10,000 brains wired together - 8 views

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  #1 Richard Wilson on 22 Oct 13

   

  I know we've all seen ant farms, but this is an ant farm!!
  
  Drag the start button to 2:30. Just a few seconds needed. Do not miss.
  http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY
  
  Ant's brains, I suppose, are wired together, a wiring form we do not possess. Imagine if 6,000,000,000 human brains could momentarily wire together -- cancer, renewable power, maybe even world conflict -- solved.
  
  While designing future courses for collaboration, borrow ideas from ants, and cleverly assign different levels of tasks to different individuals to achieve productive, non-overlapping outcome.
  
  What do you think? Could you reduce redundancy and conflicting thoughts? How would you actually implement this concept in your course?
  
  
  
  http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I know we've all seen ant farms, but this is an ant farm!! <br /> <br /> Drag the start button to 2:30. Just a few seconds needed. Do not miss. <br /> <a href="http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY</a> <br /> <br /> Ant's brains, I suppose, are wired together, a wiring form we do not possess. Imagine if 6,000,000,000 human brains could momentarily wire together -- cancer, renewable power, maybe even world conflict -- solved. <br /> <br /> While designing future courses for collaboration, borrow ideas from ants, and cleverly assign different levels of tasks to different individuals to achieve productive, non-overlapping outcome. <br /> <br /> What do you think? Could you reduce redundancy and conflicting thoughts? How would you actually implement this concept in your course? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/1IugvemOyZY</a></div>

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  #2 Juan Saldana on 23 Oct 13

   

  You are talking about Hive-Mind mentality. This is like Star Trek's Borg. There is a lot of potential for this type of thinking is it could actually be achieved. As an IT guy I see how we accomplish this with computer clustering and treat computers as individual resources that are shared across the cluster. You are right about the potential for collective processing, in fields like science and even military combat.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">You are talking about Hive-Mind mentality. This is like Star Trek's Borg. There is a lot of potential for this type of thinking is it could actually be achieved. As an IT guy I see how we accomplish this with computer clustering and treat computers as individual resources that are shared across the cluster. You are right about the potential for collective processing, in fields like science and even military combat.</div>

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  #3 Maria Austin on 23 Oct 13

   

  I think you will find this interesting. It would be a version of brains working together for the common good.
  
  http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1547
  
  And, this one:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-p8BdQPuoc

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think you will find this interesting. It would be a version of brains working together for the common good. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1547" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1547</a> <br /> <br /> And, this one: <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-p8BdQPuoc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-p8BdQPuoc</a></div>

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  #4 Richard Wilson on 23 Oct 13

   

  Hi Juan,
  You have just frightened me. The Borg is Hive-Mentality gone totally wrong. The Borg was actually what came to my mind when originally typing, so I added the word "momentarily" to my post.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi Juan, <br /> You have just frightened me. The Borg is Hive-Mentality gone totally wrong. The Borg was actually what came to my mind when originally typing, so I added the word "momentarily" to my post.</div>

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