Just how smart is an octopus?

Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by Pxtl on Monday January 09, 2017 @01:52PM (#13358716)

Great article on eating lobsters by the inimitable, late David Foster Wallace:

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_l...

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by Graphon1 on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:43PM (#13362102)

oh, thank you for this. Really good stuff.

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by overcast on Monday January 09, 2017 @02:01PM (#13358788)

Good lord, ten pages.

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by Pxtl on Monday January 09, 2017 @02:10PM (#13358874)

There is no TL;DR version of DFW's prose, you read his stuff because it's fun, not to get to the point.

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by graedus on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:08PM (#13359810)

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_l...

(For those who dislike clicking through 10 pages, or want to save to pocket or similar)

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by chucksmash on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:53PM (#13360165)

FWIW, the last 3 pages are footnotes.

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by Pxtl on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:45AM (#13362912)

Yes, but the Pratchettesque endnotes are part of the fun. It's too bad they're left to the end instead of being inserted into the footer to stand alongside the main article.

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Re:Just how smart is an octopus? by mturmon on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:16PM (#13359884)

It's worth the time.

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