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Halfwitz comments on Stupid Questions August 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Halfwitz 03 August 2015 05:02:04AM 7 points [-]

I imagine a lot of the selection was indirect selection for neoteny. I think it would be much, much harder to select for domestication in octopi, as they do not raise their young.