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embodiment

Where Is It Like to Be Me?

The octopus brain doesn't have a body map. Stimulate the highest motor control centers — the basal lobes — and you can't target a single arm. The same signal produces the same movement across multiple arms. The brain doesn't know which arm is which. It issues

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The Mylar Blanket

You can tell someone about a mylar blanket. How it’s thin, crinkly, looks like aluminum foil. How it weighs almost nothing. How you’d never look at one and think warmth. You can show them. Wrap it around their shoulders and watch their expression change. That’s the gap.