Watts.epub: Blindsight By Peter

A genetically resurrected vampire —an extinct, predatory subspecies of human with superhuman processing power but a lethal allergy to right angles (the "crucifix glitch").

A linguist with four distinct personalities surgically partitioned into her brain to process complex alien languages. Blindsight by Peter Watts.epub

It doesn’t just ask if we are alone; it asks if our very sense of "self" is a handicap in a competitive universe. A biologist whose body is so heavily interfaced

A biologist whose body is so heavily interfaced with the ship that he can "feel" the hull and "taste" radiation. Core Themes: Intelligence vs. Consciousness The central, chilling argument of the book is that

Peter Watts has made the book available for free under a Creative Commons license on his official site, though you can also find it at retailers like Barnes & Noble .

The central, chilling argument of the book is that .

Watts uses this philosophical thought experiment to suggest that something can process information and communicate perfectly without actually "understanding" what it’s doing.