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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

The first day is 3 weeks, but 4 Sundays away. The epigraph looks like it‘s about 2 pages, so that shouldn‘t be too bad if someone can‘t get this book until the following week.

2 Feb - Epigraph
9 Feb - Meetings Across the Tree of Life
16 Feb - A History of Animals
23 Feb - Mischief and Craft
2 Mar - From White Noise to Consciousness
9 Mar - Making Colors
16 Mar - Our Minds and Others
23 Mar - Experience Compressed
30 Mar - Octopolis

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TheBookHippie Looks good! 2w

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie how did you see that so fast?! 2w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics just logged in 🤣 I just put it on hold hopefully it arrives soon. 2w

kspenmoll I will check this book out-see if library has it. 2w

ravenlee Ok, I‘ll give this a try. I was getting all confused because Litsy wasn‘t showing it as read but I thought I had…I did read this about five years ago. I liked it but don‘t remember it and still have it, so I guess it‘s time. 2w

AlaSkaat Looks good. I‘ll try getting the book by end of this month 2w

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

This also sounds fun. Let me know if you‘d rather read this (or something like it). This seems like it might be a bit more upbeat… which I feel like we need these days.
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TheBookHippie Yes!!!!!! 2w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie doesn‘t this sound fun? Plus the cover is gorgeous! 2w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics yes!!!! It looks so good. 2w

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AlaSkaat This sounds a lot more interesting and less daunting! 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that‘s what I thought! 2w

AlaSkaat When do you guys think of starting? 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that‘s going to be my next question. Do we want to start later in January or wait for February? 2w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics February would be ideal for me, but I‘m open to anything 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat February 2nd is the first Sunday, and that actually gives us 4 Sundays between now and then, so everyone would have time to get a copy and what not. 2w

AlaSkaat Works for me. How would we do it this time? I read one of your comments where you said questions were hard to come up with, we could try something easier ? 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I‘m thinking either just open the discussion, maybe have one question to start things. I thought about opening it up so if anyone had something they wanted to discuss they could post it and we could all join in. In the Shakespeare group we just had a post and it was a discussion free for all. That wouldn‘t be so bad. 2w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics yeah, we can try doing that 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I feel like the conversations are more organic that way and they‘re easier to have. You just kind of jump in. If a topic gets a ton of traction or something, we could make a separate post for it just to keep things organised if we needed to. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics That sounds good. We‘ll see how the discussions go next time 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat if it doesn‘t work, we can always go back or try something else. I‘m always open to ideas. 2w

kspenmoll My son thinks he has this- now to find it in his extensive somewhat chaotic library!!!! 1w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll love that! Fingers crossed you can find it! 1w

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Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will | Robert M. Sapolsky

We talked about reading this in January, but I don‘t know how we‘re all feeling about this after the Sam Harris book.
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TheBookHippie I cannot 😩 2w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I‘ve been having the same thought. 2w

ravenlee I got it recently and want to read it, but not immediately. I think it has to be an improvement, right? Also, “science” is a good sign that it won‘t just be incoherent ramblings. I think. I hope. 2w

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The Philosophy Book | Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

This sounds like us…
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kspenmoll Love this!!!! 3w

GingerAntics Even with that flashlight, you‘re never finding that cat. That‘s just cats for ya. 3w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I saw it and had to share. 3w

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TheBookHippie Omg 🖤🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣DEAD ON!!!! Lolololol. 3w

julesG 😂😂😂 Spot on!!! 3w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @julesG I knew this was the perfect image for this group. It just took some doing to get Litsy to actually let me post it. Oof 3w

AlaSkaat At this point I feel like we‘ve been reading metaphysics with all those questions that always come up but no answers to them! 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I think that last one definitely left so many questions unanswered. Harris is known for the nonsense. That‘s as my second Sam Harris book, and my last 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat in all fairness, we have been reading a lot about what is real and what is not, so yeah, we‘ve been doing a lot of metaphysics. 2w

ravenlee Right on the nose! (Boop) 2w

GingerAntics @ravenlee the (boop) is perfection! 2w

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Free Will | Sam Harris

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Late for the readalong but figured I‘d finish it, and wish I‘d just chucked it. Repetitive but never particularly clear or convincing, Harris just seems to spitballing about something he kinda believes but can‘t convey. Not a great one, and if he were anybody else I don‘t think this would have gotten published at all.
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kspenmoll I would have bailed if not that we discussed it. Most times not sure how to respond! (edited) 1mo

GingerAntics 100% agree… I‘m sorry we picked it, honestly. 1mo

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Free Will | Sam Harris

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GingerAntics Is this an intro to another book? I feel like there was very little explanation. I almost feel more confused than when we started. 2mo

GingerAntics I seem to be disappointed in the Sam Harris books I read. Every single one is a like, but or an eh. 2mo

kspenmoll I would have bailed but for your discussion questions! 2mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I struggled for discussion questions. I am not going to lie. 2mo

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Free Will | Sam Harris

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Did anyone else feel like it ended abruptly? Maybe that‘s a separate question.
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kspenmoll There was a point where i was reading Hitler‘s People about Nazi movers & shakers & I thought they had free will & made choices, fully aware of what Hitler‘s & his minions‘ policies, despite denials post war.

Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich

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GingerAntics @kspenmoll he failed to define what he meant by free will, because that‘s a game changer. Did those people have choices, yes they did. Were they as open ended and free as one might hope? Probably not. Get on board or die isn‘t much of a choice, is it? It is, in fact, a choice though; and some people chose not to get on board. Sadly, they died so we have no idea if they later regretted that choice. 2mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll to say no one has any choices is obviously false. To say anyone can make any choice, that‘s also obviously false. Our choices are limited by socioeconomic status, gender, where we live, etc. So free will in the sense that anyone can make any choice at any time is false. He never said how he was using the term. He did make it out like a person who kills someone didn‘t make a choice (possibly from a selection of crappy choices anyway). 2mo

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GingerAntics @kspenmoll they didn‘t have the option to choose something different. In that day and age, your husband made the decision and did as you were told. To say they could have chosen to join a different party or something is giving women greater agency and control over their lives than they actually had. We‘re talking 1930s and 1940s. 2mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll oh yeah, some/many were die hard nazis, 100%. We just have to take into account that these women weren‘t really the decision makers involved. They were supposed to shut up and breed more little nazis. 2mo

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Free Will | Sam Harris

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This ought to be an adventure. I cannot wait to reads these answers.
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TheBookHippie I will catch up 😅 2mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I think we are all feeling a little wonky and off at this point. We‘re lucky I‘ve kept up with this book since the election. 🤣😂🤣 2mo

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Free Will | Sam Harris

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I did accidentally read last week‘s chapter the well before, but I did come up with another question.
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kspenmoll All that you mentioned! 2mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll sadly, I feel there an amount of character development that is entirely out of control of the individual… up to a point. If you were raised poorly, as an adult you have to make the choice to learn differently. You also have to be free and choose to question your beliefs. Unfortunately, very few people actually do this. The genetics you can‘t really do anything about, though. 2mo

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Free Will | Sam Harris

I think I accidentally read/listened to this week‘s chapter last week, but I need to double check for sure. How is everyone doing so far this week?
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kspenmoll I am behind, having trouble focusing- 2mo

AlaSkaat I am couple chapters behind! With my twins funeral and cremation and developing a womb infection!!! It‘s been the hardest past 8 weeks of my life. Life always gets in the way of our book discussions! I‘d love to finish this one but might be a little late 2mo

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat oh my God! I am SO sorry! We are so not important right now. We will discuss this whenever you want. Big digital hugs! I am so so sorry for what you‘re going through. We‘re here if you need to talk, or vent, or whatever. 🤗🤗🤗 2mo

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GingerAntics @kspenmoll same! I feel like I‘m just escaping and doing whatever I can to just ignore the madness. 2mo

kspenmoll @AlaSkaat Sending you love love love. I am so deeply sorry. 💕💕💕 2mo

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics @kspenmoll Thank you guys ❤️‍🩹 books are actually my escape atm so it‘s very helpful. But my mind is working slow so reading is going slow, but I‘ll get there 2mo

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat there is nothing wrong with that, just take your time. 2mo

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