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> And, to quote Oliver Sachs: "I'm not sure about octopuses..." I thought this quote was about the octopus that correctly predicted the outcome of games in a F
by mongol 4y ago
> And, to quote Oliver Sachs: "I'm not sure about octopuses..."
I thought this quote was about the octopus that correctly predicted the outcome of games in a FIFA world cup. But seems it was something else?
- DonHopkins 4y ago...predicted? Or CAUSED??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu
- mongol 4y agoIt was Paul the Octopus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoOliver said this during a roundtable discussion on metaphysics with Daniel Dennet, Steve Gould, Rupert Sheldrake, Freeman Dyson, and Stephen Toulmin from 1993. It's a fascinating discussion with a lot of my favourite mid-late 20th century thinkers. It's up on youtube, lookup any of the names involved with "roundtable discussion". It's over 3 hours long though. Anyway, Oliver was talking about what kind of mind he imagined various animals having. And that was most of what he had to say on octopuses. It's a bit of a sad watch too because all the participants except Dennet and Sheldrake are dead now.