Yes, I completely agree. It seems that often the various cloisters of disciplines seek to exclude polymaths on the basis of not having the specific expertise to join in. Too bad. That kind of ethic would have ended Darwin.
I imagine that the ability to foster a certain level of cooperation whilst temporarily stuck in close proximity to a potential rival would be a super useful trait for a creature that could occasionally get stuck in tide pools for a while, and would probably be a fairly strong selective pressure for such a population.
I was reminded of this wonderful book I've read called "Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive" by Mark L. Winston, a bee professor, which discusses both how human society could benefit from improving our relationship with bees (from agriculture to urban beekeeping as a way to improve connections in our communities) as well as how human society could learn more abstract lessons from bees, whether that's when approaching jobs or politics. I'm sure there are so many more ways we could benefit if we looked at nature more ♥
Yea, Other Minds is a really interesting book I've hung onto for awhile regarding the nervous system of octopuses. Talks about how a nervous systems that functions on almost the same level as ours developed on a completely separate evolutionary path. I did not know this fact about them, thank you for sharing :)
Nit-pick: Octopodes aren't necessarily "anti-social", they're just unsociable. An unsociable person only ever knocks on your door to ask you to turn the music down; An anti-social person knocks on your door to punch you in the face, then burn downs your house. =:o}
On the other end of the spectrum of "When Octopuses (maybe) Saved the World"... "How Baseball (maybe) Almost Ended the World": A young man from Cuba had a lifelong dream - he wanted to play baseball in the major leagues in America. Despite all of his practice and hard work, he failed to make it onto any team. So he sadly returned to Cuba, where he got into politics. He eventually became Cuba's leader. The wannabe baseball player's name? Fidel Castro. The guy at the heart of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union's buddy in Cuba.
Sorry about the false start - I accidentally uploaded a version with way lower video quality, and had to take it down and upload this proper one!
anyway thank for the ❤ in v 1.0
This is a great testament to the value of multidisciplinary careers. Maybe we should ask octopus scientists for help more often.
I would leave out the "maybe."
Yes, I completely agree. It seems that often the various cloisters of disciplines seek to exclude polymaths on the basis of not having the specific expertise to join in. Too bad. That kind of ethic would have ended Darwin.
I imagine that the ability to foster a certain level of cooperation whilst temporarily stuck in close proximity to a potential rival would be a super useful trait for a creature that could occasionally get stuck in tide pools for a while, and would probably be a fairly strong selective pressure for such a population.
They're a pretty intelligent species too so they probably felt they had to intervene on those idiots
I wish you would do longer videos, this is interesting.
Thanks Astrid
I was reminded of this wonderful book I've read called "Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive" by Mark L. Winston, a bee professor, which discusses both how human society could benefit from improving our relationship with bees (from agriculture to urban beekeeping as a way to improve connections in our communities) as well as how human society could learn more abstract lessons from bees, whether that's when approaching jobs or politics.
I'm sure there are so many more ways we could benefit if we looked at nature more ♥
Keep going. You’re content is fantastic.
Release the Kraken!
Now release the slightly smaller kraken to make peace with the first one!
I wonder if the correspondences are available for the public to view, say in the National Archive?
Yea, Other Minds is a really interesting book I've hung onto for awhile regarding the nervous system of octopuses. Talks about how a nervous systems that functions on almost the same level as ours developed on a completely separate evolutionary path. I did not know this fact about them, thank you for sharing :)
Very Good. Polymath to the rescue.
you are a fantastic storyteller!
Clearly we have to invest in our mollusc budget to avoid an octopus gap in our military
The CIA tried assassinating Fidel Castro with trained octopuses? I never knew...
Just for grins started this on ticktock so not complete failure.
Nit-pick: Octopodes aren't necessarily "anti-social", they're just unsociable.
An unsociable person only ever knocks on your door to ask you to turn the music down;
An anti-social person knocks on your door to punch you in the face, then burn downs your house.
=:o}
On the other end of the spectrum of "When Octopuses (maybe) Saved the World"...
"How Baseball (maybe) Almost Ended the World":
A young man from Cuba had a lifelong dream - he wanted to play baseball in the major leagues in America. Despite all of his practice and hard work, he failed to make it onto any team.
So he sadly returned to Cuba, where he got into politics. He eventually became Cuba's leader. The wannabe baseball player's name?
Fidel Castro.
The guy at the heart of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union's buddy in Cuba.
I LOVE this 😀 ❤️ 😍 💗 ♥️
Very cool!
Bravo!
I don't know how you came across this, but it's an amazingly cool science story. We could use a little more octopus diplomacy these days I think.
buddie's and pal's
Nope.. no nooooo nono no its Octopi because of 8π or 8 🥧that's my story and i stick to it... \0/ 🤣🤣🤣🤣😇
8 pies may even be enough to feed two hungry octopodes 😁
Octopi