Difference between revisions of "Individual versus collective intelligence"

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Because society is made up of a bunch of individuals who function with these constituents, it is our belief that the intelligence of a society reflects that of the individual.  In other words, the group brain functions the same as an individual brain.  People can be seen as synapses in this larger cerebrum. Therefore, the influences and outcomes from these constituents are analogous.  
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Because society is made of individuals, it is our belief that the intelligence of a society parallels that of the individual.  In other words, the group brain functions the same as an individual's.  People can be seen as synapses in the larger cerebrum. Therefore, the influences and outcomes from these constituents are analogous to both forms of intelligence.  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:26, 22 May 2011

Because society is made of individuals, it is our belief that the intelligence of a society parallels that of the individual. In other words, the group brain functions the same as an individual's. People can be seen as synapses in the larger cerebrum. Therefore, the influences and outcomes from these constituents are analogous to both forms of intelligence.
Constituent Individual Intelligence Collective Intelligence
Attending
Classifying, categorizing, and naming
Communicating
Decision-making
Doing
Emotions and empathy
Evaluating
Identifying and interpreting
Imagining
Knowledge, reasoning and Learning
Meta-cognition
Perceiving
Planning
Remembering