Quote Originally Posted by Max_Killjoy View Post
Because that's how science and technology actually develop. The questions we're asking are blatantly obvious, and obviously haven't been asked.
Please don't lecture me on how Science develops. I am aware. Sure each discovery builds on another. But also each discovery also can be impacted by random chance, not to mention lost, and rediscovered. Which means it isn't just a hierarchy.

Not to mention Cephalopods science would have different starting point, perspectives, senses, etc. So you get a completely unique "tech tree".


Quote Originally Posted by Max_Killjoy View Post
Grow... a space elevator... and it's going to grow itself into space... right.
It was an outlandish idea, but this is GRRLPOWER. Everything is magic.

For real, but a Hypothetical Real Earth Cephalopod could have discovered a material stong enough to fit the bill. And a way to make something synthesize it. And a way to grow a structure out of it, that they can expand upon.