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Offline samiam

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
That's a pretty amazing Octopus right there...


 

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
Could you please start posting descriptions with the random links you post?  I'm tired of getting a link, a gibberish reaction, and being expected to trust random links on the internet.

 

Offline General Battuta

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I am super interested in cephalopod cognition, and also I can certify that this is ****ing awesome. However, while this behavior is fascinating, it doesn't bespeak one damn bit of intelligence.

 

Offline samiam

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Could you please start posting descriptions with the random links you post?  I'm tired of getting a link, a gibberish reaction, and being expected to trust random links on the internet.

Even if I did that, you would click on it anyway.

It's an octopus.

 

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Could you please start posting descriptions with the random links you post?  I'm tired of getting a link, a gibberish reaction, and being expected to trust random links on the internet.

Even if I did that, you would click on it anyway.

It's an octopus.

I didn't click because you didn't post a description.  Don't presume to tell me what I would or would not do, thank you.

 

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I am super interested in cephalopod cognition, and also I can certify that this is ****ing awesome. However, while this behavior is fascinating, it doesn't bespeak one damn bit of intelligence.

Agreed, it's like calling a Cuttlefish clever for obeying an inbuilt reaction that is millions of years old. Still awesome though :)

 

Offline samiam

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
I am super interested in cephalopod cognition, and also I can certify that this is ****ing awesome. However, while this behavior is fascinating, it doesn't bespeak one damn bit of intelligence.

You're wrong, YouTube is right.

There's also a whole lot of other weirdo links off of that video.

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
Don't OT your own threads.



That's our job.

 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
I am super interested in cephalopod cognition, and also I can certify that this is ****ing awesome. However, while this behavior is fascinating, it doesn't bespeak one damn bit of intelligence.

Agreed, it's like calling a Cuttlefish clever for obeying an inbuilt reaction that is millions of years old. Still awesome though :)

I'm not convinced octopi aren't intelligent, inasmuch as we even know what parameters define 'intelligent' (we don't even know what that means in humans yet). But yeah, this video alone isn't proof of extraordinary cognitive ability.

 

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
Threat down?
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Threat down?

This is a worthy menace, forsooth

 

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omgggg, I've got a threatdown backlog. So many robots... Iranian ninja ladies.... and now genius octopi...
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I'm not convinced octopi aren't intelligent, inasmuch as we even know what parameters define 'intelligent' (we don't even know what that means in humans yet). But yeah, this video alone isn't proof of extraordinary cognitive ability.

Have you heard of this guy?

 

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
Could you please start posting descriptions with the random links you post?  I'm tired of getting a link, a gibberish reaction, and being expected to trust random links on the internet.

Even if I did that, you would click on it anyway.

It's an octopus.

I didn't click because you didn't post a description.  Don't presume to tell me what I would or would not do, thank you.

Am I the only person who hovers over a link and reads my statusbar before clicking?  Although, I suppose that doesn't work if you're on a mobile device.. is that the issue?

EDIT: Just realized... he didn't even use [url=http://link.link.com]clicky[/url] ... what's the big deal?  It's a YouTube video.  And the title of the thread is "Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world".. did you want a quote from Wikipedia describing it or something?  :nervous:

 

Offline samiam

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
DONT DO IT SCOTTY

ITS A VIRUS ON YOUTUBE

WHATEVER YOU DO DONT CLICK THAT OCTOPUS

ITS A MATTER OF PRINICPLE NOW TOO SINCE YOU SAID YOU WOULDNT DO IT

 

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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world

I'm not convinced octopi aren't intelligent, inasmuch as we even know what parameters define 'intelligent' (we don't even know what that means in humans yet). But yeah, this video alone isn't proof of extraordinary cognitive ability.

Have you heard of this guy?

he does have a point. i was watching frozen planet the other day and i saw this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPge_0lea3o

it shows the impressive way in which orcas hunt seals. i mean **** those are some impressive tactics, for something that is supposedly incapable of abstract thought. i mean that shows a blatant display of intelligence. hunting is hard, even with the aid of guns and "superior intelegence" it can still be an exhausting and often unfruitful affair, and when i see animals do **** like that i seriously question what "superior intelligence" actually means.
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Re: Most intelligent Mimic Octopus in the world
From what I've come across "Intelligence" is not only the ability to react to a stimulus in a specific manner, but also to learn new/better reactions to existing stimuli and formulate a reaction to new stimuli.

All creatures are intelligent, to an extent. The more intelligent ones either have a much larger number of reaction/stimuli pairs or have a better learning capacity ( i think)
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