Reading Other Minds_ The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life | Alexandria
Read Other Minds_ The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey Smith. Exploring consciousness through an octopus's alien intelligence reveals startling truths about our own minds. While separated by 600 million years of evolution, these eight-armed philosophers display problem-solving skills rivaling primates, yet their intelligence evolved completely independently - challenging our assumptions about how consciousness emerges.