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Hive mind?
Kugai:
Agreed
That was the point of my little one liner above. Humans becoming a hive mind has it's dangers, the best 'Example' of how such an idea might go wrong is The Borg from Star Trek. It shows how what might have started out as a good idea of sharing thoughts and concepts etc can go badly wrong and lead to the kind of corrupted 'Search For Perfection' scenario that created the Borg and lead them to become what they are in the Series.
The flip side of that, just to show there is one, is the Bynars who featured earlier on in TNG. Also a hive mind species of humanoids. They, however, represent a much more benign version of the hive mind. It's a pity they didn't feature more, especially after the introduction of The Borg. It would have been interesting to see the two play off each other.
Carl-E:
OK, I think the whole hive-mind thing, while fascinating, and an area of speculative fiction for several decades, it really beside the point. We're talking an intercranial comm device, something that exists QC-side, and hasn't created a hive mind. It's a comm device, and like any other comm device, you can control it (no matter how addicted you are to your phone, you can turn it off). I imagine you can choose to answer an incoming call or not.
So the drawback is not that everyone can see/hear/feel every thought, the drawback is that they can always reach you... and if you don't answer, you can't claim you forgot your phone, or that the battery died, or whatever. It's in your head. Not to mention that the GPS will find you, whether or not you want to be found...
Your bosses are on line two, and they're pissed... what are you doing at the beach today when you called in sick?
Kugai:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 18 Feb 2012, 11:40 ---Your bosses are on line two, and they're pissed... what are you doing at the beach today when you called in sick?
--- End quote ---
Doctors orders Boss, he said to relax somewhere warm, and get some fresh air and exercise.
Milesb:
Completely valid Carl-E, though it's a Saturday so no comic and the discussion seems to have moved away from the WCDT (perhaps if someone feels strongly they can create a separate thread)
Edit: Ta Pwhodges.
pwhodges:
This could run and run, like the space stations discussion - so I've given it its own identity.
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