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“A narrow-minded man can lead one to devalue others, and in the end, to desperately dangerous hates of outsiders, ranging in expression from discrimination against minorities to world conflagrations,' Tolman wrote. The solution? Create broader cognitive maps in the mind that encompass bigger geographical boundaries and a wider social scope, embracing those we might consider others, and in this way encourage empathy and understanding.” UnderstandingPerspectiveEmpathyDiscriminationWorld PeaceGeography Book:The Genius of Birds Source: The Genius of Birds
“Every forest has its own character, its own whispered rumors and smells.” CharacterForest Book:The Genius of Birds Source: The Genius of Birds
“If one of the species you’re using in your experiment fails every test you give it, the problem may be you, the researcher, not the animal. You may have failed to understand what is relevant to the way a bird sees the world.” FailureBirdsOpen MindednessExperiment Book:The Genius of Birds Source: The Genius of Birds
“We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us.” NatureDinosaursCrowsEnviromentCorvidsSixth Extinction Book:The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think Source: The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
“I love this idea, that nature dreamed up the same kind of sleep in both humans and birds, fostering the growth of big brains in creatures so far apart on life’s tree.” SleepDreamsBirds Book:The Genius of Birds Source: The Genius of Birds