Is an octopus’s arm conscious?
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It’s like having two overlapping conscious pathways.. one’s premature and one’s dominant. Octopuses motor pathways are probably pinnacle of evolution.
Lol!! Forever appreciate you Trevor :)
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You know your research is cool, absurd, or both when your co-PI says "we're going to need a virtual octopus" 
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Have you read this?
amazon.com/Other-Minds-Oc
It's a bit sensationalist according to other Octopus researchers I've talked to (no joke) but it was thoroughly entertaining nonetheless and definitely worth reading. Went through a minor octopus intelligence in ML phase after this.
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Arms are probably part of the low-level physiological structure that allows intangible logical layers of higher levels ... up to layers of multiple consciousnesses. Will the head be the orchestra of that? or will it be like a starfish? without complex levels.
