RE: Can I just say, and I'm just being honest...
March 27, 2018 at 10:50 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2018 at 11:03 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I don't consider insentient beings to be alive in quite the same way. I don't think 'alive' is quite a synonym for merely biological. All sentient beings are biological (so far), but not necessarily all biological beings are sentient.
I mean, ferns and grass and algae are biological... but I wouldn't call them alive.
I've thought about this all before
I don't have anything better to do really lol. I don't get out much lol.
I wouldn't even call fish alive. They're just like little biological robots that taste nice.
I think octopuses/octopi (apparently both are the correct plural so I'll just use both) are likely to be alive though.
Here's more info on the minds of octopuses/octopi:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...ephalopods
Here's just a short sample of that article:
I also find this part interesting:
I mean, ferns and grass and algae are biological... but I wouldn't call them alive.
I've thought about this all before
I don't have anything better to do really lol. I don't get out much lol.
I wouldn't even call fish alive. They're just like little biological robots that taste nice.
I think octopuses/octopi (apparently both are the correct plural so I'll just use both) are likely to be alive though.
Here's more info on the minds of octopuses/octopi:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...ephalopods
Here's just a short sample of that article:
Quote: Half a billion neurons put octopuses close to the range of dogs and their brains are large relative to their size, both of which offer biologists a rough guide to brainpower
In captivity, they have learned to navigate simple mazes, solve puzzles and open screw-top jars, while wild animals have been observed stacking rocks to protect the entrances to their dens, and hiding themselves inside coconut shell halves.
Their great escapes from captivity, too, reflect an awareness of their special circumstances and their ability to adapt to them. A 2010 experiment confirmed anecdotal reports that cephalopods are able to recognise – and like or dislike – individual humans, even those that are dressed identically.
I also find this part interesting:
Quote:Our last common ancestor existed 600 million years ago and was thought to resemble a flattened worm, perhaps only millimetres long. Yet somewhere along the line, cephalopods developed high-resolution, camera eyes – as did we, entirely independently.