Ars Technica: We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK https://arstechnica.com/?p=1939849 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #extraterrestriallife #intelligentlife #fermiparadox #greatfilter #Features #Universe #Science #Space #SETI

We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK - Enlarge (credit: Suchart Kuathan/Getty Images)

Silence. Comple... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1939849 #extraterrestriallife #intelligentlife #fermiparadox #greatfilter #features #universe #science #space #seti

Chatting with my good friend @glgrombacher about Life, the Universe, and Everything!
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Octopuses Get Strangely Cuddly On The Mood Drug Ecstasy

by Nell Greenfieldboyce, September 20, 2018

"The eight-legged invertebrates are separated from humans by more than 500 million years of evolution, Pungor says. Octopuses' closest relatives are creatures like snails and slugs, and their brains have a host of strange structures that evolved on a completely different trajectory from the human path.

"They have this huge complex brain that they've built, that has absolutely no business acting like ours does — but here they show that it does," says Pungor. 'The fact that they induced this very sort of gentle, cuddly behavior is really pretty fascinating.'"

#FactoryFarming #Octopuses #Octopi #IntelligentLife

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/20/648788149/octopuses-get-strangely-cuddly-on-the-mood-drug-ecstasy

Octopus Intelligence Has Been Proven by Science—Here's How

By Robyn White On 2/24/22

"Plans are underway to open the world's first #octopus farm in #Spain—a move that has been met with considerable backlash from animal rights groups.

"Spanish seafood commercialization company Nueva Pescanova aims to open the octopus farm in 2023, to meet growing demands for the delicacy, Reuters reported. The company has poured $74 million into the project and claims it has optimized tanks that will ensure high welfare farming.

"Scientists have shown that octopuses feel pain and sadness, just like humans. Last year, the London School of Economics said octopuses were 'sentient beings,' meaning they are capable of processing complex emotions. The findings were based on over 300 existing scientific studies surrounding octopus behavior."

#FactoryFarming #Octopuses #Octopi #IntelligentLife

https://www.newsweek.com/octopus-intelligence-proven-science-1682196

How Smart Is An #Octopus?

Written by John Staughton, 8 Jul 2022

"Octopi are highly intelligent creatures, displaying many behaviors that betray their intelligence. These eight-limbed beasts of the deep are able to use tools, solve problems, and even play when bored. Their unique location of neurons throughout their limbs allows them to smell, taste, touch, and act independently of one another. Additionally, their possession of a personality and ability to learn and remember lessons makes a strong case for an elevated level of intelligence."

#FactoryFarming #Octopuses #Octopi #IntelligentLife

Read more: https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/animals/how-smart-is-an-octopus.html

So next time you're thinking how #Pointless it all is or how little anything #Matters or how utterly #Small and #Worthless and #Insignificant #You are, remember how #Immensely and #Absurdly #Unique #IntelligentLife is in the entirety of #Everything #Ever, and, maybe, #Dare to #Feel just a little bit #Special.

#Introduction

You are #Special.

The #Universe is 68% #DarkEnergy & 27% #DarkMatter. The rest - everything on #Earth, & observed with all our instruments, all #OrdinaryMatter - is less than 5% of the universe.

Of that 5%, think of the immensely small percentage that is #Life.

Of that immensely small percentage of that 5% that is life, think of the absurdly small percentage that is #IntelligentLife.

You are #Fringe, the most #Improbable & #Unimaginable thing to exist in the universe.

#Love

Meanwhile, across the golf of podcast space, minds immeasurably different to ours, ask if we are alone.

In a real pleasure to talk with our fellow @ESONetwork brethren on @station_trek as we ponder, ‘is there life out there in the stars’?

#intelligentlife #cosmic #aliens #firstcontact #SETI #StarTrek #JWT

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cosmic-pizza-podcast/id1517318468?i=1000597500222

Sabine Hossenfelder
Human Extinction: What Are the Risks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVgt5eFMh4

#SabineHossenfelder #AI #Asteroid #BlackHole #Extinction #GMO #Human #IntelligentLife #LHC #NuclearExplosion #ParticleCollider #SolarFlares #SuperVulcano

Carl Sagan: "Faith is belief - in the absence of evidence. But for me, believing when there's no compelling evidence, is a mistake. The idea is to withhold belief until there is compelling evidence"

"Why we might be alone" Public Lecture by Prof David Kipping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcInt58juL4 #alien #life #intelligentlife

If you find the question of whether we are alone in the galaxy interesting, you might find this lecture by David Kipping worth 25 minutes of your limited time on Earth. He argues for an agnostic position on the question. https://www.metafilter.com/197762/The-Case-for-Team-Non-Teeming

#Astrobiology #IntelligentLife #DrakeEquation

One of the biggest questions in the universe is whether or not we are alone. The #FermiParadox seeks to answer this question and try to make sense of our place amongst the cosmos.

Read more: http://seti.harvard.edu/unusual_stuff/unpublished/fermi.htm

#SETI: https://www.seti.org/fermi-paradox-0

#WbW: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

#SpaceMastodon #Spacedon #Space #Astronomy #Astrodon #ScienceMastodon #Sciencedon #Science #Life #IntelligentLife #Aliens #Universe

Gotta love #octopuses ❤️

#biology #evolution #intelligentlife #nature #oceanlife #otherminds #reading #science #sealife

(Credit for images: "Other Minds" (2015), by Peter Godfrey-Smith)

Gotta love #octopuses ❤️

#biology #evolution #intelligentlife #nature #oceanlife #otherminds #reading #science #sealife

(Credit for images: "Other Minds" (2015), by Peter Godfrey-Smith)

Which #planets are most likely to have #space faring #intelligentlife ? Well, that an interesting question. We look at super earths, and they will probably have the most variation of life therefore most quickly developing intelligent life, however with t…
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