• ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Given enough time, other species may evolve and perhaps teach us a thing or two about being better civilized beings.

    My money is on the octopi people.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      They don’t live long enough, sadly. If they did, they could easily be the dominant species. Many octopus species have been shown to have the intelligence of a 7 year old. Besides the fact that it’s a form of intelligence that evolved completely separate from ours (our last common ancestors didn’t have a brain), octopi only live about 3-4 years. Think about that for a moment.

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        6 months ago

        Many octopus species have been shown to have the intelligence of a 7 year old

        So about as smart of some former presidents. Awesome!

        Besides the fact that it’s a form of intelligence that evolved completely separate from ours

        Precisely what I was thinking about when I said that in jest. But seriously, they are incredible creatures!

      • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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        6 months ago

        They don’t live long enough, sadly. If they did, they could easily be the dominant species.

        The problem is not how long they live but that they don’t take care of the offspring, so every octopus need to learn everything from scratch again.

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      6 months ago

      You may want to read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin (after Children of Time). If you haven’t already…

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      6 months ago

      if only there were humans who wrote books about how to structure society such that things don’t suck

      Say maybe some german dude with a big beard