Hive mind can mean:

• In psychology:
  • Collective consciousness
  • Group think
  • Mass hysteria
• In animal behavior:
  • The apparent consciousness of colonies of social insects such as ants, bees and termites
  • Herd behavior
• In artificial intelligence, robotics and software:
• Swarm intelligence
• In philosophy:
  • Universal mind may be defined as the nonlocal and atemporal "hive mind" of all aggregates, components, constituents, relationships, personalities, entities, technologies, processes and cycles of the universe.

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