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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

There is no philosophical continuum, but there is a psychological continuum, as evidenced by everyone at the workshop taking steps back or forward, denoting their increase in animal use (including no meat to meat, or backsliding, like I did a decade ago), or their decrease (such as when vegetarians go vegan). How about this?

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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

10,000 Birds

This brings its very own challenges and strategies about which little has been written. Having said that, it is very important that you are prepared psychologically for the masses. However, the following mental strategies helped greatly in learning to enjoy the nature experience nonetheless: 1.

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