How two brains can synchronise and why it matters - BBC News

[@IDoNotLikeMyAlgorithm]

Those last few lines on a hive mind, collective consciousness are some of thee scariest most dystopian ideas on the right way to take us as a race I’ve ever heard no individualism and further erosion of free will

[@musician1000]

Maybe you should listen again?

[@IDoNotLikeMyAlgorithm]

@@musician1000 no I heard fine maybe you should or maybe tell me what I said wasn’t correct?

[@musician1000]

@@IDoNotLikeMyAlgorithm You've answered the question you wanted to answer in order to make the point you wanted to make. My take-away from the piece was different from yours. I understand the point you make, about the erosion of free will and individualism being a bad thing, but that wasn't what was being suggested? It's only an opinion though. Nice chatting.

[@JavenarchX]

We already share experiences and that doesn't affect our free will. Or does it? Everything you learn has the potential to manipulate and change our perception... ... Why not make the communication as efficient as possible?

[@IDoNotLikeMyAlgorithm]

@@JavenarchX it’s not shared with experiences it’s shared thought if you can imprint a though or idea into someone you can get them to do anything An the this the hive mind of “all pulling together for long term goals: we are not ants or bees it’s was our own “selfish” goals that got us up to this point a person woke up an wanted to invent.

[@MasonDixonAutistic]

This escalated quickly from quite interesting to man-made horrors beyond our comprehension.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

My thinking exactly...

[@MsJoanis98]

two sides of the coin, I suppose...

[@atlasfeynman1039]

explain...?

[@nancychace8619]

Definitely has the potential to turn out badly. I can see it's potential for good as well, but look at the state of affairs in the world today. Things are not getting better. If we lose the freedom to be ourselves we will not be able to achieve our highest potential. Look at how quickly AI is coming on. It could render humanity obsolete.

[@churblefurbles]

Its the usual bad science of diversity hires, just getting wrong the correlation of successful groups better able to afford burdens says it all.

[@yelleryoung5870]

Love that this was 'science fiction' in Fringe.

[@joshualloyd1646]

This is why I don't pay TV licence 😂

[@poppymoon777]

😂😂😂

[@Yeosprings]

While teams can be a good thing. I would also argue that an individual thinking outside the box, can also come up with new ideas. How many times in history has someone been ridiculed for their ideas by groups of people. To then find out that person produces the next best thing.

[@rosarose3443]

Definitely. I am Autistic and my experience of neurotypicals is that they do not like an honest answer nor someone who can solve difficult problems or think outside the box. If anything they become defensive and condescending as though it is a personal insult to their intellect, when in fact the offer of help is given sincerely in response to their request with the intention of offering a solution to the problem they have voiced and causing them difficulties. It is extremely frustrating when you are asked for advice about a work problem when in actual fact the individual/ individuals do not actually expect an answer and I have learned that it is a strange form of social bonding, although, in the moment my desire to help is so great in such situations that I remember too late and I am ostracized for being a know it all.

[@Coreyman32488]

I myself am on the spectrum and do completely understand what you are saying, but what I have noticed about a lot of people, including myself. We tend to cut straight to the point and forget that a big part of normal people is that they generally put much more thought into the complex emotions. For example: Jane doe should break up with Fred doe because he drinks too much and doesn’t show much affection to her, but the a typical Jane doe knows he does care for her but is having issues at work and started drinking more heavy. Jane doe also knows as his wife she should be more supportive and try to help him be happier by letting him know that he could find another job and helping him through that transition. Maybe she has some short comings too, that she should be doing but is kicking that bucket down the road. But to there autistic kid this is short an simple, that they should just divorce. An be happier. But life isn’t that simple things can spiral into a shit hole if they go an say I want a divorce. The dad could go into a bigger spiral an drink him self to death six months later an mom no longer get money from ex husband. Autistic people tend to look at life straight to the point, and forget about the complexity. Life isn’t black an white, and life is neither good nor evil. It is a spectrum with lots complex details

[@rosarose3443]

@@Coreyman32488 Evidently, I understand this, however, I would not advise anyone what to do in regard to their relationship, and in my personal experience of working in an office environment with women colleagues, when subjects of this kind arise, I choose to listen rather than contribute because I am not privy to their private relationship or faults, however, it is my neurotypical colleagues who are quick to give advice and be judgemental. On one occasion an individual was discussing having an affair in her home and getting caught in bed with another man. The details of which she shared as "It's only a laugh" to everyone else's great amusement. I refrained from commenting given that it did not impact upon my life. However, the colleague in question and the other colleagues insisted that I give an opinion, I suspect in order that everyone was on board and of the same opinion. I asked several times if she wanted an honest answer because she may not want to hear what I had to say. She and my colleagues were very insistent that I contribute regardless of my protestations and embarrassment. So I did. I said, this is not a criticism. What you do in the privacy of your own home does not impact upon my life. It is a hypothetical question. How would you feel if you came home and found your husband in bed with another woman? Would it "only be a laugh" to be shared with your colleagues? Or would you be devastated? She said, I would drag her out and rip her face off. I asked why, when the girl is not in your relationship and she may not be aware of you, however, your husband is in a relationship with you? Why aren't you dragging him out and ripping his face off? Or not at all, as it is only a "laugh" after all. As I expected my colleagues were no longer laughing, but the lady in question was not offended by my reply given my pre-warning, and they all knew me well enough that I really did not care about what they they got up to because it did not affect my personal life. I never understand this kind of personal sharing between women given that those they confide in with confidence later negatively gossip about their 'friend's' situation when they are not present. The video content is in regards to team work and group collaboration and that females learn to share as children to which I have reflected upon from my own personal experience and not a criticism of individuals I have not had continual contact with.

[@lc5176]

When you think in a group, you can only think inside the box. Creative ventures and the cutting edge/entirely new concepts are impossible in a group. I'm a software engineer and i can't stand group meetings where we must come up with ideas together. I much prefer to come up with our own ideas first, _then_ meet up and discuss everyone's ideas. When I am introduced to an idea, i find it difficult to come up with something else... It's like my creativity has become tainted. I am anchored to the idea already shown to me. But if it's a blank canvas with no other ideas to go on, then my imagination is the limit...

[@kashatnick]

Exactly, notably innovation has declined as the universities have become filled with the fairer gender, where the primary value becomes safety and to get along. Teams of such people do not produce anything at all, they must feed off another to make the claims of this program.

[@oldsoul9568]

The concept of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts is also known as emergence. It is the idea that when individual parts interact with each other, they can create something new and more complex than the sum of those parts.

[@SomeoneElse-s5z]

We have entire cultures that can’t even work a belt…😂😂😂

[@djayjp]

No, that's called synergy. Emergence means something causally unanticipated that arises spontaneously from complex interactions. Both emergence and synergy are fully compatible with determinism.

[@sanriosonderweg]

New age cope, Pareto principle is the key to most things, C-factor is cope, conformity for careerists, innovation is disruptive. Just look at the decline of the BBC for the true measure of their prescriptions.

[@hanskraut2018]

Wrong or right teamwork makes the dream work. ✨

[@MysteryofTheTrinity]

It is called "empathy", some reason forgotten..

[@TwoLeggedTriceratops]

Gives "we're on the same wavelength" a new meaning?

[@ZetaVids]

This same principle is applied at the university. The result in my view is network building, friendship, coming to answers quickly and more fun!

[@johnlager584]

Question - this was science?

[@shamalk]

No citations of peer reviewed papers. No search results on science journals. What do you think? Science or Hokum?

[@alpenjon]

Indeed good question, and also obsorvation regarding missing actual evidence. A lot of speculative statements, and then of course the ideological stating gender differences are 100% nurture instead of nature. I expect better from the BBC.

[@URBeingLiedTo]

No, this was the BBC.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

Did I actually read that you said you expect better from BBC? Proof your IQ needs improvement.@@alpenjon

[@lamestreammedia3154]

This has Mariana Spring written all over it.

[@djayjp]

Sometimes the best innovation and insight comes from differing perspectives and contradictions to consensus.

[@giman3752]

BBC NEWS....journalism at its worst.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Not journalism, more activism.

[@kaba_me]

My mind to your mind. Your thoughts to my thoughts...

[@avi123]

my prediction: people will connect their brains vocabulary, the same way they give up their privacy vocabulary using their phones.

[@nancychace8619]

Though this was nicely presented, showing the potential positive outcomes from people connecting their brains, so to apeak, it can also work in reverse. It really should be explored with a generous amount of caution. It isn't always negative, but it can be. What about groupthink - not always so great, b/c the "group" can get stuck on reenforcing itself and lose sight of many important things. What about individual creativity? This can be enhanced, but also held back, by connecting with others.

[@StevenLewis-z6c]

Basically the LGBTQ+ community!

[@Tristan-jt9cz]

⁠@@StevenLewis-z6cMaybe some, but also some of the strictly heterosexual community can be stuck too in the wrong belief their way is the only one which is good… by God sake!

[@markplain2555]

The term yo are looking for is called "mob rule"

[@ejtattersall156]

Yes, like the idea female behavior occurs due to "cultural stereotypes." That male and females are blank slates and society teaches male and female behavior. This is a complete lie, totally anti-science and yet this video repeats this media group think.

[@nancychace8619]

@@dabrams84 Lol! Of course!

[@SilverSin]

This would've been an interesting topic if it wasn't produced by the BBC

[@timelesstravel1321]

They kill the soul and the brain with every second they broadcast.

[@lastChang]

Independent thoughts are not allowed in China 🇨🇳. - Only "Xi Jinping thought" matters.

[@Gayathri-qt1bn]

Good ❤

[@lamestreammedia3154]

Same as Western liberal democracy only justified in a different way

[@ayomideedgal5412]

That was pretty good sounds better then the neural link

[@anandparan3011]

It's really horrifying to get to know such a technology already tested on rats. It sounds fascinating but I am actually worried about the solitude of humans.

[@geoffreywestlock3212]

This is the most flowery sales pitch that I have ever heard for the development of the Borg's Hive Mind.

[@nikrachova]

Looks like a noisy rediscovery of C.G. Jungs synchronicity principle.....

[@basbrush]

"An internationally acclaimed neuroscientist explains" -absolutely baffled by this piece. No sources cited, the only person who has their name attached to this video is the animator.

[@marthacelisdevargas8344]

Asimov discussed (not to use the word predicted) this beehive and interpersonal communication in his _Foundation_ saga

[@1llovonne]

Or if we PRAY together 🙏

[@markplain2555]

I am intrigued by the concept that human and/or group intelligence peaked in the 1970's. Is that really true?

[@omiabuela]

Also, have they really tested all over the world or are they only concerned with westerly humans?

[@curiositycloset2359]

It is true. Obviously evolutionary pressures have pretty much stopped. And, we are importing a lot of low iq people from countries with much lower iqs

[@AM._.Traveler]

Critical thinking is the key of how intelligent we are, by critical thinking you create a great innovation

[@X_x_kingfisher_x_X]

What if IQ is neither increasing nor decreasing, we are just not updating how we test IQ?? I mean we learn differently in different timeline,😊😊

[@colinrobinson4233]

No.

[@chrissilk4093]

​@@colinrobinson4233Interesting rebuttal.

[@danielkrcmar5395]

No it's falling and in Western Europe and it's actually been falling since the early 1900s.

[@danielkrcmar5395]

So there are other tests that we do which correlate basically identically to IQ tests which had for far longer such as reaction speed and all these tests are showing the same results.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@danielkrcmar5395 its not been falling since the early 1900s. thats just factually wrong. the current one might be due to the amount of lead gasoline we used and the fked up checmicals they put in meat in the US, thank you lobbying!

[@jamescrum3835]

For those interested in cross-brain synchronisation/coherence between humans during naturalistic, social interactions, fNIRS-based hyperscanning-rather than EEG-is a neuroimaging method that is making impressive progress in this research area.

[@John-ed2wj]

Depends on you define progress

[@StephenBarter-bj5rd]

For those very interested in this, try taking a consideral amount of LSD with a close friend / lover. Do so with caution. Results may vary

[@JDC5656]

Hey, if iQ was increasing over time until 1970s and women listening etc. improves the synchronisation, why has womens increased participation in the workplave coincided with lower iQ scores? Surely their increased participation should've boosted it? This doesnt seem to add up Edit: I say workplace above, but women's influence across the board is far higher than it was in the 1970s and beforehand. Workplace was an example

[@GinaMazzola]

Because men don't have enough blood in their bodies to keep their brains and their penises filled at the same time. :P

[@kiragoe]

IQ isn't souly related to work place. Plus it feels technology and science in all fields are increasing at a rapid rate during the past few decades.

[@xvi1128]

@@kiragoe Can’t see the link here, yes. Such a weird comment.

[@JDC5656]

@kiragoe it's more than just workplace participation though, todaywomen have much more influence in all areas than 1970s and before that. I'm talking purely of iQ levels, and technology and science have always progressed - it'd be worrying if not !

[@doctordeej]

Two separate phenomena. One is individual IQ, the other is about listening/turn taking in different genders. Individual IQs may fall, but an increase in the presence and number of women increases the C Factor.

[@alicepaul6276]

I do not feel the video answers the question, why is human IQ falling?

[@googledoodle3977]

This article is not synchronising with modern times, the people to people relationships are based on competition,intolerance and within families it’s bringing discord let alone communities that we represent.😊

[@loopwithers]

I agree. Also, no sooner does it mention the fascinating idea that people who group together solve problems sooner then it suddenly swerves away and hits the garden hedge of rambling on instead about inconclusive lab tests involving mice and people with white coats. Almost as if the producer suddenly realised to their horror that the script was about to endorse socialist ideas about sharing knowledge and investment in educating the masses. Which, of course, is SUCH a dreadful thought...

[@googledoodle3977]

⁠@@loopwithers This article is pure science,nothing to do with Art,Commerce,Philosophy or Politics, and times have changed with children no longer engaging in sociable behaviour,thinking and activities, most of the teenagers communicate by internet ,typing is far restrictive than looking at somebody, speaking to somebody, your body language ,gestures your conduct,behaviour and speech. And even people who group together has that many levels of understanding ,the ability to comprehend and problem solving skills,it is the curious case of the First amongst the Equals, there is no level playing field here and the individual intelligence and effort matters .

[@peterloedden9716]

Great report! But why is the background music so loud? It is disturbing that BBC does not know better by now, they didn't start this business yesterday.

[@Dani-El.]

You can tell it's nonsense whenever they play the creepy glockenspiel music.

[@888ssss]

people owe the government nothing. it was your parents who paid for your education and security, not the government.

[@tastypymp1287]

IQ is falling in the West'. Also 'diversity is our strength' Also 'inclusion above everything'. I can see a correlation here.

[@nataliaFN]

World Wide Human's Brains Web

[@Ian-ko1wh]

The presenter says that females practice listening and taking turns due to cultural stereotypes. This seems to imply that there are very similar cultural steroetypes in every culture and that these stereotypes are the reason for the given behaviour. Seems a bit simplistic. Would be nice to have citation links to the relevant sources. Educate and inform and all that.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

Not allowed to say some sexes naturally are better at some things, anymore. Outrageous suggestion....

[@vaiciciaku]

Fascinating!

[@JamesSmith-qs4hx]

You can achieve the highest level of diversity by all countries remaining homogenous nation states.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

Move to Russia or China commie, good luck with that.

[@StratsRUs]

The Government has a huge concentration of high C factors. Private Schools too.

[@tastypymp1287]

That explains it....

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

IQ is very limited, there are all sorts of intelligence that aren't reflected there; so a truly intelligent collective would be the best in many situations.

[@churblefurbles]

Feminists manufactured cope like "emotional intelligence" when like Mary Antoinette they can only compare themselves to CEO's while ignoring all others as peasants.

[@TerminalLucidity-uz6sl]

There is only one kind of intelligence. the "theory" of multiple intelligence was concocted by hacks.

[@slartibartfast7921]

Very interesting

[@reformCopyright]

Getting some Zero Escape vibes here...

[@AlPottoff]

This sounds suspiciously like Rupert Sheldrake’s 1981 theory of morphic resonance. Essentially, some humans, in line with many animals, can access a form of shared consciousness and thus utilise the experience of other humans subconsciously. I think these people were called “Savants” in Victorian times.

[@danielkrcmar5395]

If collective IQ is greater when more women are involved with the group then why since the 70s then why only then when women have been pushed into the workforce has IQ fallen? Logically it would have increased as more women got involved?

[@_robustus_]

Not only have they transferred memories between individuals, the Bene Geserit have access to the memories of ALL their female ancestors! Soooo….yeah.

[@alexandrerichard6057]

IQ's have been droping because of cuts on public education

[@patrickvdh8606]

Because the IQ is dropping, cuts have to be made on all kinds of public expenditure.

[@alexandrerichard6057]

@@patrickvdh8606 Read the Powell Memo, you'll see what I mean

[@thierrytuts4316]

Do you really want to synchronize all the nighmares inside the hurted brains of humanity....For one dreamful paradise expect thousands nightmares

[@kashatnick]

Twitter fired most of their employees and got better because the fixation on being in sync is parasitical in nature.

[@azed5764]

Well, thats not gonna happen because theres people out there who want a third yacht.

[@VidHawke]

Pacific Rim... The Drift 🙂

[@MercurialAscent]

So, she really just told us telepathy exists and then changed the topic.

[@MonEsperance]

Mental waves... We're lacking in any development in the area.

[@MAGAted]

what else would you expect from the hive mind

[@SheenaMichelle-pk3op]

You watched me have 2 mild strokes from game stalking show... you belong in prison

[@rax527]

What's up with the trippy presentation?

[@shazamshazamshazam696]

I am not a religious person but I know a little of the Christian bible and I say, Jesus knew this when he directed, Whenever 2 or 3 of you are gathered together, I am with you, also later works like Napeloen Hill and the Master Mind practice to gather 2 or more minds together to find solutions and make changes or progress. It is nice to know not only are thoughts real things but they can be harmonized. Something that has in fact been practiced for centuries.

[@ImSofaKingGood]

1:58 Wasn't there a survival show where the group of all females failed horribly to survive in the wild while the group of all males did really well? Edit: The Island w/ Bear Grylls Season 2

[@colinrobinson4233]

Absolutely nothing on the BBC is factual. This entire item is based on some invertebrate socialist’s pathetic little wet dream. As usual, the BBC display most interest when they discuss ‘young boys and girls’, because that’s what GROOMERS do. Predictable.

[@swimminginhoney]

There’s also that show where a group of young boys and young girls got put in separate houses and the girls learnt to cooperate and organise while the boys descended into chaos. Point being, one anecdote does not an empirical study make.

[@lc5176]

@@swimminginhoney What exactly was the goal of being in this house? The girls learnt to cooperate for what? Also, I'm not really surprised that young boys descended into chaos. Boys will be boys. Let's focus on adults. It's well known there are more stupid men than stupid women, but there's also more genius men than genius women. Women find prolonged periods of social isolation more difficult than men, which is required for the truly revolutionary inventions.

[@Redflowers9]

"People need to use brain more or world gonna end"

[@akazicool87]

Cognitive synchronisation

[@disturbiathruosmosis]

Literally bene gesserits' mission.

[@anthonydouglas_2003]

3:10 That means in the next 50 years, we won’t even need to go school to learn if they can just transfer people’s memory across 😂

[@quintinphillips]

this is why a cult becomes so tight.

[@anthonyefarr]

Just feminist propaganda - don't waste your time.

[@tastypymp1287]

Well said.

[@Reaper_800]

You have to link your brain by the echo

[@brettbambouturton3117]

Sometimes a good leader helps especially in a group of individuals regardless of gender or IQ.. The Common sense factor is also a necessity especially when the shit hits the fan.

[@user-bi8ko7kc6h]

But why? Surly we all want some privacy instead of share everything with someone else.

[@lamestreammedia3154]

If only Mariana Spring's brain could sychronise with her CV 😊

[@currentaf8455]

What bs is this

[@IndependentInvestigator-hm1nt]

This will be used as evidence in a law changing look at mental health. 4:52

[@JessicaRellstab]

They’re saying right now that they blamed me because I couldn’t keep my mouth shut about some underground project having to do with this. Listen to me, then you didn’t deserve to be synchronized with me.

[@sirkl4272]

Oh, great. And who is going to be at the head of this hivemind? I can't see anyway the evolution of this type of technology doesn't go completely tits up.

[@meritocracies]

You asked exactly to the point :) who will lead this collective brain. This is because you are human and think so, the fact is that people are individually selfish, our feelings are personal.

[@Buttsy1]

Can you report on the new energy bill which will cause people to lose their homes to pay fines because other countries are producing unlimited amounts of carbon.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

It is called evil, pure unadulterated.

[@888ssss]

unlimited amounts of carbon ? that makes no sense as carbon is part of the eco cycle ?

[@Buttsy1]

@@888ssss Carbon. Emissions. Pollutants.Toxicity. Pick one, it's all garbage as the UK produces less than 1% of the worlds emissions. China produced more in 8 years than the UK produced since the industrial revolution, so the only thing that doesn't make sense to sane people, is why the UK are being screwed over for it. As usual.

[@InFamou5Killer]

are we closer to building giant yaeger robots yet?

[@domiageless]

The Ancients knew this, so they practiced THE LAYING-ON OF HANDS to transfer virtues from the greatest of society... together with other intertwined practices, the Ancients understood deeper things of the ethereal 😊

[@Kairensclass]

This is literally the most horrifying thing I have ever watched

[@Buttsy1]

The BBC tell you there's a hundred different genders then try to talk about brains and intelligence 😂

[@david98765432123456]

This reminds me "limetown"

[@Harishumayun0345]

Maybe we're looking at this the wrong way! Maybe the IQ test has been outdated since the 70s? Maybe we need a new, more updated version of such test?

[@leet3207]

The power that be would use electrical brainwaves to leave us all passive so they can carry on with there plans.

[@shokdj1]

Try to sync with my brain you’ll just get an error 404

[@SketchAnimate]

wonderful video :)

[@Buff_Cupcake]

This explains alot about the state of the US right now 😅

[@40JoCharles]

A terrifying end to an interesting video. 😬

[@GeoffV-k1h]

If we all start thinking the same thing,... who decides what we should think???

[@40JoCharles]

@@GeoffV-k1h the strongest brain I guess, or the one programming the machine. The matrix for real 🔴🔵

[@TerminalLucidity-uz6sl]

It's all garbage

[@EinsTesla]

@ 3:48 why did she only mention the judge, juror and not the victimizer?

[@markthornton7347]

don't see this as a good thing but a suggestiblity of the masses.....usually

[@ruuuuudooooolph]

Interesting but not sure we will be alive to see its wonders.

[@sagat666]

Surely, all great 'ideas', are singular in origin. There is no 'hive mind' that propels humanity forward, it is individual, isolated thoughts, that open the doors to possibility. Einstein, Freud, even as far back as Euclid and beyond. A collective consciousness may exist, but that is simply the product of love of life itself, please do not erase the beauty of individuality *

[@hlaks1207]

Ok this knowledge going to be such a diamond to the AI FREAKS.

[@asmith9140]

fantastic concept

[@danielkrcmar5395]

A better one is just literally our genetic health has just declined massively. Child mortality used to be over 50%, the weakest of us and least healthy used to die out and not reproduce; since the industrial revolution and with medical advancements it's dropped to below 5%. Basically we're just allowing the spread of unhealthy genetics to permiate into the population. This theory also explains the increase of mental and physical disorders which we've seen over that period of time too.

[@URBeingLiedTo]

This is pure nonsense, very amusing but nonsense all the same.

[@Daniel-Strain]

Resistance is Futile.

[@maelinjoli]

the Beatles did that before everybody

[@NailahRoberts]

I wonder if this came about because of the connection between twins?

[@Not11111]

Why is this news? I thought most businesses have used this for years?

[@FactsNC300]

Awesome concept. And, the only question I always have is why should humans who they say is just matter and molecules, care about our species surviving. If there is no purpose why should humans survive, rather than be destroyed by by a more evolved specie; Apex Predator

[@xvi1128]

Why do organisms want to survive ? That’s your question ?

[@HOXHOXHOX]

Soon it will gurl.

[@TwistedSoul2002]

@@paul7TM​​⁠Nope. All major breakthroughs in science have come off the back of other people’s work and typically the ‘genius’ you’re aware of is just the better known half of a duo.

[@xvi1128]

@@TwistedSoul2002 Well, I wanted to say that. Depends on the definition of lone thinker, I guess. Of course everyone’s educated by our ancestors knowledge. But you gotta admit that People who had scientific breakthrough did think somehow out of the box, though … That’s how progress is achieved. I would say, you’re both right. It took a lot of people thinking out of the box to build the necessary knowledge for Einstein to come up with the Relativity theory. But again that depends on the definition of lone thinker. Many geniuses in their domain were and are absolute idiots when it comes to things out of their area of expertise. Which may qualify someone as a lone thinker now that I think about it.

[@CR-og5ho]

​@@TwistedSoul2002cope, and completely untrue. Breakthroughs all come from individuals.

[@lc5176]

What a load of speculative nonsense. Most of the best inventions were invented, or improved upon in a revolutionary way, by a single person at a time. The general theory of relativity, the Turing machine, Electricity, antibiotics, all the important mathematical theories... When people think by themselves, they can come up with truly unique things. In a group, you can't help but instinctively become anchored to already advocated ideas, and staying on the same wavelength (as stated in the video) with the group. Which is good with most normal things. It can help iron out issues and improve upon already established concepts, but when it comes to creative ventures, or the cutting edge; entirely new concepts... Groups are useless. As history has clearly shown. In a group, creativity is gone. Instead of speculation, why don't you give us some concrete examples of revolutionary inventions by groups?

[@CookieBlue1646]

Steady decline? More like rapid decline 😂

[@carriem362]

If IQs were increasing without the innovations considered at the end of this video, it would make sense to look at why those IQs were increasing without those innovations. It would also make sense to be more critical with regard to the concept of IQs (tests were developed in particular cultural circumstances for particular reasons). It would also make sense to consider privacy concerns re the sharing of (or expectation that we share) our thoughts and experiences to that extent - telepathy would be a pretty major shift in society, and potentially dystopian.