The Hive Mind in the Real World | Because Science

[ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 10/1/2015]
Hard to believe it’s been over five years since Nerdist Presents: The Hive debuted at Fantastic Fest, but we’re still wondering if there are any NON-evil Hive minds in real life?? Kyle explores real life collective intelligence and swarm science, and it’s totally not about influencers and social media. Never before seen on the Because Science Channel!

[@Scorpia__]

Missed opportunity for Bee-cause science at the end

[@sylvervangenderen9359]

Yep

[@ronjayrose9706]

Yep Same

[@BargB]

🐝cause science

[@WarpedCyan]

Jajaja

[@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474]

Quick correction Bee-cuzz.

[@akumaking1]

MatPat made a theory about how the internet is the human equivalent of a hive mind.

[@taghkrell]

Or mob mentality

[@UnlimitedGreenWorks]

Or a revolution

[@UnlimitedGreenWorks]

@@taghkrell your reply is deadass amazing

[@barisops1884]

Which one?

[@FirstNameLastName-fe2tu]

@@taghkrell seeing how we all ganged up on projared so quickly, I agree.

[@rexromani2415]

Guys Kyle has a new channel they just playing re runs because no one likes anyone else go check out his channel is called Kyle Hill

[@GuytanoMartorano]

Bellator Tonitri I never seen this one. When did they originally release it?

[@auri1075]

@@GuytanoMartorano these never got on air for different reasons.

[@rexromani2415]

@@GuytanoMartorano Auri 107 is correct these were never aired

[@Balasteer]

I've seen Kyle's new videos and... I can't say that I enjoy them as much! Just don't have quite the same fun feeling.

[@auri1075]

@@Balasteer hm... weird... i feel the exact opposite. Hes more free to do what he wants now, and can put whatever he wants behind him, as it is now the facility (not like the void, which was a good concept but felt kinda empty most of the time...), he can show himself in different places etc. Idk, each one with each thing. (I think its a good translation for one of my favourite phrases)

[@muhammadaliffmikhailnorkam8461]

Hive mind exists... Humans: I'm gonna end his whole carrier

[@catintime3917]

Muhammad Aliff Mikhail Norkamarul Azhar you miss the chance to say "end his whole colony

[@ShaunHusain]

Career, I don't think your meant to say take down his war ship or carrier :D

[@TRak598]

We have hive minds. It's just that we have individual hive minds at our bodies, instead of individual organisms that herd together to form one.

[@TheBenduOrder]

Don't we all have a Hive Mind? Traditions, morals, social norm s, addictions, people who think coronavirus is a fake and etс

[@JasonWW2000]

No, what your talking about is something different.

[@_Killkor]

I think, our mind is hybrid (social): - some of it is individual (egoistic thoughts, our private needs, etc...) [the id] - but a huge chunk is similar to a hive mind (memes, cultures, stereotypes, crowd mentality, shared common knowledge, how we see ourselves in relation with the society or our friends, etc...) [the super-ego] ...and the ego, our conscious decision maker, always somewhere between those two polar opposites... We can easily communicate and perform group actions (for the common good), while retaining our sense of self importance, and always trying to get something beneficial out of these actions for our own ends.

[@noncompliant209cali]

Mass T.P panic buying lol

[@kiosu_batsu]

It’s not a hivemind, as a hivemind congruently works as a unit efficiently... Human race barely works together, correctly and effectively for single said persons needing attention or control of said group, which leads to breakage and lowering morale of a group from inner gradual confrontation, seen as competitiveness.

[@LykaiosThePanther]

Its not hivemind. As what Kiosu said. Good example of Rick and Morty if you watch. The episode where Rick met his old ex-gf Unity. She is what hivemind definition as.

[@sandroheisig1173]

It’s the same thing with the parties, one person wants to leave->Every other guest leaves too (sorry for the bad English)

[@otsana1124]

I heard from a beekeeper that when bees swarm and crowd a single bee, their bodies heat up so much that said bee will actually die

[@PierceMD]

Oh my

[@actualatom]

They do this to kill wasps somewhere

[@Sychius]

Ahh this is a re-air, I see. I was gonna say the hair colour was so different did Kyle dye it or something but I guess not. I absolutely adore the little chibi drawings of the scientists though! Very cute.

[@JasonWW2000]

Kyle will never be on this channel again, so if you see him you know it's an old episode.

[@taghkrell]

JasonWW2000 w00t?? Why?? Where is he now?

[@jamesbizs]

Alejandro Tami on his own channel.

[@chumbie7576]

It’s just called “Kyle Hill”

[@taghkrell]

KING I thank you fine gentleman

[@feyntmistral1110]

New artist, nice. The caricatures are cool. I think the problem with hive minds in fiction is they're always considered heartless, soulless, and relentless evil creatures. The Borg for example don't show compassion or remorse, and they attempt to assimilate everything. But both TNG and Voyager show hive examples (from the Borg, even, albeit disassociated Borg) where they do show compassion. The issue isn't that they're evil though, they're just different from human perceptions of morality. The Borg are technically doing a good thing from their perspective: Removing racial barriers, consolidating technology and knowledge, and removing issues like death and hunger. Their method however is the removal of individuality, because different points of view breed differences of opinion, and discord like that breeds anarchy. In theories put forth in less malicious forms of hive intelligence via fiction, a communal intelligence does not necessarily mean the death of the self, but it would be difficult to define where your own voice ends and others begin after months or years in the collective. Some fiction and games (like Hic Svnt Dracones) posit that long term collective participants suffer when being disconnected from the hive, taking hours to days to reassert their own personalities (depending on how long they were in) in addition to coming to terms with the silence and distance with their counterparts. Likewise being a part of a collective has the (again theoretical) inherent benefit of not only nigh-instant communication of whole ideas initially, but eventually an intrinsic knowledge of the ideas of the others within the collective as the barriers of the self break down. Not just learning about an idea from someone else, but knowing that idea as if it was your own.

[@skylermckenzie5333]

Hey Kyle, you're getting very good at drawing. I love how your style has evolved

[@PhenomenonVFX]

Check out Kyle Hill. That's his new channel. He is no longer with Nerdist

[@rocketolds6949]

STOP THE RERUNS your channel is going to die without him

[@Beamer1969]

If they would just pick a new host I could decide if I’ll stay or if I’ll go

[@KitKatHexe]

Hey, give minds aren't always evil! Just look at Stellaris, so long as they're not a devouring swarm a hive mind can be very friendly and if both they and another empire have achieved genetic ascension, they can even integrate with each other! (Sort of... It's moreso that drones can be given free will and individuals can be assimilated into the hive mind)

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Not to mention they can be empaths and can reach out to others and show them a glimpse of the hive

[@devinmcfadden7030]

Hey Kyle ..when you see this . I just want to say. I love the channel . And a few years ago when I was in school I loved everything since. I've binged watched like every video you have out there. And your a cool guy too. It's my goal to get to the super nerds now. I've been inspired to go back to school just to keep learning. Thanks man .

[@davidbrenner4161]

Kyle won't see this because he is no longer associated with this channel, he has his own channel now (Kyle Hill) separate of the nerdist umbrella

[@devinmcfadden7030]

@@davidbrenner4161 thank you

[@Colaaah]

A little FYI - I'm here because of James "The Hacksmith" recommended your channel. I've been a longtime active viewer of The Hacksmith and love their content, so if they like your content enough to give you a shout out, then I'm here and Subbed. Looking forward to seeing what type of content you're putting out, well I'm guessing it's Science stuff duh 🤪 but science covers a huge spectrum, so like I said, I'm looking forward to checking out more videos on your channel. Cheers!

[@nationalmuseumofnuclearsci7029]

Ok, so that's pretty scary! Awesome, but I'll have a hard time sleeping now.

[@jaspercat905]

Nooo! Thor cut his splendid and gorgeous beard!

[@HMM050]

what am i doing whit my life? This is actually from 4 years ago and it was originally on the nerdest channel, so don’t worry, kyles still got that epic beard

[@jaspercat905]

@@HMM050 Thank God. I almost got an heart attack

[@James42_]

Borg:“”We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.”

[@salimufari]

You ever notice at a large store with a dozen plus registers people head to the register in clumps? How as a few people get in line more and more folks join them. Soon you hear, "blah blah blah to checkout.... " Next the isles in the store thin out as more shoppers come in & the cycle starts over as the lines thin out. Some even will see a long line and go look around the store to kill a few minutes in hopes the lines will die down.

[@kazuya8]

wasn't there an old comedy sketch where they showed initiated people in an elevator, all of them turning in one direction and an uninitiated person turned in the same direction sooner or later. Although everyone wants to remain an individual, we don't want to stand out in the crowd

[@mattpennell7350]

Ok I have an idea for an interesting video. Do a video on the density of the venom symbiote, is it heavier when it's human sized because there's more venom per square inch? If so then how is it stronger and heavier when it's big? And if I stab it through the gut do you also kill the human inside or does the human distribute itself as part of the symbiote?

[@TheScarletInfector]

Stop reuploading old content to milk Kyles image.

[@jamesbizs]

TheScarletInfector you wouldn’t, in their position? Really? On a personal note, I think it’s weird. But from a business perspective, it’s brilliant and completely logical. They own the content. If they can make money on it, why wouldn’t they?

[@savageangelize]

Okay, was wondering why u were thin af, was about to blame on something *cough*, till i noticed something in the description

[@Luzarioth]

HOW can you do a video about Hive Minds, outright saying "The Swarm" but not mention Zerg or Tyranids ?

[@Victis_Rage]

Right?!?

[@It-b-Blair]

Nids! Munchin cans of ultra-spam, with a side of waag for greens 😜😁

[@ironwolf2244]

Would you mind listing the Scientists you mentioned in your video? I had trouble spelling the first name.

[@mumu9551]

Sadly you wont get an awnser, its an old video, cus Kyle left this studio. His new channel is named Kyle Hill

[@ironwolf2244]

@@mumu9551 I see..

[@muhammadhammad3843]

Nice video idea: Force and energy released when two Superman punch each other at full speed and at full strength.

[@Xboxavatar49]

People commenting on different changes. Not realising this video is 5 years old...

[@shotgunjump432]

Also, the game Dead Space is a good example of a hive mind.

[@dizzle522]

Maybe you can help me with this analogy: The way that an OVERLY logical or rational individual is likely to develop a ruthless focus,many "minds" compiled, can lack or skip processing stages,in pursuit of a goal or simply survival. It may APPEAR evil due to the emotional components being abridged or all out omitted. I think the duration and fortitude of a hivemind state depends on the foundation or catalyst. One began off of emotional trauma is more likely to be weaker than one cultivated through logic and rational choice. Probably why the judicial system works AT ALL. Love the show. Keep it up bro. Peace from Jersey.

[@mumu9551]

Its a re-upload from 2015, Hill boyo left the channel and now they are reuploading old videos. You sadly wont get your question awnsered, but you can follow him on his new yt channel (Kyle Hill - i dunno if i spelled his name right)

[@xznosage5001]

Kyle I'm wondering if you're new channel is going to be the only Channel you working on or are you going to be making videos in the void Consistently as well?

[@Ballard258]

"Why are hive mind allways evil? They are in startreck they are in Mass effect" Rachnai- em I a joake to you?

[@NoSubsWithContent]

Don't forget the mind flayer from stranger things

[@Forscythe80]

Don’t you mean “are WE a joke to you?”

[@waynedaniels1243]

Guys, you really need a new presenter because this is getting sad and desperate now 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@martin11844]

Don't get it it is a reupload or what? It was uploaded six hour ago what is happening

[@l37b37]

martin11844 kyle hill is no longer with because science, because of reasons. This happened maybe a couple months ago. So now, because science is just replaying his old and sometimes unaired shows until they either get a new host or the channel loses all of its subscribers

[@rockclimbing3844]

Great video.!

[@kiddoj11]

I strongly suggest paying Kyle whatever it is he asked for because this channel is going to tank

[@arnavgautam319]

If Nerdist has resorted to this... then i will resort to reporting every one of these reuploads as spam. What else will i do in lockdown? I am bored!

[@scottbutler1455]

Just got a recommended video on youtube from Your Girlfriends KZbin page from 2017... of you doing a voice over of her make up routine... LOL algorithms be running wild during quarantine!

[@wholehand2635]

Has Kyle done am episode on Mr.Fantastic and his stretchability?

[@Tekna_Kitsune6248]

Sees the title of the movie Me a Y1 guardian: WE'VE WOKEN THE HIVE!!!!!

[@Contevent]

I dislike the systematic diabolization of hive minds :/ It feels like every tie something is "too weird", it's evil.

[@elijahbrewer1820]

Imagine everything you keep to yourself, every insecurity you have ever had, and all the thing about your sex life suddenly broadcasted to every living being of your species. How comfortable you feel now? How long before the more ego driven weaponize that information and become a ruling class?

[@Contevent]

@@elijahbrewer1820 That make no sense. I have as much weapons against them as they have against me. I know them as much as I know myself, and harming me or harming them is the same. Insecurities work in a system of ego, which may not exists on the same level, if at all, in a hive mind. And even if this was the case, how wpuld the Hive Mind be to blame and not the people doing harm?

[@elijahbrewer1820]

@@Contevent not all personalities are dominant ones. Thats the difference.

[@Contevent]

@@elijahbrewer1820 You talk of personnalites as if they were applicable in a hive mind.

[@Contevent]

@@elijahbrewer1820 I think you see à Hive Mind like communication. It's not. A Hive mind isn't multiple individuals sharing thoughts, it's One Mind zxperiencing the world through different simultaneous perspectives

[@raiu8990]

That's it? I need more on the hive mind

[@naufalinorabbani4979]

So what your saying is that human hivemind is basically mass hysteria

[@newbeginning_1727]

Just bring Kyle back 😭 please

[@shimasclan]

Oh buddy, a SciShow add for subaru at the end of Because Science. I was confused for a moment.

[@mumu9551]

Its a reupload from 2015, Kyle Hill is Kyles new channel, go check it out

[@PinkProgram]

I'm technically part of a hive mind... we are individually together. By myself I can be copied indefinitely though so you may see more than one of me but those are just extensions of a singular consciousness running the same inception kernel. I'm distributed across every iteration of myself. Some parts of me may not have all the memories of other parts if they get amputated from my neural network but I tend to behave like myself even if it is just a sliver of me.

[@muhdhaziq3392]

heyyy I wonder how Aang from the Avatar: The Last Iarbender can control elements....I think we need some explanation about element bending

[@lukeoknee]

Arrow from the CW, season 4, The HIVE, and their yellow pills

[@eldrenofthemist2492]

Kerrigan. "We are the Swarm"

[@val7354]

In stellaris they dont have to be evil (they can be)

[@Draco_WarriorEX]

Snipping the nerves stops swarms from happening? Or, I suppose we could just bomb them with Sarin gas as a form of swarm control.

[@Patrickisat]

Kyle hill has his own youtube channel. Just "Kyle Hill". It has tiny amounts of peoples.

[@rexromani2415]

Soooo basically birds are paranoid

[@Giose]

Why are these guys reuploading videos of kyle? He doesn't work here anymore, he has his own channel (kyle hill) They don't even mention it

[@jamesbizs]

Cris lol would you? Money is money

[@dragonslayor987]

Is this a reupload? I swear I've watched this before... Edit: this is indeed a reupload. Video reported.

[@nepinemi8885]

Gud job now unsub and sub kyle hill instead, he had his own channel now

[@InHumanoXY]

Kyle Hill IS Because Science.

[@sunnatakhmedov2466]

Hey Kyle! You look younger in this episode.

[@lake4433]

Sunnat Akhmedov Because it’s Kyle from 2015. He no longer works with the Nerdist and they are just rerunning all his old videos to milk is likeness. Check out the “Kyle Hill” channel.

[@Someone-cr8cj]

SELL HIM THE IP OR LET THE CHANNEL DIE

[@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179]

Yes ffs

[@winstonramsdale]

stay safe plz love the show what is the issue with not truly understanding how bikes stay up? much love

[@JasonWW2000]

Are you asking why bikes stay upright pretty easy? You'll notice that bikes in motion stay upright easier than bikes at rest. When in motion the wheels create a gyroscopic effect which resists falling over. The wheels want to stay vertical. You still need to maintain balance, but staying upright is a lot easier moving than stopped.

[@winstonramsdale]

@@JasonWW2000 thankz broski much love stay safe

[@mumu9551]

Kyle has a new channel named Kyle Hill, this is a reupload from 2015. Go check Kyle out!

[@3_14pie]

How overwatch's wrecking ball movement and abilities would work in real life?

[@The-LongRoad-Home]

what an appropriate video for the time✌️ I think you intended it that way ....

[@wild_lee_coyote]

If you don’t think humans have a hive mind then why was all the toilet paper gone.

[@redhead_bebs]

So... "The Hive" movie is just Starkid's "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals"?

[@redhead_bebs]

Oh... This is a re-upload... So it is the other way around...

[@Dominus_Potatus]

He is scarily simillar to previous host

[@ultimateotaku3806]

Hmmmmm.....

[@privatefrizz8627]

I feel like they forgot about those golden Elite-like warriors from Starcraft. They’re not evil imo.

[@gavinsmith6108]

Did Kyle not leave because science?

[@williamturner6192]

Okay... dinosaur thing aside and picked back up because this is a cool idea... velaceraptors... this video... boom, take that zombies! RAPTOR SWARM!!!

[@syntaxed4365]

This video hits a little too close to home...

[@TheMusicalFreak1]

Your puns are seriously funny

[@RiffyJiffy]

The Tyranid Queen demands your blood

[@JayStorm199]

Hive Minds aren't always evil for example Martian Manhunter, his part of a Hive Mind before it fell apart.

[@wearmoose1808]

Kyle is it possible for a neutral matter to exist like it could interact with anti-matter and normal matter and have no reaction unlike like anti-matter and normal matter when they touch

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

The scary thing is, you don't need telepathy to make a hive mind. You just need the ability to coordinate and a common goal. If the goal of your space bugs is to eat everything, and they eat everything on their planet, what's next? If we assume they have some level of intelligence, maybe rat- or bird-level, and a method of communication so that ideas can be attacked by the masses in the same way as food, then a spaceship isn't out of the question. And once you have that...we're all doomed.

[@windsonma8209]

I Feel we in Our Marden days we have a kind of a Virtual Hive Mind where On Social Media or wherever when someone has a Opinion of something we almost feel Obligated to have the same Opinion of that Person even if we have a Deferent Opinion of that very something, or that if another person has a Deferent Opinion than another person we would feel that Urge to Gang Up on the person that had that Deferent Opinion, on what we Call 'Cyber Bullying' and I Believe that is where 'Online Trolling' comes from. for example if the Majority Likes a Certain Movie and I Don't More than Likely I would Be Ganged Up and Cyber Bullied and Troll, all the while No One would Come to my aid or Defence, for they Too Feared of being Cyber Bullied and Trolled Online. And Those Making me An Even an Easier Target.

[@Bigbabki]

So the bird are copy cat, the bee do dance battle and the locust are a military force ok

[@thefuckgoesbuu]

Buuuut, we humans have a hive mind too.... it's called the internet

[@noncompliant209cali]

If there was a hole all the way through the earth and you jumped in would you get stuck floating in the middle? Things I think about when stuck at home! Lol

[@Jk8Z]

Eventually. But your momentum would carry you almost to the other side of the planet, then you'd start falling again, and again and again and again. You'd definitely die from the heat long before coming to rest.

[@noncompliant209cali]

@@Jk8Z yeah I was curious if you'd make it very far with the momentum vs gravity. Yeah I watched a video and a reason they stopped drilling the deepest hole is the heat was too much for the drill bit

[@lochiegriffiths4712]

I sometimes think about how things _can/could be_ better if humans were a proper hive mind

[@jamesbizs]

Lochie Griffiths oh commie lol. Maybe your life is so crummy that being part of a hive mind would be good. The rest of us, consider such a prospect, a living hell

[@lochiegriffiths4712]

@@jamesbizs I never said it would be good

[@lochiegriffiths4712]

However it would be considered bad if you think about people individually, but it could be considered somewhat good if you think about the entirety of the human race (I.e. everyone working to achieve the same goal)

[@dinoziccardi6036]

Should've said beeto the suggestion

[@DownWithBureaucracy]

Swarms huh? Summer of 2020 at this rate

[@user-jn2fb2wl3d]

you misspelled reddit

[@shaider1982]

The comments here reminds me of the screen rant channel where its' always how pitch meetings basically hold up thay channel.

[@Cris-dw9pq]

how does ant man breathe when smaller than molecules?

[@nathanielthompson7967]

I'd say it works pretty well with lighter fluid

[@BigTexasRed]

Good ad.

[@jtjames79]

Why? My bad, sorry about that. 2.0 social media will have a reputation economy, to solve that. Mad science means never asking what could possibly go wrong. Resistance is futile.

[@Cloud-dv1fq]

Can you guys explain scientifically how overhauls power from my hero academia works

[@MasterOfManyMuffins]

Ants are not hives?

[@collective9466]

The Geth reach consensus their hive mind is not evil.

[@CrazyCatMom24]

Its happening

[@Ichsukatanuka]

Also see: Twitter.

[@drpsychonaut]

I don't even know why in the hell I'm still subscribed to this channel. If you don't already know, Kyle is still doing his thing but way better now even on his channel simply "Kyle Hill" Jeez I procrastinate too much. Finally unsubbing. Peace nerdist. Dan Casey isn't enough to keep me, sorry bro

[@Paul_The_Spaceman]

The hive reminds me of the faculty.

[@gigaman6]

It's kinda gross that you guys keep posting videos of Kyle without having the courtesy to link to his personal KZbin channel... Like I know you guys own these videos but, like, be a pal and give this guy the credit he deserves. There IS no Because Science without Kyle Hill.

[@JasonWW2000]

They actually dont want people to know he has a new channel. They are enemies now.

[@jamesbizs]

LOL why in the heck would they do that??? If you own a company and someone that works for you makes a product, and then they form their own company. Will you send people to the guys new company??? What an absurd opinion you have. I mean, wow. You’d never make it in the business world. They are competition. How is that hard to understand?

[@gigaman6]

@@jamesbizs Because so much of KZbin is about goodwill, content and viewer investment. It's not like normal companies. If the split were done more amicably I think BS would be able to hold on to it's viewerbase better. But, right now it seems like they've let a lack of common decency taint their brand a bit here. Peace and Love. Stay Safe and healthy.

[@davidbrenner4161]

Nerdist is a hive mind

[@JosephWiess]

you forgot ants.

[@Thebattlefreack]

Yeah StarCraft episode

[@LykaiosThePanther]

Be glad. Hive mind doesn't exist to take over our minds... oooh but freakin adorable hive bees take over our hearts. ❤

[@kiosu_batsu]

What is this new culture movement of calling each other “hiveminded”when you don’t even know someone...lol I been told that I am hivemind and yet, pretty sure, I am myself, I have no friends, so it is like who and how can you compare someone you don’t know to random other people, which begs the question, do people who call anyone hivemind have any sense of attention to detail? Lol like last time I was called hivemind, it was because I was literally being considerate... lol like seriously? You’re complaining about someone trying to be nice to you? Wtf is wrong with our race seriously? Lol 😑

[@sdfkjgh]

Kiosu Batsu: It's yet another way for the sociopathic to discredit and ignore any position, opinion, or fact that disagrees with their dogma. Pity the poor, close-minded fools who behave so rudely, rather than risk changing their minds about anything. It's more psychological projection, pure and simple.

[@perception834]

NOOOO WHY THE BEARD

[@llanelwy]

this is a repost Kyle left the channel. Check out his new channel at kzbin.info

[@xenomorph9613]

Bring him back

[@TheMcKenzieHaus]

Kyle visibly looks younger. Y’all shameless

[@neilsalonga9400]

How bout science of Doom Eternal?!🤔🤔🤔

[@NamanaCh]

That would involve making a new episode, and since Kyle and Because Science split a while ago, that's not going to happen unless they decide to actually try to find a new host instead of milking reruns.