4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans. Studies have also found that: Pet owners are less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

Or, as Dunning and Kruger wrote when they published their results in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology : People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. This post was originally published on 22 September 2009, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives !

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Bald Eagle Eagles Psychology Birds 174

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

But recent experiments with chimpanzees suggest that the day may be near when we can ask trained chimpanzees if they want to be eaten for food. If they have a right to life because they have a self-concept, they surely also have a right to die and the right to suffer pain in the process if they desire. KBJ: Ditto.

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