Discussion emerges on octopus intelligence and lifespan constraints
4 Sep 10 3:21 AM · 14d ago · 5 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 5
Multiple commenters on Hacker News discuss the LPSO's intelligence relative to other cephalopods and speculate on what potential could be unlocked if such intelligent species lived longer than typical octopuses.
“They are probably the closest we'll get to an alien intelligence. Their nervous systems evolved along a completely different evolutionary path from us vertebrates. It pains me that they are so short lived, though.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Being_the_Right_Size"The most obvious differences between different animals are differences of size, but for some reason the zoologists have paid singularly little attention to them. In a large textbook of zoology before me I find no indication that the eagle is larger than the sparrow, or the hippopotamus bigger…
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I've been fascinated by Cephalopods since reading (the excellent) book "Other Minds" by Peter Godfrey-Smith. They are probably the closest we'll get to an alien intelligence. Their nervous systems evolved along a completely different evolutionary path from us vertebrates. It pains me that they are so short lived, though. I wonder what potential…
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Irony: Nowhere on that page does it say how large that octopus actually is. An inch? 2 meters? Unclear.To save you the google search, it's about "tennis ball size" according to https://30a.com/larger-pacific-striped-octopus/ . Somebody should add that to the wiki.
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Do we know why this species evolved to be social when most octopuses are solitary?
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