Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoIn countries where manhood must be proven, men have shorter livesbigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkIn countries where manhood must be proven, men have shorter livesbigthink.comRenneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareDroneRights [it/its]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoReal bees don’t have a sci-fi style hivemind, they communicate through dance and they’re a democracy. A more accurate term for the queen would be “mum”. Her job is to make babies, she doesn’t get to make any big decisions.
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoSo it’s more like a shared consciousness among many bodies? (My only exposure to the concept of sci-fi style hivemind is starcraft zerg faction.)
minus-squareDroneRights [it/its]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, exactly like the Zerg. They gave me feelings when I was a kid that I didn’t understand until I grew up.
Real bees don’t have a sci-fi style hivemind, they communicate through dance and they’re a democracy. A more accurate term for the queen would be “mum”. Her job is to make babies, she doesn’t get to make any big decisions.
So it’s more like a shared consciousness among many bodies? (My only exposure to the concept of sci-fi style hivemind is starcraft zerg faction.)
Yeah, exactly like the Zerg. They gave me feelings when I was a kid that I didn’t understand until I grew up.