Sonja’s Reviews > Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind > Status Update
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“when we build a computer we build something that will be distracted as little as possible by the undirected ruminations of its chemistry” I LOVE THIS BOOK
— Jan 22, 2026 02:25PM
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“…when [animals] evolved multicellular sensing: encouraging parts of their bodies to become maps or reflections of fragments of their surroundings”
— Feb 05, 2026 09:58AM
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“that is the arthropod way of evolving. when in doubt, add some legs. add some spatulas to your head!”
— Jan 29, 2026 05:43PM
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“their bodies scrunching into incomprehensibility when they fell”
— Jan 29, 2026 12:45PM
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“if bacteria invented transistors what were they doing with them? why did they need to control electricity with electricity?”
— Jan 22, 2026 02:20PM
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“at this scale activity arises spontaneously without being made to happen”
— Jan 22, 2026 11:35AM
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“Somehow, a part of the world’s often mindless activity folded itself into minds”
— Jan 20, 2026 12:51PM
