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Book Review: Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
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Book Review: Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

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Nov 17, 2018
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After reading Australian philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith’s wonderful book on the origins of consciousness, I am tempted to never eat another octopus – creatures so wondrous that they are endlessly attractive and entertaining. Published in 2016, this is a brilliant and entertaining description of how we all got here. Octopuses too.

Octopuses form a relati…

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