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A few questions that pop into my head: Why did land insects never rise to match the intelligence of the octopus? If octopuses are so smart, why aren't they mo
by yigu 8y ago
A few questions that pop into my head:
Why did land insects never rise to match the intelligence of the octopus?
If octopuses are so smart, why aren't they more social?
Why is it that the most social of animals, ants (which are considered eusocial actually), are not pressed with becoming smarter?
Why does sex cause octopuses to self-destruct?
Also, when it comes to weird theories, I have always thought that if we are in a simulation, it is most likely a simulation created by an insect intelligence. Or if we are being visited by aliens, that those aliens would in all likelihood be of an insect like nature, not some lame anal-probing grey dudes.
I claim this as vague support for my theory of alien insects[0].
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13620387 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13620387
- bobwaycott 8y ago> If octopuses are so smart, why aren't they more social? Because they are so smart.
- felipemnoa 8y agohttps://www.sciencealert.com/marine-biologists-discover-an-underwater-octopus-city-they-re-calling-octlantis https://www.sciencealert.com/marine-biologists-discover-an-u...
- alexanderchr 8y ago”For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
- noetic_techy 8y agoyou're asking human questions of a possibly alien intelligence. The assumption that alien life would behave and have the same motivation as earth life is a fallacy. This paradigm may not even apply.
- mbfg 8y ago> Why does sex cause octopuses to self-destruct? Yeah, this has got to be one of the saddest parts. As smart as these creatures are, they really must start over again from ground zero for every generation. Imagine what they could do if they had parents to teach them behaviourly as they grew up. I assume we have no better luck keeping moms alive in captivity when breeding as well?