Don't Mind Meat, the Denial of Mind to Animals

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i first heard about this study in scientific american. The name of the a study by brock bastion and his colleagues, is, don't mind meat. People tend to really like animals and love animals and think of them as being a creatures that have minds. But when people eat meat, they're forced to deal with that idea. And so there's a motivation in order to enjoy and continue eating meat and seek out things.

In this episode, we talk to Danielle Ofri, a physician and author of "What Doctors Feel" - a book about the emotional lives of doctors and how compassion fatigue, biases, and other mental phenomena affect their decisions, their motivations, and their relationships with patients.

You'll also hear Ofri discuss emotional epidemiology, the viral-like spread of fear and other emotions that can lead to panics like those we've seen surrounding Ebola, the Swine Flu, SARS, and other illnesses.

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