Group mind
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Group mind can mean:
- Collective intelligenceCollective intelligenceCollective intelligence is a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making in bacteria, animals, humans and computer networks....
, a concept in sociology and philosophy - EgregoreEgregoreEgregore is an occult concept representing a "thoughtform" or "collective group mind", an autonomous psychic entity made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people...
is a phenomenon in occultism which has been described as group mind. - Group mind (science fiction)Group mind (science fiction)A group mind, hive mind or group ego in science fiction is a single consciousness occupying many bodies. Its use in literature goes back at least as far as Olaf Stapledon's science fiction novel Last and First Men ....
, a type of collective consciousness - A metaphor for the group behaviour of social insects
- The Group Mind, a book by William McDougall (psychologist)William McDougall (psychologist)William McDougall FRS was an early twentieth century psychologist who spent the first part of his career in the United Kingdom and the latter part in the United States...
. ISBN 1-4179-0508-5.