I’m a big fan of octopuses as intensely cool creatures, and the fact that they’re so intelligent while being invertebrates is very neat from the perspective of understanding intelligence. Nevertheless I think this take is much closer to the truth than “as or more intelligent than monkeys.”
I like the point that absence of evidence despite hype is good evidence of absence.
I’m a big fan of octopuses as intensely cool creatures, and the fact that they’re so intelligent while being invertebrates is very neat from the perspective of understanding intelligence. Nevertheless I think this take is much closer to the truth than “as or more intelligent than monkeys.”
I like the point that absence of evidence despite hype is good evidence of absence.