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The Octopus: An Alien Among Us
- galaxyLogic 7y ago"People sometimes believe that their houseplants are conscious."
- ksaj 7y agoWhat do the houseplants think about that?
- galaxyLogic 7y ago:-)
- ksaj 7y agoThe paragraphs beginning where they discuss Hydras is pretty much precisely what Valentino Braitenberg was getting at with his thought experiment Vehicles. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/vehicles https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/vehicles I've been studying this area since the 80's, so for me it is particularly exciting to see the concepts show up in less theoretical formats.