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🍋 CURMUDGEONS' CORNER XII 🍋

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Interesting how the less we worry about covid, the more we worry about Brexit. A difficult balance for the spinners. Physics was never my strong point😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    It is conservation of anxiety momentum.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Scientists!  Some seem as stupid as politicians!

    News today that they think they've seen signs that indicate octopus dreaming in their sleep.  Why would they think that any creature that has a cognitive brain doesn't dream?  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Obelixx said:
    Scientists!  Some seem as stupid as politicians!

    News today that they think they've seen signs that indicate octopus dreaming in their sleep.  Why would they think that any creature that has a cognitive brain doesn't dream?  

    Possibly more to the point is (a) why would a scientist think it's worth researching and (b) why would said scientist think anybody else cared?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Firstly @KT53 they were observing and surprised rather than actively researching.

    Secondly, octopus are know to have the most complex brains in the invertebrate world and they probably want to train them as secret weapons.

    Thirdly there's that clever one found in the filming of the Blue Planet that hoodwinked a shark and won.

    Fourthly there's Paul, the one who predicted world cup football wins a while ago.

    Fifthly, there's a female in Denmark who solves puzzles for food rewards.

    I think octopus are fascinating - apart from the football aspect.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Research on animals and plants has enabled us to find out so much about ourselves and has enabled us to produce a whole array of medicines.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Dogs certainly dream.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Octopuses are supposed to have 9 brains. I wonder if they all dream?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Do they all sleep at the same time? How can it tell which brain is experiencing reality? 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    What I love is how they pretend to be a rock while they are asleep.


    Dieter the divemaster stroking it.

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