Group Mind

Group mind can mean:

  • Collective intelligence, a concept in sociology and philosophy
  • Egregore is a phenomenon in occultism which has been described as group mind.
  • Group mind (science fiction), a type of collective consciousness
  • A metaphor for the group behaviour of social insects
  • The Group Mind, a book by William McDougall (psychologist). ISBN 1-4179-0508-5.

Famous quotes containing the words group and/or mind:

    “Caprice, independence and rebellion, which are opposed to the social order, are essential to the good health of an ethnic group. We shall measure the good health of this group by the number of its delinquents. Nothing is more immobilizing than the spirit of deference.”
    —Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985)

    “Yes, marriage is hateful, detestable. A kind of ineffable, sickening disgust seizes my mind when I think of this most despotic, most unrequited fetter which prejudice has forged to confine its energies.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)