my brain wants to know more about other brains and itself but its been stuck on a sci fi tear for a few years
Sep 24, 2024
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This book rec was inspired by sofeβs lil squid story. This book is about the evolution of sentient life; with a heavy emphasis on cephalopods, as their evolutionary tree branched off from our common ancestors so long ago. Octopuses have been my fav animal for ages but I hadnβt realised how cool squid are too! And cuttlefish fish! He describes the process by which they change colour and it blew my mind, they essentially have biological pixels, for cuttlefish anyway, they have two different kinds of pixel-like cells/muscles that control two different colour spectrums. Itβs a really brilliant book, and for those who are put off by too sciency books (myself included tbh), this book is a philosophy/science hybrid!
Jun 6, 2024
this book literally changed my life and completely upended way i think about consciousness. octopus intelligence is the closest thing we have (and probably ever will have) to studying alien minds and this man makes the absolute most of it.
bare fascinating especially if you already like biology shit, and if you don't, trust me this will change that.
Apr 16, 2024
I almost never read informative nonfiction, only essays and the occasional biography. I just finished Metazoa by Peter Godfrey-Smith - a really cool look into the evolution of consciousness and different types of brains/nervous systems!! Will I immediately go read a bunch of books about biology? Probably not. But I enjoyed learning about something I knew very little about and I will definitely be reading some more books about brains in the future
Feb 20, 2025
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Oct 26, 2024
It was really friendly and I felt very lucky to be so welcomed by a total stranger cat. I tried to see the name on its collar a few times but it was too squirmy.
After a few minutes of watching it roll around, I felt that I spent enough time in a strangers driveway laughing at and scratching a cat. When I started walking though, it lazily followed me! I made sure it didn't get too far from where it stopped me and the rest of my walk felt a little lighter.
(the mystery kitty)
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