Notes on Consciousness

• "The evolution of cephalopods yielded, in the octopus, a body of pure possibility." #Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith #Peter Godfrey-Smith
• "A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) has about 500 million neurons in its body (...) in the same range as various smaller mammals, close to the range of dogs, and cephalopods have much larger nervous systems than all other invertebrates." #Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith #Peter Godfrey-Smith
• "Octopuses and other cephalopods have exceptionally good eyes, and these are eyes built on the same general design as ours. Two experiments in the evolution of large nervous systems landed on similar ways of seeing." #Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith #Peter Godfrey-Smith
• "In 2010, an experiment confirmed that giant Pacific octopuses can indeed recognize individual humans, and can do this even when the humans are wearing identical uniforms." #Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith #Peter Godfrey-Smith #Octopuses (Enteroctopus dofleini) recognize individual humans
• "The octopus lives outside the body/brain divide." #Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith #Peter Godfrey-Smith

See also: #Octopuses (Enteroctopus dofleini) recognize individual humans