Books, books, books….

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The two Octopus books arrived today (from Amazon):

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Professor of Philosophy Peter Godfrey-Smith (Graduate Center City University, New York and professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney)

The Soul of the Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Naturalist Sy Montgomery

And one of my Determinism purchases, The Illusion of Determinism: Why Free Will is Real and Causal by Edwin A Locke (Dean’s  Professor of Leadership and Motivation Emeritus at the R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. He is also a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and an advocate for Objectivism and Ayn Rand, one of my favorite thinkers, to the dismay of my pal Bryan Sentes)

Determinism or Free Will by Chapman Cohen is yet to come as is Paranormality: Why we believe the Impossible by Professor Richard Wiseman

The Octopus books have color photos – hooray! – and deal not only with the creatures but, as you can see, consciousness which impacts everything I’m discussing lately, especially the Reality/Simulation theses.

Determinism – which Bryan places at the beginning of his scholarly journey and has moved on from apparently – impacts the essence of the Reality/Simulation theses.

Paranormality is the overcoat of everything Nick Redfern wrties about and is the obsessional under-coating of reality for the judicious Paul Kimball and many of his buddies.

So, I’ll be inserting references to all these books in the hope that they help with the UFO topic, UFOs, being my compulsive entrance to things odd or queer. (Don’t read anything into that).

RR