Inside the Mind of an Octopus


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Please have a look at

The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
By Peter Godfrey-Smith

This is a study of the intelligence of octopus.  They have a brain mass to body mass ratio greater than that of any mammal on land or in the sea. 

If we ever can grasp how octopus  think and solve problems we will be ready to great aliens from the farthest reaches of the Milky Way.

They are so different from us,  yet they can solve problems in a way that suggests intelligence.  

We can relate to the higher apes because we are their near cousins.  And we can relate to cetecians because they are fellow mammals.  But  the octopus may as well come from another planet.....

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