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| − | A '''hive mind''' is the collective sharing of minds into a single consciousness, serving and driving the goals of its entire population |
+ | A '''hive mind''' is the collective sharing of minds into a single consciousness, serving and driving the goals of its entire population. As such, individuality in a hive mind is sacrificed for the whole, and its members and resources are assigned tasks according to how to best achieve those goals. Hive mind societies encountered by the [[Federation]] include: |
| + | *[[The Body of Landru]] ({{TOS|The Return of the Archons}}) |
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| − | === Background and Theories on the Hive Mind === |
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| + | *A species of {{dis|neural parasite|23rd century}} that infested [[Deneva]] in [[2267]] ({{TOS|Operation -- Annihilate!}}) |
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| − | :''There is much speculation regarding the form and function of the hive mind, due in no small part to the limited ability of an individual consciousness to grasp a concept totally outside its own conception of self. However, to some extent the maxim that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" may offer good guidance. That is, a hive mind is not likely to consist of simply a large number of individual minds grouped together. Instead the hive mind exists on an altogether different level of consciousness wherein the very notion of individuality is as alien to the hive mind as the hive mind itself is to an indvidual consciousness. |
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| + | *The [[Mudd androids|androids]] of planet [[Mudd]] ({{TOS|I, Mudd}}) |
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| + | *The [[Borg Collective]] ({{TNG|Q Who}}) |
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| + | *The [[Borg Cooperative]] ({{VOY|Unity}}) |
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| + | [[de:Hive-Bewusstsein]] |
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| − | :''In this sense the Borg notion that the collective has "evolved" beyond humanity and other individually oriented species may be literally true. Though evolved should not be read as a higher or better state, it is entirely different in nature. Under this notion of a hive mind the further addition or [[assimilation]] of individuals continually expands the hive mind to new frontiers. The acquisition of this knowledge would eventually lead to the Borg hive mind encompassing all that is known by the individual, while simultaneously existing on a plane beyond the individual. In so much as that state is possible the Borg would be closer to the "perfection" they seek because the hive mind would then contain first hand experience of both the hive and individual mind and not be limited to either one. |
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Revision as of 17:10, 4 December 2014
A hive mind is the collective sharing of minds into a single consciousness, serving and driving the goals of its entire population. As such, individuality in a hive mind is sacrificed for the whole, and its members and resources are assigned tasks according to how to best achieve those goals. Hive mind societies encountered by the Federation include:
- The Body of Landru (TOS: "The Return of the Archons")
- A species of neural parasite that infested Deneva in 2267 (TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- The androids of planet Mudd (TOS: "I, Mudd")
- The Borg Collective (TNG: "Q Who")
- The Borg Cooperative (VOY: "Unity")