Being aware of the maybe self-aware A book argues that we've not thought enough about things that might think. What rights should a creature with ambiguous self-awareness, like an octopus, be granted. Credit: A. Martin UW Photography If you aren’t yet worried about the multitude of ways you inadvertently inflict suffering onto other living creatures, you will be after reading The Edge of Sentience by Jonathan Birch. And for good reason. Birch, a Professor of Philosophy at the London College of E...