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CaptMorgan

@rogward whats fascinating is that octopi are also intelligent problem solvers but 300 million years of evolution have not seemed to advance them beyond where they have been cognitively. Why have humans built a modern technological advanced civilization in a few thousand years and octopi are still living in tide pools after more than 100 million years of evolution?

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Sir Loinstake

@CaptMorgan @rogward, Who said we are civilised? We humans did. I can also call myself an octopus, but I'm not

Saket

@CaptMorgan @rogward Technology as we see it is not necessarily the only sign of advancement. I don’t know if octopi are intelligent enough to have some form of civilization, but if they do, who says they didn’t make different choices?

They certainly haven’t been responsible for any mass extinction events. Unless, of course, the Permian to Triassic extinction was them and they learned from it. 🤔

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