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Peter Watts

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Peter Watts is a Canadian science-fiction author and former marine biologist. His latest novel is Echopraxia (2014).

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Painting of floating people connected by cables to a large brain, suggesting a neural network. The background is dark and subdued.

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Consciousness and altered states

Hive consciousness

New research puts us on the cusp of brain-to-brain communication. Could the next step spell the end of individual minds?

Peter Watts