Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself

Re:Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself by fhdkweig on Friday June 12, 2026 @01:56PM (#48507313)

The real problem with cephalopods is their lifespan. For their age, they are almost as smart as humans, the problem is that they don't live past the age of 5 years.

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Re:Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself by ekelsen on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:23PM (#48509044)

I would argue that not having any overlap between generations is a bigger problem. It guarantees no accumulation of knowledge.

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Re:Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself by fhdkweig on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:36PM (#48509154)

Agreed. If they were social enough to form large communities of unrelated families, it would also fix the generation overlap. But they don't do that either. They seem to be in a weird evolutionary dead end for intelligence.

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