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Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith
The octopus as an alien intelligence that evolved mind separately. Diving, evolution and philosophy in one beautiful book.
Read it if…
you want to meet a different kind of mind.
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Skip it if…
you want human neuroscience.
Try instead: Metazoa →
Three things you will actually use
- Mind evolved more than once.
- Embodiment shapes thought.
- Meet the octopus.
Do this first
Read the chapters on octopus behavior.
Our verdict
The octopus mind.
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