Mary Roach Quote

Unlike filets and stewing meats, organs look like what they are: body parts. That’s another reason we resist them. Organs, says Rozin, remind us of what we have in common with animals. In the same way a corpse spawns thoughts of mortality, tongues and tripe send an unwelcome message: you too are an organism, a chewing, digesting sack of guts.

Mary Roach

Unlike filets and stewing meats, organs look like what they are: body parts. That’s another reason we resist them. Organs, says Rozin, remind us of what we have in common with animals. In the same way a corpse spawns thoughts of mortality, tongues and tripe send an unwelcome message: you too are an organism, a chewing, digesting sack of guts.

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