Re:The Octopus: An Alien Among Us
by TheGallopedHigh on Thursday September 26, 2019 @07:19PM
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If it was engineered such that humans win out over octopuses, why not, just not include octopuses directly? Then again this wouldn’t Mae a good sci-fi novel...
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Re:The Octopus: An Alien Among Us
by JumpCrisscross on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:17AM
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> If it was engineered such that humans win out over octopuses, why not, just not include octopuses directly?
The original limits were symmetrical. They just haven't yet noticed humans started living long enough to develop into a technological species.
Re:The Octopus: An Alien Among Us
by Scapeghost on Thursday September 26, 2019 @08:37PM
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Because genocide would cause corresponding repercussions, of course. :)
If you eliminate a radial intelligence somewhere they eliminate an axial intelligence somewhere. Roundabout hindering them is clearly allowed.
It may even have been a compensation for the seemingly barren corner of the galaxy we're in.