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Vampyroteuthis Infernalis: A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste by Vilem Flusser, Louis Bec (Paperback, 2012)

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How far apart are humans from animals-even the ?. vampire squid from hell??. The abyss that separates us?. is incomparably smaller than that which separates us from extraterrestrial life, as imagined in science fiction and sought by astrobiologists,?.

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How far apart are humans from animals-even the vampire squid from hell ? Playing the scientist/philosopher/provocateur, Vilem Flusser uses this question as a springboard to dive into a literal and a philosophical ocean. Part scientific treatise, part spoof, part philosophical discourse, part fable, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis gives its author ample room to ruminate on human-and nonhuman-life. Considering the human condition along with the vampire squid/octopus condition seems appropriate because we are both products of an absurd coincidence . . . we are poorly programmed beings full of defects, Flusser writes.