I’ve done a great deal of high-end raiding (i.e., difficult group challenges, where success relies on perfect cooperation and synergy as well as on individual competence) in World of Warcraft. Based on my experiences, I can say that the comparison to tines, and any suggestion that there is any sort of “group consciousness” in any meaningful way, are severely misplaced.
I’ve done a great deal of high-end raiding (i.e., difficult group challenges, where success relies on perfect cooperation and synergy as well as on individual competence) in World of Warcraft. Based on my experiences, I can say that the comparison to tines, and any suggestion that there is any sort of “group consciousness” in any meaningful way, are severely misplaced.