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Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake: Mushroom Bible

Amazing nonfiction book combining the worlds of philosophy and science

@Catzilla

Feb 23, 2025

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Other minds by Peter Godfrey-smith

This book rec was inspired by sofe’s 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 hadn’t 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. It’s 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!

@mouse

Jun 6, 2024

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Branching out with books

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

@1313llll13

Feb 20, 2025

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Making a playlist for your child self

I made a playlist with songs that made me so excited for life as a child and it has been revolutionary for my mental state… I named mine Pink Sparkly Boots because that’s exactly what mother came home with one day and I was such a diva in them ✨ Glamorous by Fergie is the most played song on that playlist because it very much did alter my brain chemistry. Highly recommend doing this

@ashkiro

Feb 28, 2025