 2015-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Death of a Programmer, Life of a Farmer”

  2. “there’s a great Ted Talk on it”

    Explains why people react negatively to criticism of their diet.

    scottmf, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “Exercise 'doesn't slow' progression of dementia if you already have dementia”

  3. “Meet my psychologist, Melanie Joy”

    Melanie Joy's talk as a psychologist's perspective.

    myshpa, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “After death of girl yesterday, 12 more detected with H5N1 bird flu in Cambodia”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: carnism, meat eating, animal ethics, psychology, veganism

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