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Oct 2, 2024 | 
issues.org | Tom Burroughs |Jennifer Jacquet |Becca Franks |Peter Godfrey-Smith
California just enacted a comprehensive state ban on farming octopuses for human consumption and on selling any octopus raised as food. This action aligns with arguments presented in Issues by Jennifer Jacquet and three other international scholars. “We believe that octopuses are particularly ill-suited to a life in captivity and mass-production, for reasons both ethical and ecological,” they write.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
science.org | Fabian Ripka |Jennifer Jacquet |Becca Franks |Peter Godfrey-Smith
Information & AuthorsInformationPublished In ScienceVolume 385 | Issue 671016 August 2024CopyrightCopyright © 2024 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Article versionsSubmission historyPublished in print: 16 August 2024PermissionsRequest permissions for this article. AcknowledgmentsJ.B. is a consultant for the Brooks Institute, an animal law think tank.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
literaryreview.co.uk | Peter Godfrey-Smith
Living on Earth is the third volume in a trilogy that began with Other Minds in 2017 and continued with Metazoa in 2020. These books are not easy to classify. Part natural history, part theoretical science, part philosophy, they don’t fit neatly into any of the normal categories. But readers of the previous volumes will know what to expect.
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May 16, 2024 | 
nybooks.com | Peter Godfrey-Smith
Recent writing about perception by neuroscientists and philosophers has tended toward a disconcerting message: we have nothing like the simple, direct contact with the world around us that we might suppose. Instead, we are told, our brains actively synthesize a picture of the world, continually guessing, extrapolating, and projecting.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
issues.org | Tom Burroughs |Jennifer Jacquet |Becca Franks |Peter Godfrey-Smith
Several companies are proposing to open offshore octopus farms, saying they would help relieve pressure on wild populations and provide a valued foodstuff. But there are objections, the Washington Post recently reported, quoting the environmental scientist Jennifer Jacquet and citing her coauthorship of “an influential essay” in Issues.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
shepherd.com | Tom Ireland |Gavin Pretor-Pinney |Peter Godfrey-Smith |Richard Dawkins
Thanks to this beautiful book, I try to take a moment each day to look up at the sky. The Cloudspotter’s Guide is so much more than just a guide to the science of how clouds form, or the different types – it’s a reminder to appreciate the unbelievably beautiful and epic natural forms that float above us every day. Clouds, writes Pretor-Pinney, are ‘the most egalitarian of nature’s displays – we all have a good view of them’.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
barnesandnoble.com | Ray Nayler |James Bridle |Peter Godfrey-Smith |Sy Montgomery
Guest Posts, Our Monthly Picks, Sci Fi By Guest Author / June 1, 2023 at 1:59 am Share Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter The Mountain in the Sea: A Novel The Mountain in the Sea: A Novel By Ray Nayler In Stock Online Paperback $18.00 For those that gravitate towards the science in science fiction, this book will make you rethink everything you ever thought you knew about intelligence and sentience. This riveting debut is a first contact story, an eco-thriller, and a...
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May 29, 2023 | 
wyborcza.pl | Peter Godfrey-Smith
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Feb 28, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Peter Godfrey-Smith
Suppose a person is very concerned about the ethical issues around food and farming, especially animal welfare, but for whatever reason finds that a wholly plant-based diet does not work for them. What is the most defensible step away from veganism – the best compromise to make, if it is a compromise at all? About a year ago, this question became vivid to me soon after I set out on an experiment: a near-vegan diet for a month.
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Feb 10, 2023 | 
aeon.co | Peter Godfrey-Smith
Suppose a person is very concerned about the ethical issues around food and farming, especially animal welfare, but for whatever reason finds that a wholly plant-based diet does not work for them. What is the most defensible step away from veganism – the best compromise to make, if it is a compromise at all? About a year ago, this question became vivid to me soon after I set out on an experiment: a near-vegan diet for a month.
