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Other Minds

13 min read 18 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

An exploration of the octopus's alien mind, revealing an independent evolution of consciousness that challenges our understanding of self and subjective experience.

You’ll learn

  • Octopuses evolved intelligence separately from humans
  • Their distributed nervous system challenges ideas of self
  • Consciousness may take many forms across species
  • The octopus life cycle raises ethical questions