From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Thu Dec 02 1999 - 07:58:04 MST
On Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:00 PM Harvey Newstrom
newstrom@newstaffinc.com wrote:
> I vote "YES!" to octopode uploads, because they have a very interesting
> brain structure. An octopus can compress its head and squeeze through a
> very small hole. It does this by having almost no bone in its body or in
> its head. Its brain is divided up into many nodules, which can rearrange
> their shape such that the head is reshapeable. These brain nodes maintain
> their connectivity and functionality, even while their physical locations
> shift around. I think that ability is fascinating.
That's true, though that ability is not so important to the way they think,
I think. (No pun intended.) I think the overall topology -- their many
nodes versus the vertebrate centralized or, at best, binodal structure --
might make them "mentally" different. Of course, this is all speculation.
An ethernet is a different network topology than a token ring, yet aside
from some differences in efficiencies and handling nodes and cables going
down, the same sort of communications still go on. Probably not the best
analogy.
Would anyone on this list being will to work on uplifting?
> Also, octopodes are extremely intelligent. They rate up there with
monkeys,
> dolphins, and pigs.
I'm not sure how to rate them. I'm not sure if there is an interspecies IQ
test. Even so, from the stuff I've read and video I've seen, they appear to
be very intelligent. They are good at learning from each other, which seems
to be a trait only found in mammals and birds. (Am I wrong? Please tell
me!)
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://mars.superlink.net/neptune/
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