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Re:Planetary 'autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth common i... by rolltiide on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:05AM (#21309283)
I bet if octopi didn’t starve themselves to death in three years, after reproducing, there would be much greater examples of their intelligence

Or maybe this is an example

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Re:Planetary 'autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth common i... by PhasmaFelis on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:39AM (#21309393)
The problem with octopi is that they're solitary, by nature and instinct.

The smartest human in history, with all the encouragement in the world, couldn't invent agriculture or ironworking from scratch if they were born a hunter-gatherer. Innovation means building on the work of hundreds of generations of the best and brightest. That can't happen if you don't regularly interact with other people. Every genius octopus is starting from a blank slate.

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Re:Planetary 'autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth common i... by gorgoiler on Monday October 21, 2019 @01:07AM (#21309487)
It sounds silly but also a lack of ability to make fire puts a dampener on things. No easily digestible cooked food. No ability to make metals.

Perhaps somewhere near an underwater volcano there is a technologically advanced octopus city waiting to be found?

Like Octlantis, but hotter, and with steel (“Cuttlefisheffield“?):

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2017/sep/1...

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