Game Theory: The Human Hive Mind Theory (Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void)

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Starcraft's Zerg - some of the most iconic, yet misunderstood aliens in all of Sci-Fi history. We tend to despise these locusts of mass obedience - viewing them as a plague upon our individual freedoms. But what if I were to tell you we have more in common with that swarm than you even realize? Get ready to view the Zerg in a whole new light!
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[@GameTheory]

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[@DiamondSRL]

+The Game Theorists Matpat did you celebrate romania when you splited the bees?

[@aerospherology2001]

+Sydney Kho BLUE SHELL

[@SayuriHami]

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[@MoojinBoi]

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[@seanmiller6583]

It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, Flowers are blooming. On days like this, Theorists like you... NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT UNDERTALE! (megalovania starts to play)

[@nickshaver2750]

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[@barackobama4948]

(Slow clap) Wowwwwww...

[@SplatterMouseFilm]

No he shouldnt. Its a good game but I dont want a bunch of dumb stupid jokes about it. Toriels and Sans puns are glorious enough.

[@seanmiller6583]

not fluffytails I mean thats like, your opinion man. But I and a lot of other people actually really like the jokes that the fanbase comes up with.

[@solarizedtrippin]

+Sean Miller undertale is a terrible game made by a 35 year old in his basement he took 5 years to make a game with graphics drawn in ms paint

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

*You must construct additional Pylons!*

[@shatteredskys560]

+Mario Hyrulia My Wife for Hire!

[@RANDOMASIANGUY1]

You must spawn more overlords

[@michaelmeijerhof7663]

quote power OVERWHELMING

[@KamiLilBird]

Yes

[@UmekCrafter]

En Taro Adun!

[@bleflar9183]

We require more SC theories! (also more minerals)

[@germanfan6481]

Agree with that completely!!!

[@redmouse1512]

You must construct additional pylons.

[@andanmmartens2297]

Bleflar And you must spawn more overlords

[@andanmmartens2297]

But we also require additional supply depots

[@ammonite3702]

No you must place that on creep

[@anialator1000000]

If you describe the internet as the Hive Mind, then we are better represented by the Protoss than the Zerg. The Protoss had this thing called the Khala. The Khala allowed them to share emotions, thoughts, memories, and information, much like the internet, but each one was Truly an individual like we are. 2 Protoss could still have arguments, but could also share their feelings and thoughts at the same time. The Heierarchs could guide their race and make the decisions, and the others would receive these decisions and make them (as shown in the game, nearly unquestionably). The zerg are the opposite. The Overmind Stole their free will, they are a true hive mind. Their individuality is permanently gone, and when they loose their leader, they go rouge and even change sides without hesitation when a new leader takes over. The original Primal Zerg had Terran level intelligence which could grow as they evolved, once a Zerg looses its connection to its Leaders, it shows no individuality, and is completely lost. A Hive Zerg can never again become a Primal Zerg.

[@CooperSummersVA]

+anialator1000000 This is what I was thinking the whole time

[@c4rl1t0x1]

+anialator1000000 you are asuming that the intenet actually gives a crap about feelings and emotions

[@anialator1000000]

The internet has no bias, those controlling it do. The Internet and presumably khala are not living things, so they are not capable of caring or not caring. Just transferring information.

[@gorrillawarfair]

i feel like we are more zerg like in the fact that the more people that hate/like something on the Internet there will be even more people who jump onto the side of popular opinion. what i mean by that is there are a portion of people who only like/dislike things because it is what the majority of others believe.

[@santiagotamulis5833]

+anialator1000000 Agree He clearly did not research much in this video he called the Overlord warriors , every Star Craft fan knows that that is horribly wrong he clearly chosed the Zerg to get more views.This must be his worst theory

[@GameTheory]

In defense of 6:22, it was more about swapping out the bees for in-game images rather than classifying the units by function. I didn't even think of separating them out by role in the game -- it was more just to draw a visual comparison. My bad!

[@LonePianoist]

+RaStAsHeL ShaNe4 Hopefully never. Every other theory he makes > FNaF Theory

[@SpadeOfEmerald]

the zerg are like the tyranids from warhammer 40k

[@FizzleFX]

+The Game Theorists worst base ever

[@user-cc9gz8bg7o]

+Spade Of Emerald What if they are the same except just different units?

[@KimiyosisDesu]

+The Game Theorists Gave a good laugh, seeing Overlords as Warriors, Drones as hunters, and Larvae as gatherers. "YOUR DRONES ARE UNDER ATTACK!"

[@OrphanCrippler1]

theres a difference between hive mind and herd mentality. humans have a herd mentality. we arent as individual as everyone thinks we are. this isnt to say that some people break from the herd, but theyre generally classed as weird or insane...further proving the theory of herd mentality.

[@madnessguy010101]

Anthony Bruno Your point is very true but humans actually posses elements of both. While humans are greatly influenced by the actions of their peers, we also construct advanced bureaucracies and instinctively look up to leader figures, and as time goes on we specialize in different fields of work, one of the deciding factors of which is the wage provided, which in turn is decided by overall demand for that service , all of which is more in line with swarm intelligence

[@GameplaysVariadosxD]

The Internet would be a collective intelligence not herd mentallity.

[@OrphanCrippler1]

Gabriel....whats your point here? Lol

[@GameplaysVariadosxD]

Anthony Bruno You "tried" to correct him "changing" "Hive Mind" for "Herd Mentallity" and i "tried" to correct you changing "Herd Mentallity" for Collective Intelligence.

[@OrphanCrippler1]

Yyyeeeaaahhhh. Im not talking about the internet though brosive. There is definitely real life.

[@ForeverVortex]

6:20 As an avid Starcraft player this moment was a sharp pain in my heart... and a missed opportunity. Let me explain.. Overlords are not warriors. Larva are not gatherers. Drones are not hunters. It should have been... Zerglings are the warriors. Drones are the gatherers. Hydralisk are the hunters. So much hurt....lol

[@harrisonirving8751]

In the first game hydralisks even had a hero unit called hunter killers

[@kronek88]

Nerd

[@seaassasin1855]

@@harrisonirving8751 ye, its cool

[@seaassasin1855]

same, i felt the pain and the misery from MATPAT'S IDIOTICSUPERICNESS

[@doctorarb]

Oh good, I wasn't alone in cringing xD

[@oystahboystah]

So did they eat takeout or leftovers?!

[@LyrialEra]

+Spore EVOLVED Neither, they ordered a pizza as it will feed more of them for less money and tastes better than takeout

[@TheBrickMasterB]

+eragon1usa Sooooo.... they ate takeout.

[@jaycelopez8205]

+TheBrickMasterB thats not takeout, it delivery

[@Jfran-nj3dz]

+Jayce Lopez its digiorno

[@brianmetcalf6197]

+Jayce Lopez It's not delivery it's Degiorno

[@PurpleKangaroo4]

You got the lore wrong. *Spoilers* The xel naga didn't find the zerg, they created the zerg and protoss to be the two races that will ascend and continue the infinite cycle. The zerg with purity or essence and the Protoss with purity of form. Amon, an evil xel naga who wanted to end the infinite cycle and rule the universe with his zerg/protoss hybrid creations, corrupted the zerg and gave them the hive mind to do his bidding. The overmind realized this (future vision or something) and didn't really want the zerg to be amon's slaves. Though being under amon's control the overmind could not disobey him, so he created the queen of blades to free the zerg and defeat amon.

[@duck1770]

Finally, I found a comment that meant I didn't need to correct him

[@FleyBlademode]

+PurpleKangaroo4 But hey that just a theory :D

[@AthangX]

+PurpleKangaroo4 The xel naga didn't create them, they made the universe and then waited to see what species appeared. Also, Amon created the Khala too, thought I'd add that.

[@WearDatKingRat]

actually Mat Pat is right. The xelnaga didnt create them, but simply manipulated them. They simply stumbled upon them and were interested in them. Go look it up on the official wiki

[@AthangX]

SexiestOfAll Primates The xelnaga didn't manipulate them, that was just Amon. That was revealed in LotV.

[@IceQueen975]

I agree with almost everything. However, though the Net acts as a hive mind for us, you as the individual chose the content subject and then whatever you're using (KZbin, Tumblr, Google, etc.) filters for the most relevant. If I don't want to watch video X, even though let's say everyone else does, I will not get it on my feed because I chose not to have it there. With a hive mind, it forces even those who disagreed to consume/do whatever was chosen.

[@GameTheory]

+IceQueen975 But think about it...if you're not on Page 1 of Search Results on Google, for example, 90% of people won't see your page. It's like on KZbin -- certain videos get put in your face more often and longer than others. The ones that MORE people watch get surfaced higher to you. Yes, you can choose to watch something else, but it's getting harder and harder to discover those OTHER choices. As a result, I have less of a choice. I let the SYSTEM do the choosing for me. Just a thought on where things are headed :)

[@alexarnold8461]

+The Game Theorists one thing I think you're wrong about. We have no collective opinion.

[@Lilliathi]

+The Game Theorists As you pointed out, a hivemind has no conflict.. we do, all the time.. especially on the internet!

[@RocketJimmer]

agreed

[@dvoraj20]

+IceQueen975 "With a hive mind, it forces even those who disagreed to consume/do whatever was chosen." - just like the profile button in Chrome that everyone hates but Google shoves it to us anyways?

[@FizzleFX]

*You forgot to mention how humans in starcraft are BRAIN WASHED* ... those soldiers are emptier then a coconut on the inside.

[@wetpudding]

Ludvig Olofsson 7B criminals are resocialized aka brainwashed

[@cyrexi3378]

Criminals that get redeveloped to the certain task they are supposed to do

[@fotismanolopoulos1098]

Not exactly brainwashed,and not all,for example,the simple marine,the folk that goes to fight so that he protects his colony aka family and friends,has the strongest will after the one of zealot,why to destroy that? He is already willing to die so that people he cares for are ok. As for criminals,noot exactly brainwashing,firebat is still the mad pyromaniac,he just burns zerg now. Ok there is some brainwashing,only to make sure he burns only the zerg. As for the dominion,they still do these stuff the most of the time,and when they fight Raynor's raiders,they fight criminals (cause they are criminals,no matter if they do the right or bad thing,they are)

[@Arthurschkil]

If I loose all my troops I just start mass producing Infantry like droids

[@twintyara6330]

And in real life

[@tracyblanchard7663]

There's still one issue: Stragglers. The Zerg are entirely obedient to the Overmind, but many humans aren't always obedient to the recommendation column. People deny facts constantly, hate some internet trends, and argue constantly. The internet being shown as a hive mind has one, singular issue: Not everyone is obedient to what the internet has to say.

[@Grumpydrawer]

+Robert Blanchard And that's a good thing as what is good for (or liked by) some isn't good for all.

[@Light-11]

+Robert Blanchard The feral zerg are an example of that as they are zerg that don't have a overmind/hivemind so that can explane that.

[@maskeddummy1473]

+Light1108 also primal Zerg, it still is Zerg

[@bobbyferg9173]

But what if this super company that controls the Internet also controls food, housing, and every essential of life. Let's say that Google buys McDonald's and gives free McDonald's coupons to google users. Then those who avoid the Internet have to pay more for food and overtime, it will make a large difference. Business is the true ruler of the world. Not religion or governments but businesses.

[@calcimothewizard983]

And they are the ones who will shrivel and die while the glorious hive mind of humanity thrives in our perfect world.

[@rayaatkins9965]

We use the bathroom together because Hermione got attacked by a troll, Ginny got abducted, Moaning Myrtle died, and Katie Bell got cursed

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

Safety in numbers i guess?

[@cloudycloudi631]

yeesh, it is dangerous to go alone in Hogwarts

[@dudebrogaming8886]

+Chancellor Chesnaught It's dangerous to go alone. You might get killed by a magical snake.

[@blahblahblahbloohblah]

>we go in groups as we have for decades because of a recent fictional children's book

[@pictureofacat9525]

That was the best joke that i didn't know i needed

[@thefriendlygiantbear7839]

There are exceptions my dear matpat. Exceptions such as myself. True, the internet is a hive mind, but unlike the zerg we have a CHOICE. I could, (and I have done so before) quit the internet for as long as I wished, sticking to books, friends, and my watch for everything the internet provides. The zerg do not necessarily have a choice. They are linked from birth. I only hope that we do not go that far.

[@theMRsome12]

+Thanatos the Wanderer well the problem is, try to live in the western world without internet though. how about paying your bills? thats almost all via the internet. or how about making appointments with most stuff? you'd be surprised if you really look at what the internet is.

[@Biddybalboa]

+Thanatos the Wanderer One day dude One day. It's already necessary for success in modern society. And he never said the hive mind eliminates choices it just congregates the most popular ones to spread relatable information.

[@antondresucks]

But you wouldn't. In fact, some would argue that if you did, all it would do would stop you in your biological quest of gene survival. If you found a partner then reproduce, odds are your subset society would eventually be overwhelmed by the rest of humanity. As your little group may grow by a dozen a year, millions more are born wanting what everyone else wants: to be accepted by others and follow the ultimate goals of humanity. I mean even later in life, you may swear allegiance to a corporation to work for that competes to be the most accepted, to draw onto someone's Bing point earlier, Google is a dominant force in search filters and advertising. The android phone I'm using was well rated and I picked it be cause MKBHD said to. Some people swear by Chevrolet cars, so you rate them to be the best cars you've ever driven, imagine if EVERYONE drove a chevy? That's what GM wants! And so they pay for advertising on google, they advertise during the NFL's super bowl (which both are dominating their respective businesses). Even language man! The books you'd be reading??? All written in a standardized form of English, when before the 20th century, no one cared about spelling, so communication was more difficult! Spelling bee's, English tests, all started so we could assimilate the language to be easily understood by more people. My God, man. It's all very clear that whatever choice we have, it's all very influenced by the generation before............

[@lagparty2829]

+Thanatos the Wanderer your idea of choice is an illusion, every choice you make is influenced by outside sources, so everything you do is not your own, even when you have that singular one of a kind thought it is still not your own. your a tool to be used and cast away just like everyone else

[@jamesmacleod7407]

There is a book that deals with that idea. I think it's called feed

[@TheOneAndOnlyVessel]

6:21 I got triggered when I saw overlords in the warrior section

[@thelonelyghostN]

true they are the suplly

[@noammeir9770]

and larvae as gatherers

[@skagchow5928]

Drones as hunters

[@randomguyonyoutube8844]

@@skagchow5928 lol

[@beanface7408]

That's how Starcraft 2 Overlords look?

[@Braxan1337]

I am so disturbed by overlords being classed as warrioirs... 6:21

[@HaloFTW55]

Fellow Terrans, let us cringe together.

[@kedarunzikedarunzi718]

Too..

[@cerbralone]

+Elias Lundberg confirmed mat pat has never played starcraft

[@despadas]

+Elias Lundberg Have you seen any other unit mark territory with their poop? No? Then they don''t deserve to be called warriors

[@balintkristof8442]

OVERLORD RUSH!

[@PressStartToLaugh]

I don't appreciate the title of this video... :-(

[@verixforgotten1121]

+TheHiveLeader wow two youtubers i like on this video :D

[@PressStartToLaugh]

:-P

[@boi1dattglemon654]

@_@

[@esmelterfiveseven3930]

oh hello man

[@PressStartToLaugh]

Swaggy Poker Face Hola :-)

[@victoriacamper2715]

Us girls go to the bathroom together because Hermione Granger went to the bathroom alone and she got attacked by a troll. Not gonna take that risk.

[@FutureAIDev2015]

Victoria Camper Another HP fan! Yes!

[@gorrillawarfair]

Matthew Ferrie yeah.... you guys are so rare.

[@meganlee4241]

And also just in case that guy at the bar who was eyeing you up decided to do something unsavory

[@robinyourhouse3399]

But what if all of you get turned into stone by one of the basilisks

[@kendi8942]

I’m going to invisibility cloak myself

[@wraithcraftgaming6891]

After re-watching this video after almost 1 year I have one question: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT BASE LAYOUT? I mean, seriously, with that long of a mining distance no wonder you have no units to defend the matpat rush

[@revron9683]

what triggers me the most is the extractor.

[@CreepsMcPasta]

All hail the Overmind

[@kiraaaaqueen]

Oh gawd hi creeps :D

[@KamdenVera]

Hiya Creeps do you play starcraft2 aswell?

[@skagchow5928]

For the swarm

[@nopity3057]

Too much work for me. wake me up a few aeons from now.

[@avidapathy8456]

The difference between the internet and a hive mind is that when a person reads or sees something online, they choose how to use the information they gather, whereas bees or the zerg do not.

[@trampauline121]

+NebelHex MatPat explained that the Overmind chooses what information to give us. What kind of system that uses algorithms on what movies to watch, what games to play and what books to read based on what personally interests the majority?

[@alalalala57]

We haven't reach the point the Zerg has. Google and all those doesn't force us what it wants us to do, just giving recommendations. Maybe in the future we would choose for it to dictate for us so that we as a race could arrive at better, more calculated solutions. It works.

[@avidapathy8456]

+Spectral Ninja I certainly don't disagree, but whereas bees get s pheromone message and immediately respond in kind, if I read an article on terrorism, I might decide to enlist in the military, and if you read the same article, you might decide to research the history of radical groups, just as an example. Thus, there is no hive mind because the freedom of CHOICE for each individual is maintained. We might get similar or even the same info, but we all apply it differently.

[@jaycelopez8205]

+NebelHex the internet is young, not yet at a hive mind power

[@avidapathy8456]

+Jayce Lopez But do you really WANT that?

[@johnhurley8918]

I'm at 3:00. I predict that the hive mind is the internet.

[@johnhurley8918]

+John Hurley CALLED IT!

[@raphaelaquiles33]

+John Hurley Prove it.

[@geek6985]

+maujogador facepalm

[@johnhurley8918]

maujogador Why would I lie? I don't care THAT much.

[@raphaelaquiles33]

B-but, the title of the video is "The human hive mind".

[@jeremygann7639]

6:06 he says as he runs 5 hydralisks into 2 colossi

[@Destroyer83]

Truth be told, I think government power fits better with the analogy of the overmind, while the internet fits better with the concept of the Khala.

[@illudian]

+Destroyer831642 so you are saying that once governments link together through the internet and we have one cohesive information structure helping to guide one cohesive government then we will become the thing the xelnaga strived so long to create?

[@manguy01]

One World Government New World Order. Get ready for Brave New World. ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL!!

[@unfortunatelyrob2635]

the truth is the internet just provides information without direction. It doesnt say the best deal for a new tv is at bestbuy this weekend - go buy it. its more like hey this tv is pretty cheap here, get it if you want. I still make the decisions.

[@TheRezro]

+illudian Khala/Internet.. connect but don't force. Overmind.. connect and force. Emo.. forced lack of connection. Hipster.. connected lack of connection.

[@arcanasplit]

+Destroyer831642 To some extent,yes.The big difference is that when the government makes a decision,it leaves the group two big choices:they accept the decision or change the algorithm.Due to the fact that the group and the hivemind don't evolve homogenously(generally the group is the faster one but it can go both ways),the group makes an everchanging idealiasation of the hivemind should be like based upon the previous decisions made by the hivemind that the collective has accepted(this is a contextual definition of group mentality).If the current hivemind doesn't make the same decision as the ideal one would,then it's changed for one that tries to specifically fix the flaws of the recently replaced,drawing inspiration from previous hiveminds that were as different as possible from the most recent.

[@DammitSinged]

Ofcourse the Internet is a good thing for humanity , i mean where else can we get such easy access to porn?

[@BigFry9591]

+DammitSinged And hoards of people who hate you.

[@MelvaCross]

+DammitSinged That's it, that's the argument we needed. There no doubt that the internet is really really great (for porn)!

[@mysticalloy3054]

Inappropriate!😡

[@hiphop4eva374]

+DammitSinged - Ikr.

[@grapejuice3943]

+Science snake you know yuppy watch porn too

[@Lenoxmst]

"but enough about girls bathroom habits" ... *Foreshadowing!*

[@JustSkullDuggery]

Mat loves to change the subject...

[@JustSkullDuggery]

Oh boi a bot...

[@Lenoxmst]

Captain Blue Maniac yup... a bot...

[@kbking16]

+The Game Thеorists FAAAAAAAAKKKEEEEE

[@RadiumGamingHD]

No, it's an institute synth.

[@b.b.3495]

GT: "The Internet is Mankinds Hivemind." Me: "That`s just ridiciolous." Redditusers f***ing up two Hedgefonds because the Internet told them to. Me: "Hu boy..."

[@EpicTurtle113]

Yes, memes furthered our exsistence

[@MrJacobPhoenix]

Of course.

[@thefenixfamily]

+Eisenheim I think we've advanced immensely, all thanks to the dankery that are memes.

[@ethanmarriott2144]

+Eisenheim not just memes but dank memes

[@AvianSavara]

+Eisenheim A weapon to surpass meta memes

[@ammarali7622]

+Maxime Boileau the very essence of reality is dank memes

[@BEZERKSTUDIOS718]

Great, now Game Theory has me questioning my individuality...

[@BEZERKSTUDIOS718]

***** I see the dragon sickness still ails you, even in death, master dwarf.

[@Arkume8Beltz]

+Frank Bowman Exaclly..study, work, buy a car, matte, buy a house, have sons..buy..buy..

[@ocadioan]

+Frank Bowman Welcome to the Swarm

[@lilpenpusher]

+ocadioan and Obama is our Queen

[@Arkume8Beltz]

coolnico2000 Nope was Rockefeller and other corporations..the politics are only puppets to make the population think our vote is important..the importan are the lobbies behind them..and works similar in all world..will be more"democratic"vote the lobbies & corporations than political parties, and needn't to pay their expensives salaries..XD

[@masterSageHarpuia]

So why are we more like zerg than the Terran again??? It isn't like the Terrans don't have the internet and hell, the Khalai Protoss are connected via the Khala.

[@NeoShameMan]

+Mica T to be frank a talkie walkie would do the same with the commander room to the units, no need for hitech.

[@alalalala57]

I don't think the Terrans have something like the Internet, or at least not widespread (maybe because of long range communication issues?) and the Protoss are connected to each other WITHOUT a hive mind.

[@MissJesStar]

+TONYSTARK557 they still use swarm intelligence, and the Heirarch is there to make decisions for the whole, just the same as the other two species

[@Fincarn5]

+Mica T We aren't , Matt tries says that because we depend on the internet for the information wich affects our decition making we aren't really making a choice, the choice is being made for us by the internet. Of course this is wrong otherwise we wouldn't be able to disagree with each other, in a hive mind you can't disagree with another member of the hive. If anything we are closer to Khalai Protoss who basically have instant internet to each other in close proximity.

[@Saelria]

+Fincarn And KZbin alone is a good enough point to prove him wrong. Since you'd be lucky to go watch a KZbin video without people disagreeing with each other.

[@jediarchives7826]

Question asked 2 years later: Why are you using a viper for the zerg, instead of a zergling, or a hydralisk that more accurately represents them

[@keyemku6399]

Warriors are overlords, larvae are gathers and drones are hunters... I should try this strategy.

[@keyemku6399]

It didn't work

[@roflowns]

Keyemku i bet you got alot of recourses that game especialy vespine

[@Dazart]

Maybe you didn't try hard enough.

[@andrewdsadfsdafvxcvfsafznw2]

Have fun losing, then!

[@tiagodarkpeasant]

was it hard to make the larvae gather resources ?

[@aight9151]

starts as a game lore, ends up as a conspiracy theory

[@Draybolt4]

Well it's good to know that we aren't as hive minded as we could be since we still argue, have different interests, and different likes and dislikes. Good to know that we aren't as advanced as a race as we could be

[@dogethemlgquickscoper2035]

It is, I like being an idiot.

[@Draybolt4]

Noah MacGillivray Don't take it personally, they're just being cute xD

[@bobbirdsong6825]

+Draybolt4 Y'know, the fact that we *kill* other people over our own silly morals.

[@fishworshipper]

+Draybolt4 Except the Zerg also aren't completely Hive Minded as well. There are distinct rebels and sub-rulers, even within the Zerg.

[@VSLteen]

+Draybolt4 Not only do the zerg have individuality, prominently expressed through important figures... though most likely shown in minor groups as well... I just wish to bring to your attention: Human Social Pressures. They can not only Quell and suppress Ideas and actions that are unsavory to a group, But can also lead to erasure of such things...

[@nathanbryant8867]

i thought a hive mind was the collective intelligence of the entire group not a single intelligence taking info from the group and then making decisions based on it

[@alexhood3966]

You are thinking of collective intelligence, Matpat are using swarm intelligence. Collective intelligence is a shared or group intelligence that emerges from collaboration, collective effort, and competition of many individuals and appears In consensus decisions making. The term appears in sociobiology, political science and in context of mass peer review and crowdsourcing applications. It may involve consensus, social capital and formalism such as voting systems, social media and other means to quantifying mass activity while swarms intelligence is the collective behavior of decentralized, self organized systems, natural or artificial. The concept is employed in work on artificial intelligence.

[@eduardoalcantara3044]

Like geth from mass effect? Nah its morebrain controlled than a group brain

[@junkoenoshima4457]

NO! The Internet is not for Information. The Internet is for Porn. Theory Busted.

[@ypsawbones3646]

again hive mind #theory confirmed

[@HarryPaine]

Nut busted

[@somescrub8960]

the internet is also for cats

[@DGEddieDGEtm]

+TheCharCarl then watch out for Amon's corruption... it'll send us all to our deaths...

[@manguy01]

Porn is information

[@hanban02]

no but seriously, UNDERTALE. PLETHORA OF THEORIES DO IT

[@chief9894]

Yaaaaasssss

[@k1ngdeth]

+Mr. Nat likewise

[@backonlazer791]

+Hannah Chen Yes.

[@mrnat3058]

Wait did they mute my reply? Because I don't see it anymore. LOL.

[@rnr5506]

DO ONE W.D. GASTER PLZZZZZZ MATPAT PLZ DO IT

[@tedective4427]

6:21 You don't play Starcraft that much, huh?

[@deshakramcharan1542]

Yeah I see it too

[@oulpas9627]

+Tedective I's just use the firsts images of zergs.

[@JIerark]

lol MatPat do more research!

[@Apocalypsekiller115]

+Tedective When i saw that it had me on the floor for minutes.

[@tollboothjason]

+Tedective Every Starcraft player knows that overlords are warriors, larva are gatherers, and drones are hunters. Kappa

[@gino14]

2 years after the release of LoTV, I would like to suggest that the internet is a closer to a sort of ghetto Khala, allowing us to share emotions and experience with others in near-realtime. While it is not as high-resolution as the Protoss's Khala, it nevertheless serves the exact same function. I remember a line in LotV where a Protoss preserver slashed off her nerve cord. When a DT asked what it felt like to not have the Khala, she characterized it as feeling _"like the world has been dulled... and yet, it has also become more clear, more immediate. I feel as if I am a child again."_ And then one time I went into the bathroom without my phone. In my boredom, this thought came to me, and then I realized that I felt much the same way as the Preserver, severed from my phone. As Phase Smith Karax puts it, I felt cut off from the world, "unable to reach out to the surety of others."

[@deathrayman8074]

If you're talking about the campaign, the 'Protoss Preserver' is named Rohana.

[@thejtjteam8501]

You must construct additional pylons!

[@ArtanBlacknight]

The JTJ Team Spawn more overlords

[@tatianabarskova7636]

The JTJ Team

[@TakoBoy808]

Not enough minerals

[@brightshadow80]

That must be placed in a power field

[@brightshadow80]

That must be placed on a vespien geyser

[@parkerw9710]

Human hive mind...even before I watch I feel like there is a connection to group mentality...

[@parkerw9710]

Oh...its the internet....I was wrong...

[@DavidJamesHenry]

+Parker Wit There's not much difference. Just look at reddit flamewars.

[@QuixoteBadger]

+Parker Wit the hive mind is a new plain of thought derived from existing infrastructure, group mentality is that infrastructure, based on our neural infrastructure, based on complex chemistry, based on nuclear physics, based on quantum physics, based on fundamental maths... etc...etc... a computer, evolving to make a better computer, evolving to make a better computer... ... ...

[@parkerw9710]

+Doctor Jones I made a prediction based on the title. What do you want from me? To have some way of seeing with 100% accuracy what will happen in the future? And if you do...well sorry to disappoint.

[@LordOverlord]

+Parker Wit but the internet is group mentality. just on a massive scale

[@ZacharyBurr]

One interesting thing you didn't mention in this video is the fact that humans are the only mammals, and one of very few species in general that exhibit altruistic tendencies. Most other creatures aren't concerned with the survival of the group, but rather just the preservation of their own genes. They'll do everything in their power to help themselves and their offspring, but when it comes to assisting the other members of their species they don't. Insects, and other creatures with a hive mind, however, including humans, do help each other out. Oftentimes even sacrificing themselves if it's in the best interest of the group. Just one more interesting parallel between us and the zerg.

[@purpleice2343]

+Zachary Burr The only true real and interesting parallel: we are humans and we exist, zergs are made up in human mind and they arent' real or whatever.

[@silvettiluca97]

Not in our age though. As much as i hate social experiments, they showed that we wouldn't help someome in need if we were in a crowd. Guess what, we are in a crowd all the time, when we walk around the city, if you were to feel sick and fall to the ground, very VERY few people would actually help you. The reason being, we don't want to come out of the "group" that forms in the streets. We feel weird, we don't want to stand out. Even if it means saving a life.

[@Arkume8Beltz]

+Zachary Burr And we are the only mammals who make genocides, who destroy our enviroment, the only who have hypocresy, etc..but like dogs mark the territory with pee/flags, have hierarchies, etc..

[@powermaxx1516]

+Zachary Burr i beg to differ i've seen dogs or cats ready to help out their own specially thedefenseless,they'd even help other animals outside their species,depends on how smart or domesticated they are,and there are times when humans do tend to behave like animals,specially in the 21st century,you've got all these wars,terrorism,not to mention tech advancement,we are becoming colder,more cynical,more apathetic and extremely self centered to the point that the only people we'd help are those we're familiar with

[@silvettiluca97]

*****​ it's not necessarily the fact that we still have wars and fights, we could keep them just for fun, you know, sparring. But the sign that we didn't evolve to the point of not being animals, is the fact that we still base EVERYTHING around the power and brute force system. We all like to say that we evolved at a ridiculous speed especially in the last twenty years, but it really isn't true, technology evolved, our bodies evolved, but we didn't. Allow me to provide proof. How do we administrate states? We give ALL the power to a single person (the president of the USA, or the queen) or to a group of people (parliaments and representative governments like Italy), because not everyone can bear a country on their shoulders. Or can we? Everyday of our lives we carry out our countries, we just don't want to be aware of it, we don't want worries, so what better way to get rid of them than to toss them all at someone else? So who has the power in a democracy, the people or who gets elected? We still rely on the law of the strongest, and once we give power, of course who has it will want to keep it. If the president says, no more healthy food, everything will become McDonald's! We COULD (i say could because literally everyone and their grandmother eats at McDonald's, at least where i live, and my knowledge about America says that more McDonald's just equals more fat people) cause a riot, but the president has a personal armed escort, and he can call the police and give orders to take down the mobs. Do you want to become a game designer? Nope! You have to know someone in the industry who has a good position! Do you want to become an actor? Nope! You have to know someone in the industry who is very well known! Who owns companies? Who owns the moon, though? The people? The government? Well, actually, the first person to set foot would. But as more people were to come, the strongest would obtain priority over the others. We need a Utopia, but as we know, only the extremely intelligent and wise would be able to live there.

[@samfuller1382]

to be honest I'm a zerg player so I loved it!!!!

[@kp_kp8kpkp898]

Im one to

[@adamtaurus7840]

Depressed protoss noise

[@Dr.Tropen]

but the zerg diagram hurts 6:20

[@Shadowzdota]

Zerg least sexy? hello have you seen Kerrigan?

[@andyfrench8660]

Well, she's not pure Zerg.

[@deliore9861]

She's no longer Zerg too

[@tallblondeguy]

Would smash

[@AkGamerRo]

Kerrigan was a zerg-terran hybrid and in the end she became a Xel'naga...

[@maldlions5313]

Well ya... you right

[@thodoriskavouras4728]

Because let's face it, who doesn't want to look at Zergs and be like "this is just like me" until the casual existencial crisis sets in, right?

[@aaronalquiza9680]

Overlords labelled as Warriors.. teehee

[@Flirga]

They one shot just about any other unit

[@LOR_Enjoyer623]

Soltyrus lol

[@fireballrosenquist207]

Anyone like the Zerg before watching this?

[@auric180]

Fireball Rosenquist i like the zerg in the story since part 1 Then play multiplayer in part 2

[@brightshadow80]

Fireball Rosenquist me

[@wraithcraftgaming6891]

Well the Xel'naga never found the Zerg, they created the Zerg just like they created the Protos and just like they created other races across all galaxies. Amon ( A rogue Xel'naga) corrupted the Zerg so they would be controlled by the Overmind wich was directly under his command, than he used the Swarm to attack the other Xel'naga but he died with all of the Xel'naga therefore geting sent into The Void. But before dieing he gave the Zerg overmind one last command: Kill the Protoss. You can play the games to learn the rest of the story.

[@TankHunter678]

@Hayden Harpe It was stated in the games that the Xel'naga in their pursuit of perfection would regularly seed new races across multiple universes. Both the protoss and zerg were seeded by them, only for them to later be modified by Amon since the Xel'naga would normally play hands off wait and see and Amon desired to do things differently. You should go replay the Starcraft 2 Zerg and Protoss campaigns.

[@samotten9874]

I stopped being able to take this seriously after you said Bing.

[@9manny99]

+Sam Otten You know old people and technologically incompetent people use edge and bing all the time..

[@JustSkullDuggery]

I stopped taking you seriously when you began to worship the spaghetti monster.

[@Jazzshadow2]

+9manny99 The thing is edge is actually a really good wen brower, it's nothing like IE it feels more like a stripped down chrome. Bing on the other hand is terrible.

[@hentaigod1963]

Yep

[@TheDastard]

+Jazzshadow2 Bing is the search engine equivalent of those home page hijacks that used to plague the Internet. Bing always assumes it knows better than you do about what you want, even when you've typed it in correctly. Seriously, you have to use or to prevent it from hijacking your address bar.

[@XC11301991]

FOR THE OVERMIND!!!

[@SuperSaiyanMatthew1]

+GSDAkatsuki I FIGHT FOR AUIR

[@XC11301991]

+Callous mmmmmm no. I'm going to stick to you.

[@XC11301991]

+SuperSaiyanMatthew You fight for bacon

[@MarcoPolo-xq2jv]

+GSDAkatsuki sacrifice me

[@zumwin]

+GSDAkatsuki The Overmind has been dead for several games now.

[@frostbitten9818]

This video is not i the best interest of the human hive. Papa Google is coming for you. Everyone else, get back to work!!!!

[@frostbitten9818]

+Frost Bitten in not i

[@TehKorwinMikke]

+Frost Bitten This is in the best interest. Otherwise Google wouldn't allow it, yo.

[@nicenicingt9n660]

the hive is coming...

[@dudeistpreist5721]

now I hate the fcc even more

[@vizthex]

+Frost Bitten *in

[@GeneticAlgorithm]

Try this: be the only one in a large group to disagree or do things differently from the majority. You'll probably start doubting yourself and people will try to compel you to follow the "common sense". Yes, we are very hive minded, that's why we have governments, laws and religions. We give our freedom in the hands of those who can conquer our trust.

[@thelonelypilot]

Sadly true.

[@samuelr.6046]

@@thelonelypilot it is unfortunate l but our hivemind like society made us successful.

[@nopity3057]

@Earth to a certain point...

[@Mister_Eiffel]

For the end card question, I think the internet is more good than bad for us. Not just the hive mind aspect of it, but the prospect of transmitting different forms of information contributes to humanity's transcendence. We're able to know something that happens across the globe in the blink of an eye, we're able to communicate with practically anyone anywhere, and with the boon in VR technology, we're working towards the prospect of *being* anywhere and everywhere we desire.

[@Biddybalboa]

+Francis Lafontaine. É. That IS the hive mind aspect of it.

[@Mister_Eiffel]

Biddybalboa Fair point, but the hive mind's "will" isn't absolute in this case. I'd like to think most of us aren't slaves to the web, but rather individually using this tool of pseudo omniscience and omnipotence for our own individual purpose.

[@VytoneJr]

+Francis Lafontaine. É. Very well said

[@Biddybalboa]

Francis Lafontaine. É. The hive mind doesn't control your every move that's how it works in the case of machines. It is a way to delegate the opinions of the majority and give you information relevant to what you want.

[@Mister_Eiffel]

Biddybalboa That's a separate aspect altogether IMO.

[@ctemp3246]

The thumbnail has predicted. The Zerg will save us from the people that intend to abuse the new heroes system

[@ctemp3246]

Ahh, good old Starcraft. So awesome, and always a classic

[@JadeyCatgirl99]

8:55 "Squidward, robots are running the Navy!"

[@adamtaurus7840]

*F U T U R E*

[@Kingwut117]

MatPat... You are SO wrong about SC lore... come on, seriously? The Xel'Naga didn't 'find' the zerg and want them to evolve faster SPOILERS The xel'naga CREATED the protos and zerg and humans and everything else. The OVERMIND was a creation from AMON, a SINGLE xel'naga who rebelled. He ENSLAVED the zerg to fulfill his needs Seriously I'm just really disappointed how completely off you were in your lore research...

[@actualmadscientist]

+Kingwut117 He also forgot to mention that the protoss do have a hive mind, called the Khala. Which is basically a telepathic psychic religion that the dark templars decided they didn't want to join.

[@TheThanatos023]

+Kingwut117 yeah i thought about that too also base placement kind of killed me at the beggining XD

[@Kingwut117]

TheThanatos023 same unfortunately it seems matpat hasn't played starcraft... oh well. Because the zerg didn't even LOOK like they do now before the overmind was introduced. When the overmind (amon) took over the zerg's form was forced to be the same (in different variations of course)

[@XochiCh]

+Kingwut117 Yep, there are a LOT of lore facts that he missed, the 3 races are a small portion of the Eternal Cycle of Life, the Zerg and the Protoss where supposed to evolve and mutate naturally untill they reached the top, then the Cycle would start again with another pair of races in another universe.

[@jacoposiniscalco1217]

+timemadscientist Greatscot! not anymore... They all severed their nerve cords

[@empatheticfrog2052]

damn mat pat you be scary...

[@christianp.7675]

holy crap yes.

[@venturekid2366]

???

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Garen Dillon well, the next step in evolution is to create a stronger link between the human brain and computers... a bond that would allow you for example to create, edit and upload a youtube video just by thinking about it... but hey, that's just probably the future, our future... that is if human stupidity or something around us will not get to kill everything... seriously, there are to many nukes out there...

[@MrPerson61]

Thing about comparing the Zerg hive mind to the internet is that we can still make decisions, while the Zerg cannot. When an order is given to the Zerg, they do it no matter what, they blindly follow orders. As humans we can decide whether or not to follow an order or in this case, whether we agree or do what is most popular on the internet. Why do you think the comments section on nearly everything is nothing but flame wars? Because people have differing opinions. Zerg cannot have opinions while under the influence of the Overlord, while humans still can and do.

[@Kreed360]

+Mr. Person Are you certain you have the ability to make your own decisions, I mean, the possibility that you can take another choice is there, but once you make a choice, you've made it, you didn't choose anything else, so in the end you've technically always chosen the choice you were going to choose because it's the choice you were going to choose, which means there was never any choice at all. Free will and all that.

[@enfercesttout]

We half blindly follow orders. Thats the differance. And most of us has will of a cockroach.

[@MrPerson61]

Derek360 Ok, since this is a gaming channel, how about this. The internet (or the hive) says that COD is amazing because of how popular it is and how many people play it, but I hate COD. If we were a hive mind we would ALL love COD with no choice in the matter. Or how those minion pics with "Funny" quotes are rediculously popular and yet I find them annoying. If we were a hive mind I would have no choice and HAVE to like them. That is the difference. Also to the 2nd comment, the fact that a lot of people go with whatever is popular does not matter when some of us do not. a hive mind means everyone does the same thing with no choice in the matter, not just the majority

[@enfercesttout]

The absract consciousness which knew what i was going to do hundred percent every time must be all-knowing. Which turns into a paradox itself. Since even i might not know what about my future choices are, there's always a point of emptiness where subject of conscious should be. That's the part which condems us to be free.

[@MrVoldi7]

+Mr. Person I agree with you 100%. I'd like to add a few practical examples so others can see. First of all Arts if everyone was connected to the hive mind nobody would be able to create something new and CREATIVE. Since we all receive the same information and we are connected to this hive no one would be able to think a outside of the box or something that represents him better such as a song they wrote a drawing or anything else. Second, we don't blindly follow instructions sometimes we are willing to choose something that pleases us more instead of the optimal thus disagreeing with orders of a certain algorithm.There are more examples like the ones. Even though i agree with you there is this concept of the ''invisible hand'' guiding us it's a theory in Economics which says the same as the video more or less. I don't fully support that theory but it has some strong points about this argument.

[@mrapyro]

6:07 legitimately thought my phone was falling off my bed and tried to catch it xD

[@netoeythedestroyer8468]

Girls go to the bathroom at the same time because its a defense mechanism.

[@ranawakadealwis6142]

LOL

[@HaloHunter2552]

Are you being serious, or is this a joke?

[@HaloHunter2552]

Nickolas Harding They actually just clarified it was a joke. Netoey The Destroyer! Which now that I'm here already making this comment, do you have a source on that? (I really don't mean to come across sounding like a dick, but I probably will anyway) I've never heard that before. History often gets skewed over time. But I'm curious to know if that's true.

[@netoeythedestroyer8468]

well I heard it from a teacher so who knows. I never googled it

[@netoeythedestroyer8468]

xD thats ok and hey we all learned something yay!

[@Psychoangel-d23]

one fatal mistake buddy. Xel´naga didnt found the zerg. they CREATED the zerg. same with the protoss.

[@sintanan469]

+Psychoangel Starcraft game manual. The xel'naga found the zerg species on an unknown planet (revealed in SC2 as Zerus). The xel'naga gave the zerg larva the gift of purity of essence. As the zerg started to evolve, the xel'naga transplanted zerg larva from Zerus to Char, and created the Overmind on Char. This created two distinct zerg species -- the primals on Zerus, and the swarm on Char. Amon then tampered with the zerg genetics of the Overmind, causing the zerg to rise up against the xel'naga, and forcing the creators to flee. The xel'naga left for Aiur, the first world they engineered. On Aiur they found the protoss in their infancy. In desperation as they were at the end of their lifespans and needed to create a new host form for the xel'naga, the xel'naga were intrigued by the mental abilities of the protoss. The xel'naga then guided (rather than created through direct manipulation as they did with the zerg) the protoss evolution through the gift of purity of form before they descended from orbit onto Aiur. The now-tribal protoss looked to the xel'naga as gods, and the protoss quickly advanced technologically from the teachings of the xel'naga. The protoss divided into factions as various groups broke away from the traditional teachings and stopped viewing the xel'naga as gods. This caused wars and the clans to rise, and the xel'naga left Aiur worried that they'd be attacked again like with the zerg. The protoss were divided and warring with one another until Khas used the khaydarin crystals left behind by the xel'naga to re-establish the protoss psychic link through the creation of the Khala. However, we learn again in SC2 that Amon was manipulating the protoss and corrupted their psychic connection from the start. It is through the Khala that Amon controls the protoss in Legacy of the Void. tl;dr. The xel'naga found the zerg, and the protoss. And Amon is a dick.

[@Psychoangel-d23]

Sin tanan i had a manual with backstories of the races and... it said the protoss were their first experiment and they evolved to fast so the Xel´naga abandoned them (a few of them got killed during the process. i guess their mortal shells died back there) so they went to zerus and started with the zerg. But they got quickly overrun by those (the overmind was sick of them). seems like the story was changed a little in SC2 to make more sense.

[@alubedopiasora]

+Psychoangel Not so much that the story was changed without reason, the characters in game even remark on how what they knew being lies.

[@sintanan469]

Psychoangel The protoss still call themselves the Firstborn in honor of the faith they once believed in them being the first creation of the xel'naga. However, 'Firstborn' still holds true as Aiur was the first world created by the xel'naga. It, like many of the infinite worlds, was created and left alone. Something that does amuse me is that since Kerrigan becomes the new host form for the new cycle of xel'naga, this means that terrans (or rather humans) became the species to have purity of form, as Amon corrupted the protoss. The fact that infested terrans still left with terran free will are superior to what they once were might be extra proof of this. Look at Alexi Stukov becoming stronger after his infestation. And there's Kerrigan herself...

[@Psychoangel-d23]

Sin tanan Stukov and kerrigan both had psionic abilities. The Zerg DNA was like a catalyst for these powers

[@KombatGod]

You seem to forget about the Cerebrates. Zerg don't have one single shared mind, there are many minds, led by the Overmind, but each one of the Cerebrates has an intelligent human-level mind: remember, in the Zerg campaing YOU ARE a cerebrate, and lead your brood. ...But I know that's beside the point. And I believe this theory doesn't make much sense either way. I mean it's cool to think about the internet as a hive mind, but what does it have to do with Zerg specifically? It's forced. This is not a game theory, it's an evolutionary theory, and then you make a reference to SC. It's like talking about mining, and having a theory about mining, but then saying it's a Minecraft theory for no particular reason.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Damn beat me to it.

[@Dpyrt]

+KrossoverGod You sorta phrased what I wanted to say but yeah this theory doesn't really make much sense.

[@LightElementLord]

+KrossoverGod Yes but the Overmind still takes most of the decisions, the Cerebrates are there to carry them out the most efficient way possible just like the Brood Queens do in StarCraft 2.

[@TheRezro]

+KrossoverGod Yeh.. Matpat made worst job they typically. Also Internet work more like Khala.. Zerg parallel have sense only for NWO/Illuminati jokes.

[@LJLvids]

+KrossoverGod the channel game theory just doesn't talk about games, if you paid attention you would know, more often then not they talk about scientific principles (or real life stuff anyways) and apply it to/from games. there are plaenty of channels that only do videogame lore theories so just go watch hose if you don't want to learn anything that applies to real life and happens to have a neat connection to the video games so many people love.

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

6:21 You have no idea how Zerg units work do you?

[@HerrHoppenstedt]

That was indeed disgusting... Especially since the game provide units for every branch he made.

[@holycrusader7965]

Uhhh That graph was made to determine different groups but not specific zerg units lmao. He's not that stupid.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

So why do girls go to the bathroom together... Or is that something I don't want to know?

[@KimmybearVTuber]

+CornishCreamtea07 idk... i also don't get it... and i am a girl :/

[@PajkaInfinite]

I heard some girls say they do that because it's protection against rapist attacks which can happen in surprising places. I don't mean to talk about a depressing subject but that's what I think it is.

[@evelynryan7797]

+CornishCreamtea07 to talk to each other. they just chat and stuff. they dont pee together.

[@KimmybearVTuber]

August Ryan well yeah... but i personatily think its unnecessary...

[@c4cezar_magz]

Only reason I've done it was to either talk, because we were scared but don't know why, or well at school there are only a couple times that you can go to the bathroom without a teacher getting pissed at u

[@Jebbtube]

That's...just a theory...a Hive Theory!

[@connorshea9085]

Thanks for sacrificing some of your individuality to greater awareness!

[@connorshea9085]

Thanks for sacrificing some of your individuality to greater awareness!

[@connorshea9085]

Thanks for sacrificing some of your individuality to greater awareness!

[@Jebbtube]

You're welcome?

[@Pampattitude]

+Jebbtube WE are welcome.

[@silviogesell1]

Tyranids > Zerg Adeptus Astartes > Space Marines Eldar > Protoss

[@LordSmilesalot]

+silviogesell1 Wrong

[@Ryanorzone]

+silviogesell1 Absolutely true. But I still love Starcraft. Oh, and Necrons > Eldar

[@themushroomman5730]

Orks > all of them

[@isaacshorts2130]

+silviogesell1 tau>everything

[@lazarzivanovic8338]

+The Duck209 we need more dakka

[@karvonhall1593]

So the zerg are basically the space version of kurby

[@arcticgalegamer8139]

this is way too accurate.

[@katlovedart]

Yup

[@geoshisan6349]

So Smash Bros is just Kirby’s feeding ground?

[@jamesfritz3002]

Kurby is from space

[@SylvanoDrak]

What do you mean, the Zerg are gross? I love them! I think insects and insectoids are the most interesting living group ever, along with the reptiles and reptilians. They show so many different types of evolutionary schemes that you never run out of things to discover about them. Plus, spikes, sharp teeth and rending claws. How much cooler can you get? (Yes the Zerg are my favorite race. So are the Necron and the Tyranids from the Warhammer 40,000 universe)

[@jegerslvjegers5380]

Also Necrophage (endless legends) are in my opinion badass race - from design to strategical traits. Every time thinking about them makes me pump up. Who else?

[@leruetheday377]

I love theorizing about the evolutionary advantages of specific traits found in specific animals. Isn't it great?

[@mikea2363]

+Felicity LeRue you are abathur

[@leruetheday377]

Mike A What?

[@sharquimetal]

Abathur is a creature obsessed with perfection on zerg's evolution.

[@ianlochead3880]

gets a starcraft 2 ad for a starcraft 2 episode

[@zraw49]

You too

[@starman4572]

Adblock FTW

[@TheCaliMack]

+Starman45 Dude, they use ads to earn. Give these people their money's worth. They work hard for it.

[@zraw49]

TheCaliMack I can't agree with you more than I am right now

[@TheCaliMack]

David Ramos As a content creator, and as someone who hunts for online moo-lah, I sympathize for people suffering from the after-effects of Adblock. For me, Adblock is meant for abusive ad-placements only.

[@jonathandahlberg437]

I think the internet has been a good thing for humanity... ...because we can browse dem DANK MEMES

[@petruciosxdrn5881]

The best thing the universe has ever created.

[@CASHXRAT]

+PetruciosXD =) {ØŘƗᎶƗŇΔŁ} The reason mankind exists, in fact.

[@KonoByleth]

Jonathan Dahlberg that is what the hive mind wants you to think

[@petruciosxdrn5881]

kaleb jacob jones That is what the hive mind wants us to know*

[@projectkepleren]

and porn too

[@mollywantshugs5944]

Come to think of it, Protoss also have swarm intelligence. The main reason the Dark Protoss were outcast was because they rejected being psychically linked together in the name of preserving individuality

[@ArchonPook]

I approve of the internet and support its role in the evolution of life as we know it.

[@UnicornFilms2001]

nobody said anything is WRONG with evolving

[@seanmdpa]

except those for creationism.

[@devzooce8984]

+PRAR “Writter” Alexander yep ._.

[@cmdr_kai2492]

+PRAR “Writter” Alexander I'm a creationist-evolutionist. I believe God created everything and then everything evolved. Maybe with Him guiding evolution. And before you bring the "created the world in seven days," that could be any amount of time.

[@robbierotten2024]

Well, God did create the space time continuum, so he can easily just speed up time in Earth's dimension, so it would be only 7 days for him, but millions of years for Earth. You also have to accept the fact that *GASP* humans don't know everything. Whenever it comes to Religion, people take everything for its face value and don't stop to think that maybe they don't really know what's going on. Not necessarily you guys, because I have no idea, but that seems to be the largest reoccurring theme.

[@MachoNachoGames]

I'm pretty sure everyone's said this but MatPat needs to do an undertale tgeory

[@everchosenavoryofnurgle2490]

+Justin Moyer Or Warhammer 40k

[@JonnySpec]

+Justin Moyer I want to see a theory on Chara (even though there are already a lot of theories on them lol)

[@everchosenavoryofnurgle2490]

Ye 40k theory and undertale theory plsss

[@bronymatthew7034]

+Justin Moyer Yeah, he should. If he does, I think he should do a theory video on W. D. Gaster.

[@everchosenavoryofnurgle2490]

No A Warhammer 40k

[@Flirga]

If anyone is wondering why overlords increase supply in SC2, I googled it and this came up. They pretty much funtion as links between the overmind and the other zerg, the overmind sends a command to an overlord and the overlord sends it through to the zerg unit intended to recieve this command. Just felt like telling people this.

[@migBdk]

And in Warhammer 40k the Tyranids (which are basically the same race) goes out of control immediately if their overmind relay creatures die - or just get out of range

[@danielearl3591]

Yeah, realistically they should go feral and start disobeying orders, but if they did that then terran units would go hungry/ break down without supply depots and protoss units wouldn't be able to hear you

[@darkfoxvora3254]

this would make viking sneak-bys op for tvz (you know the overlord hunt season)

[@Liggliluff]

(13:35) I don't disagree with the video as a whole, but you made that kind of mistake again. You said an overlord in a hive mind chooses the best decision for all memebers to do; then you say that the companies on the internet chooses the best decision for each and every individual, independent of each individual. - Those are two completely different things. - In the example of takeout or leftovers; the internet companies would give takeout to those who wants takeout, and leftovers to those who wants leftovers. But the overlord in the hivemind would choose takeout _or_ leftovers for _all_ members, depending on which is the best option.

[@neojester]

Still waiting for some kind of undertale theory

[@neojester]

I'm talking about W.D gaster or asriel

[@charlyg8832]

or sans, but wingdings gaster is better...

[@starfire2373]

+Sir_Potato People say Undertale is a good game but i think it will end up like the next FNAF " MORE THEORIES! MORE! MORE! MORE!"

[@kaliabrown5711]

+starfire 23 Honestly, I can't see that happening. After all, there aren't a lot of mysteries with the game. There's Gaster and his background, the events taken place in the true lab, and perhaps Chara's identity, but that's it. I'm sure Game Theory can cover much of Undertale's hidden lore with one video just shy of 20-30 minutes.

[@venyren]

And Sans's ability ? The theory behind SAVE/LOAD manipulation and the others human SOULS ? The fact that only ONE person can manipulate SAVE/LOAD in a defined timeline ? Chara's real motivation ? Lab in sans's garage ? There's still many but yes, definitely need more than one video

[@NoobLord9001]

2:18 is it the internet? I bet it's the internet.

[@NoobLord9001]

4:05 it's totally the internet.

[@NoobLord9001]

8:47 at least you don't need to risk people's lives by drafting them that way.

[@NoobLord9001]

9:43 it's the internet. it's definitely the internet.

[@NoobLord9001]

11:45 Boy, I sure hope someone picks up that phone...

[@tehesprite502]

... Because I f*cking called it!

[@faboitas]

this is how discovery channel should be

[@Fuzzycat16]

+ptK what? ...it would suck.

[@frederiklausing5071]

+Fuzzycat no it wouldnt

[@singletona082]

+Fuzzycat You're saying it doesn't already?

[@jarinoxborrow6151]

I know right?

[@Rnbwsnsnshn]

Those realistic profiles are so cool

[@Zvathuul]

Role playing is a hobby that I've enjoyed for over 9 years. I've modified my character in inspiration to the Zerg: My character is the central part of made up swarm that originally uses the Zerg as a foundation. Now that has more than just the Zerg. The information from this video really clears things up about a hive mind, or Swarm Intelligence. I've enjoyed this video. Well done and said, MatPat. You gave me more inspiration.

[@magmafalcon7593]

The Protoss also have a hive mind, although they are still independent. They have the Khala, the thing that legacy of the void is about, Amon being able to control the Khala, the thing that lets them communicate and share ideas. The dark Templars however, are the Protoss that reject the Khala, and want to preserve the old way of life before the Khala had existed. Do not quote me on this, but I am 90% sure it is right...

[@magmafalcon7593]

In general I feel like the Internet is more like the Khala then the Overmind

[@balintkristof8442]

they made it to unite all protoss, but divided them, so ironic. but anyway lotv was better than the previous 2 expansions.

[@howudoinmun]

+Bálint Kristóf story, gameplay or just overall?

[@Nathrezim0]

+Bálint Kristóf 'They' didn't make the Khala :s

[@howudoinmun]

Nathrezim0 Well they did kind of "harvest" it and made it usefull. Like us with electricity, we didn't "make" electricity but we made things that let us harvest and use it effectivly. So no, they didn't make it but he is still correct in that they built up a system around the khala to unite the protoss.

[@johnnysailor4803]

I think you want us to stop using the internet. First with watch dogs, then terminator and now this...you are scaring me. Oh and btw really fnaf again? what about doctor who third part on your other channel?

[@johnnysailor4803]

I do like fnaf but I can't wait for the who espisode sorry for the impatience

[@camcan1243]

+Johnny Sailor He is more warning the people of if we don't be careful we could kill each other with the things we make.

[@johnnysailor4803]

+Cam Can124 Or become a mindless hive mind that will evolve until earth is just dust... just saying Nah but I do know what you mean

[@camcan1243]

well we can stop it.

[@LaneEntertainment1]

I think a Hivemind would be a better option for Humanity at this point. An end to domestic wars, we would act as one single colony to over-do certain situations like poverty, inequality and disasters. We'd become one, unified force. There would be no governments because we would have 1 overall leader who we all want in power (Mainly because we will agree with everything they decide).

[@mikea2363]

The zerg and their couisins the tyranids are the coolest bugs out there. As long as they stay like a universe long away from us, of course

[@boundc.napalm3084]

Mike A Question Read More If you were able to get the chance to control a large group of highly evolving creatures which look up to humanity as their creators, Would you accept it, Here's the catch, It comes at the cost of your body, your brain will remain intact, But you will be able to have a hive of creatures that do your wish, If you say yes, Tell me what you would use them for, If not, Tell me why you declined

[@CircleWedge]

While it sounds fun in theory, I have little to use them for- wait, I would use them to improve the human race and solve global problems. Mainly improve the human race.

[@boundc.napalm3084]

Right then...

[@KallahMari]

HAH! JOKES ON YOU! I'm ALREADY a Zerg player >:D

[@Bluezerg]

ZERG 4 LIFE

[@bleflar9183]

4 DA SWARM!!!

[@Zerggodmaster]

Hello there minions

[@tiagodarkpeasant]

yeap, terrans are sad, protoss are boring, zergs are fun,they are ordered to kill, but you can see they enjoy doing it at least

[@TT-dm4bf]

Zerg Are ez to beat lol

[@corvuszorcath398]

Could I make a suggestion for a game theory episode? Do a theory on how the dwemer or dwarfs in skyrim vanished!

[@corvuszorcath398]

If you want to know where to start on this idea there is a billion and one places to start. You could start with the book of "red mountain" I'm skyrim or you could start with the last known dwemer left alive when all his race vanished, this dwemer is called yagrum bagarn! He is in a DLC so it's legit stuff. If you want have any other ideas where to start there is a billion and one theory's on the internet that are quite interesting so please look into it.

[@diceblock]

yeah, right! good point

[@dbmant9904]

it explains it in game to a good enough exstent.

[@justinjustin7224]

The Dwemer disappearing is actually documented fairly well in Elder Scrolls lore. The Dwemer were actually still around in Morrowind and disappeared at the end of the game. The lore is even lightly covered in Skyrim by a side quest in the college of Winterhold. I won't get into specifics cause I'm on mobile, don't want this too be too long, and can't really check for sources (easily). If you want to check out the lore I suggest going to the UESP (Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages).

[@justinjustin7224]

+Justin Jones whoops, I misspoke, there was a Dwemer ghost in Morrowind; it's been a while since I played last or read up on the lore. But their is still sufficient info on the Dwemer's disappearance. All the missing important information relies on understanding the rules of not only Nirn, but also the rules of the higher beings (the gods and daedric princes) and the beginning of existence; and I'm not sure the people in charge of ES lore even really know that stuff.

[@MrLuedu]

uhm, wouldn't the protoss khala be way closer to the internet than the zerg hivemind? Because protoss still have individuality while they know what the others feel or think.

[@muambuleboonina3119]

+MrLuedu yes

[@patrast5315]

indeed

[@jordansmith2520]

SPOILER ALERT for Legacy of the Void Yeah until they all cut their nerve cords and ditch the khala :/

[@infernoforce]

Not really because the Khala isn't used to transfer information or anything the Protoss created it to have a better unity with each other not for evolutionary advantage.

[@guardingdark2860]

Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that the Khala, a network of free-thinking individuals that can connect and share their own thoughts and opinions, resembles humanity much more than the Zerg Hive Mind, in which each member is enslaved and forced to do the bidding of the leader of the Swarm, with no individual thought or freewill whatsoever.

[@mattmanuel4516]

I'll give you one word to explain why the internet is good: Memes.

[@hoxatron6024]

Emma Noel MEMESERRORMEMEFUEL=0NEED1TOGENERATEMEEMMAKEMEMEFUEL=1?YES. Generating 1...ERROR_UNKNOWN SYSTEM_WIPE Deleting... ERROR_NO EXECUTIBLE_SYSTEM_WIPE ERROROROROROROROR...????????????ERRORFIXSYSTEMNOTFOUND???UNKNOWNERR?R_MAKEEXE_MAKINGEXE ERR?R_N?EXEF?EXESYSTEMCRASH

[@ellalala9691]

And game theory

[@exumbra1399]

Your memes end here, Monsoon!

[@wahlex841]

The question is - do zerg have memes?

[@icarusunited]

there memes are provided for them by the hive mind

[@privateuser3726]

We had a hive mind since we had a society, The leader of our societies making decisions for us

[@miroslavradev9006]

Now you say all this... but the protoss have a built in Internet that's shared with all members of their species despite their age? Aren't we closer to them in that regard, in fact the terrans as well have Internet and they have the same goals as us. This whole thing makes me believe that this entire video, was just a click bait. But hey, that's just a theory. A KZbin comment theory. Thanks for reading.

[@manuel2824]

shame we cant know directly what our brothers feel and think with it

[@manuel2824]

cuz protoss tech has its own amazing tech

[@cathsaigh2197]

Yeah I was going to comment on how he's ignoring the kala 100%.

[@SasTheTater]

Miroslav Radev yea right i was gonna comment the same thing. Btw yay another bulgarian xd probably

[@andreyibragimov4768]

Protoss (advanced humanoids) do not sound so intriguing as ZERG (mindless bugs that have target of being everywhere)

[@coldReactive]

Humans already have a hive mind, we... just can't use it, yet.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

+Ian Carlson Tell that to the radical left.

[@xxkfcrockersxx2001]

Yes and eventually we will all be enslaved by a CIA program to be in a frozen forest.

[@coldReactive]

broderick kurtz Considering people have been known (albiet rarely) to know things from across the planet without participating in a certain event....

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

+XxKFCrockersxX No, orwells nightmare will come not from a facist state, but rather a politically correct one.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

+Ian Carlson there is a lot about intelligence we have yet to understand. So its not to far fetched, we do have in built group cohesion since it was a major factor in our evolution. So a collective state seems to be a desire humans want. But i feel its something we should avoid at all costs.

[@randomguyonyoutube8844]

So we are near the same to the zerg? Cool, I can't wait to evolve into a leviathan

[@THATguy-dx6bg]

internet was the second greatest invention of all time. Paper and pen was the greatest invention of all time.

[@joemcbo6259]

I was gonna say the wheel was the best one, but you can drive with square wheels.

[@ryanjoseph8286]

+Brandon Weatherspoon Paper and pen is much less important

[@Plazmax88]

You forget that sliced bread is the best thing since sliced bread.

[@THATguy-dx6bg]

you would think right, but the paper and pen allowed generations to spread their knowledge to people. even god himself used paper and pen ( just a example), the marking system not just pens have moved mankind up by at-least 300 years, by allowing us not to start over with what we have learned already. Paper and pen meaning the marking system is the greatest invention of all time.

[@ryanjoseph8286]

Brandon Weatherspoon I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but just like the tooth fairy and santa claus, god isn't real.

[@Arkantolas]

That's just a theory... A CONSPIRACY THEORY!

[@EggShen905]

Two problems: 1) We can still reject our "overmind's" recommendations, and 2) The "overmind" pitches things toward the individual's desires, rather than toward the community's good. In fact when the "overmind" DOES try to speak toward the community good, that's when you see the most rejection of it.

[@OcenEverence]

Are ants a hive mind they seem similar like the queen give the commands to the workers and they follow without hesitation

[@bleflar9183]

Yeah, she is like zerg hatchery.

[@tiagodarkpeasant]

they are comunits basically, do what you can, get what you need, ants arent assigned jobs, they choose and even can influence other ants to make the same decision, even the soldier ants can do other jobs, and any ant can fight, and differently from bees they will not suicide because a ant died nearby, they will avoid fights if they can

[@nopity3057]

@@tiagodarkpeasant win.

[@hannabelphaege3774]

There are some major continuity errors on the Zerg here. 1. The Overmind was an individual once, the most powerful of the Primal Zerg, and was twisted to create the Zerg as we know them. Even afterwards he was an individual with his own goals, fighting against the Xel'Naga's control where he could. (also it was one Xel'naga acting alone, and against the will of the others) 2. Zerg units are made from raw biomass, they were never individuals and most of them are not even sentient, the intelligent ones are limited to tactical thinking and are incapable of questioning their purpose. They live to serve the swarm. 3. More of a clarification, but Zerg "Evolution" is carefully controlled genetic manipulation, like our own technological advancement. It is only Abathur, one intelligent individual, who reworks and advances the Zerg's genetic sequences. He is mostly independent, though without the hivemind he loses all sense of purpose and becomes animistic, not losing his intellect per se but knowing no use for it outside his purpose.

[@apotheosis140]

thank you

[@EvilJoeReaper]

Harvey Chesterfield there are a few errors here. 1. Overmind was created by the fallen xel'naga to control the zerg,evidence that the ancient one of Zerus "witness" the creation of the overmind. So Matpat was right. We never see overmind resist anything by itself, overmind without the swarm is literally nothing. 2. Mostly right but the first swarm consume the primal zerg and left. but they could evolve to do other task, cerebrate showed the ability to create new overmind and few of the zerg (even with no psionic potential) showed the ability to create brood even if it's small.

[@apotheosis140]

Anybody that proces HIM wrong bedauwde hè was only scrapping the surfase is Great

[@InsertCoinBSGO]

The Overmind planned to resist Amon by creating the Queen of Blades so we do see it trying to resist.

[@ענברפרידמן-מרין]

@@InsertCoinBSGO and it worked

[@bolt11200]

I sexually identify as a hydralisk and I find this offensive

[@bolt11200]

+Bolt1120 Also why did you label overlords as warriors you idiot?

[@kinotek8567]

+Bolt1120 Maybe because he doesn't play starcraft?

[@bolt11200]

+Kino Tek Ok, do you?

[@kinotek8567]

Bolt1120 A little, yeah.

[@theMyouknow]

+Kino Tek You wanna evolve together?

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

Did I just hear a sound effect from the first Five Nights at Freddy's!? (No, that's not elation: That's abject terror!)

[@aztecr7]

+Brandon Rog I heard that too fnaf incoming

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

aztecr7 I heard there's a FNAF movie coming out

[@FlyingScott]

Ikr!!!!

[@cozarooni1834]

It apparently has been confirmed for 2017

[@cutedogsweetsugar]

+aztecr7 +Brandon Rog In his most recent assassin's creed theory he said he thinks that he solved the entire FNAF franchise.

[@khorneberzerker7192]

Why do the zerg look like warhammer 40k tyranids?

[@kaollachan]

well because they got terran and zerg inspiration from the 40k lore

[@robomadness4798]

Cuz they are tyranids

[@jrex0522]

the proper question would be: which would win in a war? zerg with the overmind, so pre LOTV or the prime of the tyranids, because i don't know anything about 40K lore

[@jrex0522]

and no i do not consider kerrigan the prime of the zerg. and im not counting amon cause then they get access to hybrids and the behemoths, and those lads are unfair, like. its not fair if you can just drain the life of enemies for your own :Y anyways, despite the overmind not being a battle commander, it certainly had better tactical capabilities (look at aiur versus korhal)

[@InquisitorKryptman]

Because StarCraft was originally going to be a Warhammer game. GW screwed up there.

[@TAGfrost]

Anyone else go google "zerg rush"?

[@eiplays2768]

no i play starcraft

[@duck199]

yos

[@patrast5315]

why would you? everyone knows who it is LOL

[@eiplays2768]

exactly

[@1003JustinLaw]

That's why you'd do it though

[@ahmes004]

Pls do more Starcraft