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Evolutionary biologists finally admit that high intelligence does not require making friends. A new octopus study completely dismantles the idea that big brains only evolve for social networking, proving that solitary sea creatures get incredibly smart just by navigating complicated neighborhoods.

nautil.usHow the Rule-Breaking Octopus Is Rewriting the Evolution of Intelligence - Nautilus | ScienceHow the Rule-Breaking Octopus Is Rewriting the Evolution of Intelligence: Cephalopods are loners, but they’re also intelligent

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Octopi are a myriad of constant surpises~ then again ? For quite sometime reseachers have recognized their ability for human facial recognation. I recall when the use of tools put homosapiens on top of the intelligence scale. Octopi~got that covered too~~~

Intelligence requires humans think & act beyond Four F's (feed, fornicate, fight, flea to fight again), which is the current empowered mindset: The 'us versus them' Type I civilization of war, fossil fuels etc. It's evolution into free energy, 'we are all in this together' civilization that works.

Might be one of those biological rules that generally happen but don't always happen, like small animals get big on isolated islands while big animals get small. Still a useful rule.