All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith is the author of the 2016 best-seller "Other Minds," which explored what octopus intelligence reveals ...

Octopuses have a large nervous system, with the average octopus having about 500 million neurons or brain cells. That puts it in the same “brain range” as smaller mammals such as dogs. Unlike ...

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5/5 Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.