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The inconsistencies that haunt our relationships with animals also result from the quirks of human cognition. We like to think of ourselves as the rational species. But research in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics shows that our thinking and behavior are often completely illogical. In one study, for example, groups of people were independently asked how much they would give to prevent waterfowl from being killed in polluted oil ponds. On average, the subjects said they would pay $80 to save 2,000 birds, $78 to save 20,000 birds, and $88 to save 200,000 birds. Sometimes animals act more logically than people do; a recent study found that when picking a new home, the decisions of ant colonies were more rational than those of human house-hunters. What is it about human psychology that makes it so difficult for us to think consistently about animals? The paradoxes that plague our interactions with other species are due to the fact that much of our thinking is a mire of instinct, learning, language, culture, intuition, and our reliance on mental shortcuts.


Hal Herzog


#behavior #charity #cognition #decision-making #ethics

You have to get lost before you can be found.


Jeff Rasley


#biography #charity #himalayas #memoir #mountaineering

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.


Jacques Bossuet


#grandeur #great #great souls #know #only

Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.


Richard MacDonald


#always #back #been #big #charities

In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity.


Philipp Melanchthon


#charity #differences #essentials #liberty #things

I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.


Jonathan Kozol


#beg #blasphemy #charity #christmas #christmas eve

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.


Sara Paretsky


#bit #charity #chicago #church #cohesion

Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced.


Nick Rahall


#actions #american #american people #charity #compassion

Most agree, whatever their party political position, that the West can and should open its agricultural markets more fully to the products of the poorer countries of the globe. They are agricultural societies that need our markets more than our charity.


John Redwood


#agricultural #charity #countries #fully #globe

My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.


Nikki Reed


#autistic #brother #charity #found #haven






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