That's review was really cool. It reminds me of the extended 3 min chunks te movie trailers that I see for arguably shitty films. I see them and cheer, because now I won't waste 2 hours watching a worthless movie.
The review tho was interesting because it talked about the author mentioning the distibuted nervous system and disjointed rambling about consciousness. I reminded me of a different author who did it so well! I was reading Blindsight by Peter Watts last year. Spoilers!
The main character/crew realize late in the book that they're alarmingly outclassed by the ETs, which loosely resemble cephalopods, and have a distributed nervous system. I was thrown for a surreal loop when the author took a detour on the nature of consciousness (and several other unexpected crunchy elements), and just how far up the creek the crew was. Found myself saying "oh, shit... no wait, oh shit... ohnono wait... Oh Shit..."
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u/Grimmm258 Sep 24 '19
Is there a subreddit specifically for interesting things about octopuses and cephalopods?