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One of the struggles with researching octopus intelligence is that they’re basically untrainable. They’ll do what you want them to if they’re interested but it
by colechristensen 3y ago
One of the struggles with researching octopus intelligence is that they’re basically untrainable. They’ll do what you want them to if they’re interested but it’s quite difficult to get them to be consistently interested.
In other words, it was probably fun for the octopus too.
- inglor_cz 3y agoBoredom is likely a very good indicator of high cognitive capabilities.
- jeffreygoesto 3y agoSounds a lot like my daughter. And me if I think about it :/
- tomaskafka 3y agoDoing whatever she wants is a feature, not a bug :)
- diggan 3y ago> One of the struggles with researching octopus intelligence is that they’re basically untrainable. They’ll do what you want them to if they’re interested but it’s quite difficult to get them to be consistently interested. One of my dogs is the same. She knows exactly what you want her to do, but if there is no rewards involved, it's impossible. But as soon as you hold a snack in your hand, anything and more is possible. Maybe the scientists haven't found a good enough snack to give them?