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Re:Octopuses and squids can rewrite their RNA by rarec on Friday April 07, 2017 @03:08PM (#14062628)
Dolphins not systematically destroying the planet might be more of a lack of ability to instead of desire. Hard to say, really, they're woefully limited in their ability to affect their environment.
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Re:Octopuses and squids can rewrite their RNA by pavel_lishin on Friday April 07, 2017 @03:09PM (#14062636)
Yeah, this Dolphin-worship reeks of "noble savage".
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Re:Octopuses and squids can rewrite their RNA by Terr_ on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:06PM (#14064659)
IMO it's a sort of "inverted snobbery", where people (rightly) reject the idea that humans are uniquely superior, but they still want to feel special, so they compromise with the idea that humans are uniquely villainous.

I believe the correct approach is to attack the "unique" part: We aren't.

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Re:Octopuses and squids can rewrite their RNA by tim333 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:29AM (#14065795)
Though taking the human part out, if you compare our relatives the chimps with dolphins I think you'll find dolphins behave more nicely.
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Re:Octopuses and squids can rewrite their RNA by veidr on Saturday April 08, 2017 @05:49AM (#14066196)
> dolphins behave more nicely

A cephalopod might disagree with that assessment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14041682

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