“ Psycholinguists argue about whether language reflects our perception of reality or helps create them. I am in the latter camp. Take the names we give the animals we eat. The Patagonian toothfish is a… Hal Herzog
“ The researchers found that nearly every change they made was followed by a temporary uptick in performance, even when it involved simply undoing a previous change. They concluded that the increases in… Hal Herzog
“ What the new science of anthrozoology reveals is that our attitudes, behaviors, and relationships with the animals in our lives- the ones we love, the ones we hate, and the ones we eat- are, likewise,… Hal Herzog
“ 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 psycholog… Hal Herzog
“ We middles see the world in shades of grey rather than in the clear blacks and whites of committed animal activists and their equally vociferous opponents Hal Herzog