This is what the Pope's astronomer says:
Any entity — no matter how many tentacles it has — has a soul.
Guy Consolmagno
Here's what I say.
No entity — no matter how many tentacles it has — has a soul.
PZ Myers
I can count tentacles. I can't count souls, and neither can anyone else.
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