Improve your focus with Brain FM with 30 days free: https://www.brain.fm/withinreason. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Peter Godfrey-Smith is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, and author of "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness". Prof. Godfrey-Smith’s work is particularly interested in cephalopods, but we speak about both consciousness and other animals more broadly, in a fascinating conversation about the nature of the nonhuman mind. - LINKS The Shrimp Welfare Project: https://www.shrimpwelfareproject.org/ Buy "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness" - https://amzn.to/3Ja17MP Buy "Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind" - https://amzn.to/459cRYy Buy "Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World" - https://amzn.to/45IuNcK - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – How Many Times Has the Brain Independently Evolved? 4:36 – What is a Nervous System? 7:12 – The Differences Between the Human and Animal Brains 13:40 – What Does an Octopus Brain Look Like? 25:21 – What is it Like to be an Octopus? 35:48 – Are the Mind and Body Distinct? 42:46 – Panpsychism: Is Everything Conscious? 55:53 – How Do Experiences Combine Into One Consciousness? 01:05:08 – Which Animals Feel Pain? What is it Like? 01:16:51 – Should We Make Shrimp Farming an Ethical Priority? 01:29:22 – Animal Science and Animal Foods 01:35:59 – The Ethics of Killing Animals 01:52:13 – Are Octopuses Playful? - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com ------------------------------------------