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> [“Crabs and some shrimp, in contrast, will groom injured areas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/crabs-and-some-shrimp-in-contrast-will-groom-injured-areas/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

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## More by Peter Godfrey-Smith

> [“But Toulmin and Goodfield's Fabric of the Heavens (1962.), an old book recently reprinted, is my favorite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/but-toulmin-and-goodfield-s-fabric-of-the-heavens-1962-an-old-book/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“Crabs and some shrimp, in contrast, will groom injured areas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/crabs-and-some-shrimp-in-contrast-will-groom-injured-areas/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [In a world full of audio visual marvels, may words matter to you and be full of magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/in-a-world-full-of-audio-visual-marvels-may-words-matter-to-you-and/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“Octopuses in at least two aquariums have learned to turn off the lights”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/octopuses-in-at-least-two-aquariums-have-learned-to-turn-off-the/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“For an octopus, its arms are partly self”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/for-an-octopus-its-arms-are-partly-self/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“All living things affect their environment by making and transforming chemicals, and”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/all-living-things-affect-their-environment-by-making-and-transforming/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“if you focus on the large fossils, you miss most of the life that is present”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/if-you-focus-on-the-large-fossils-you-miss-most-of-the-life-that-is/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“Inner speech seems to be an important part of System 2 thinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/inner-speech-seems-to-be-an-important-part-of-system-2-thinking/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“our most recent common ancestor—a worm-like creature”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/our-most-recent-common-ancestor-a-worm-like-creature/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“When you dive into the sea, you are diving into the origin of us all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/when-you-dive-into-the-sea-you-are-diving-into-the-origin-of-us-all/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“seems plausible that an animal might feel pain or thirst without having an “inner model” of the world,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/seems-plausible-that-an-animal-might-feel-pain-or-thirst-without/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“They are curious, embracing novelty, protean in behavior as well as in body”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/they-are-curious-embracing-novelty-protean-in-behavior-as-well-as-in/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“What does it feel like to be an octopus? To be a jellyfish? Does it feel like anything at all? Which were the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-an-octopus-to-be-a-jellyfish-does-it/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“Why don’t we all live for a longer time? On mountainsides in California and Nevada there are pine trees that were alive when Julius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/why-don-t-we-all-live-for-a-longer-time-on-mountainsides-in/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

> [“multitude of micro-actions must be shaped into a macro-action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-godfrey-smith/multitude-of-micro-actions-must-be-shaped-into-a-macro-action/)

[Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-godfrey-smith/)

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