Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, And The Deep... Official

Personal anecdotes from diving; the social interactions at Octopolis.

Godfrey-Smith traces consciousness back to the basic need for internal coordination . As multicellular organisms became more complex, they needed a way to distinguish between changes in the world and changes caused by their own movement. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep...

The book's central premise is that high-level intelligence evolved at least on Earth: Vertebrates: Leads to humans, mammals, and birds. Cephalopods: Leads to octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. Personal anecdotes from diving; the social interactions at

Distributed intelligence in arms; color-changing as "excess" signaling. Evolutionary Theory Theories of aging and the paradox of short, smart lives. Part IV: Social Minds Field Observations Personal anecdotes from diving