Talk:Hive mind
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Redirecting "Mob mentality" to "Hive mind" will work for right now, but these terms are really two different parts of a spectrum of behavior. "Mob mentality" is usually used to describe almost accidental behavior that takes control of a group for a short period of time. "Hive mind" is often used to describe more long lived behavior with heavy external influence and even control (as was seen in the totalitarian states described in Orwells book 1984). maveric149
I wonder if a hypothetical nonexistent entity is really appropriate for an encyclopedia. ray van de walker
Early efforts at hivemind development are reflected in the academic literature of poststructuralist philosophers and literary theorists, and a branch of academic feminism (not representative of popular feminism) influenced by these trends.
Says who? Poststructuralist philosophers, literary theorists, and academic feminists don't claim to be developing a "hive mind." Personally, *I* don't see them developing a "hive mind." Maybe some of their critics argue that they are attempting to develop a hive mind, but if so this should be attributed.
Isnt the human brain a hivemind? It consists of several small and individual braincells that work together to create a single mind. Isnt that a perfect example for a real and working hivemind?? :) smaffy
Of hive tyrants, cerebrates and brainbugs
And not to forget the Tyranid race from the board game Warhammer 40k, the Zerg from Starcraft and the "bugs" from Starship Troopers...
Afaict, telepathy is fictional, but it seems to be a widely adopted idea in science-fiction culture, and so I'd say it deserves mention in a general encyclopedia. Correct me if the scripture, aka Wikipedia guidelines, say otherwise ;-)
But the article needs to differentiate better:
- Fictional - telepathy and complex information exchange between nervous systems or known communication mechanisms (with cf. limited information exchange):
- accoustic (audible sound or ground/water vibrations)
- chemical (pheromones)
- visual (e.g. body language or light signals)
- body contact
- Hierarchical structure or "peer to peer network" (or something in between). E.g. afaik the "Borg" use an almost flat hierarchy, the "Zerg" use a strict top-down hierarchy (commands flow down the hierarchy, information flows up, lesser creatures' decisions are limited to instinctive behavior), and, in the real world, social insects decide most things (e.g. where to look for food, when to attack an intruder etc.) on their own, but are influenced by pheromones emitted by the queen.
Aragorn2 00:48, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)
I think this article should be expanded to include the (much more positive) Hive Mind concept discussed by Lion Kimbro in The Hive Mind Argument (http://lion.taoriver.net/archives/the-hive-mind-argument). When I think Hive Mind I don't think of confomity (as this article currently describes the concept) but rather of inteligent discussion and distributed rational decision-making. Is Wikipedia itself not a Hive Mind? Are there any objections to changing the tone of this article to reflect this? Leif 05:09, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- If you want to expand the article, go right ahead - but what is already here is factually correct and NPOV. →Raul654 05:15, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)
Vanity
The section about the little-known Halifax band Hive Mind looks like a vanity addition, being as it is completely free from interesting content. Remove? --Air 12:26, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hivemind (software)
someone should mention the hivemind jakarta project
- done, stub Hivemind article added. --Air 11:18, 14 May 2005 (UTC)