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On another note, I found the depiction of aliens called heptapods (which look like space octopuses) in Arrival fascinating and awesome!
by deepzn 4y ago
On another note, I found the depiction of aliens called heptapods (which look like space octopuses) in Arrival fascinating and awesome!
- deepzn 4y agoAnd funnily enough, there's lots of interesting articles about aliens and octopuses: Want to study how aliens might think? Look to the octopus - https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/29/want-to-study-how-aliens-might-think-look-to-the-octopus/ https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/29/want-to-study-how-ali... Trending Science: Do octopuses come from outer space? https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-do-octopuses-come-from-outer-space https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-... What Octopus Minds May Tell Us About Aliens https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089748972/what-octopus-minds-may-tell-us-about-aliens https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089748972/what-octopus-minds... DNA Proves Octopuses Are "Aliens" https://octopus.org.nz/content/dna-proves-octopuses-are-aliens https://octopus.org.nz/content/dna-proves-octopuses-are-alie... Octopus Intelligence Sheds Light on Evolution of Complex Brains https://www.genengnews.com/neuroscience/octopus-intelligence-sheds-light-on-evolution-of-complex-brains/ https://www.genengnews.com/neuroscience/octopus-intelligence...
- deepzn 4y agoAlso other disheartening ones - Inside the grand and sometimes slimy plan to turn octopuses into lab animals- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/inside-the-grand-and-sometimes-slimy-plan-to-turn-octopuses-into-lab-animals/2019/03/01/c6ce3fe0-3930-11e9-b786-d6abcbcd212a_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/insid... Recently read a New Yorker article that was arguing for "free-range" lab mice which may actually be better for the experiments themselves. I hope there's enough oversight for these programs.