Houshalter comments on The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Houshalter 10 September 2014 07:07:52AM *  1 point [-]

The dolphins could practice eugenics and evolve hands or lungs. If they find that unethical, they could selectively breed other organisms for various tasks. The same way us humans bootstrapped our civilization. We didn't start farming and building cities overnight, we had to selectively breed productive crops first. Then useful work animals like horses.