Octopuses could help us conceptualize a different form of intelligence

Octopuses could help us conceptualize a different form of intelligence(cbc.ca)

10 points by colinprince 5 hours ago | 2 comments

hamper653 2 hours ago |

> Their evolutionary history is thought to go back 330 million years, far longer than mammals

That makes no sense.

c22 2 hours ago | |

They just mean that if you look chronologically at the fossil record you can find things that look like cephalopods before you can find things that look like mammals.

hamper653 2 hours ago |

> Their evolutionary history is thought to go back 330 million years, far longer than mammals

That makes no sense.

c22 2 hours ago | |

They just mean that if you look chronologically at the fossil record you can find things that look like cephalopods before you can find things that look like mammals.