Cephalopods as Alien Minds: Rethinking Intelligence Beyond Vertebrate Templates

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Cephalopods show that complex intelligence can arise from a distributed nervous system and a flexible, embodied body, challenging the view that smart minds must come from vertebrates with centralized brains.

What If Cephalopods Are the Closest Thing to Alien Intelligence? | TheCollector
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What If Cephalopods Are the Closest Thing to Alien Intelligence? | TheCollector

What if the most profound encounter with a truly alien intelligence isn’t light-years away, but lurking beneath the waves of our oceans and seas?