Hive mind

Hive mind can mean:

• In psychology:
  • Collective consciousness
  • Conformity (psychology)
  • Groupthink

• In animal behavior:
  • The apparent consciousness of colonies of social insects such as ants, bees and termites

• In Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Software:
  • Swarm intelligence
  • Hivemind (software), a software framework

• In philosophy:
  • Universal mind may be defined as the nonlocal and atemporal "hive mind" of all aggregates, components, constituents, relationships, personalities, entities, technologies, processes and cycles of the universe.

• In science fiction:
  • Group mind (science fiction), a type of collective consciousness
  • The hive mind of the Borg race in the Star Trek TV series and movies, often personified by the Borg Queen
  • The hive mind of the Kha'ak in the X game series
  • The hive mind of the Buggers from Ender's Game
  • A necromorph referred to as the "Hive Mind" in the Dead Space video game
  • The Gravemind, the central consciousness of the parasite known as the Flood in the Halo series universe
  • The hive mind of the Tyranids from Warhammer 40,000
  • The Overmind, the hive mind of the Zerg race in the StarCraft series
  • The Xar-Ggothua from Xombie
  • The Erythro organism in Isaac Asimov's novel Nemesis
  • "Hive Mind" listed in the starting sequence of the Fox show Fringe along with other para-scientific topics

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