“Dude…you ever notice that tree rings kinda look like grooves in a record?” “Dude! Whoa…totally!” (bong hit) “Dude…what if we built a thing that would play slices of trees like they were records?” “Man…’slices of trees’…that’s wild. Slices. Sliiicesss. Slices is a weird word, man! Slices!” “Dude! The tree thing—the record player. Focus!” “Oh yeah…yeah, […]
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2012-13 Wrap-Up, Part 3: Animal Stuff
In 2012-23, I seriously (re-)committed myself to helping animals…
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Are octopi the most amazing animals? (We may have to wait ’til they tell us.)
Prepare to have your mind blown re: octopi and other cephalopods. (Unless you’re already in the know.) Exhibit A is this article in Orion Magazine, which I read some time ago, and which knocked my brain on its ass with its central premise that octopi seem to think and experience things in a way that’s […]