I love the concept of if we knew how to use more of our brain power we can accomplish so much more. Maybe even eliminate petty Wars and Crimes

There are a number of scientific problems that have actually been solved by crowd sourcing. Scientists presents the problem to a large group with any rules associated with it and allow anyone to provide suggest potential solutions. This has lead to discoveries in protein folding, discovering extra solar objects, and finding mutations within the human genome. These are all notoriously complex problems.

It doesn't matter how smart any one person is, because they might stumble into a solution where more intelligent people failed.

Quite frankly considering some of the people I've encountered in my life I'd be terrified to be mind linked with them in any fashion.

Some people are downright scarey.

I doubt we will ever be able to network all human brains to work as one.

good in theory, but in practice ?. remember the old saying " a camel is a horse designed by a committee "

Yeah, but just try to find a functioning human brain these days.

But, look at all the defective minds that would corrupt the sytem ! Yikes

I think there was a star trek theme about cyborgs or something like that..

It’s a brilliant question because you have challenged me to think beyond my knee jerk reaction of “it ain’t gonna work”

A network of positive, altruistic human minds would be incredible. I can’t even imagine what would be possible.

An analog is a flock of starlings flying en masse in the evening to find a place to roost. Their formation dances in the sky.

From a systems thinking philosophy the interaction between all minds linked in a network is of more importance than the number of minds. True synthesis is seldom self organized and/or sustainable but nature always seems to find a way. Its nice to think the collective “we” also have a chance. Keep typing my fellow chimps

Woo hoo. Congratulations !!!!!

A nice idea BUT wouldn't that simply make humans a version of the Star Trek Borg species, i.e, it would probably take away our individuality to some extent, possibly a great extent.
And our Individuality IS one of major, if not, the most important attributes that we have because without it we are nothing but robots, are we not?
Yes, collective thinking would be an asset at times but, in my opinion, actually teaching people to use and utilise more than the mere 10% of their OWN brain capabilities would be far more beneficial.

Computer to brain interface is just the first step (that they are actively working on).

Directly linking human brains together is being actively studied...

[iflscience.com]

Tapping directly into someone’s brain in order to share thoughts isn’t just for Spock anymore. An international team of researchers were able to replicate the Vulcan Mind Meld by creating a device that allows two people to share information through thought. The researchers tested the technology by separating the users over 8,000 km (5,000 mi) apart—with one user in France and the other in India. The paper has been published in PLOS ONE.

The human brain is the best example of evolution I know of, as we move through the structure of the brain we see how more primitive structures repurposed in order to make the brain more functional at the same time keeping the old functions in place in order to keep the creature viable there are many documentaries on the structure of the brain.
I consider this an important demonstration of evolution

Think tanks....

So what we would have from one point of view, would be another internet, except human minds instead of individual computers.

That could go really really good, or it could go really really bad but either way, I bet it would mostly be used for sex.

Wait a minute. Isn't your premise exactly what we're doing right now? Electronic internet is enabling the human internet to begin.

Good statement ... gives me food for thought.

I like the idea of the Hegelian dialectic. You know how it goes- I say something, you say the opposite, the truth is somewhere in the mix. I don't know if Hegel factored stupid opinions into the mix. Maybe he did and he thought there weren't enough stupid opinions to wreck the theory. He might have been more optimistic than me because he probably entertained smarter company than most of us do.

For sure my brain has a virus from all those free porn sites. You might want to leave me out of your network.

In a way, that's what the network provides for all of us. The hability to share ideas, thoughts, knowledge. Our brains are now linked through technology.

It tis a thought that we would like to see work but in reality with todays attitudes,,good go opposite way also

Would you like to be treated as an ant. Ant colonies behave in a networked fashion, remember.

the problem is that out of 7 bil at least 1/2 are below normal intelligence. and then there is a significant % of outright mentally challenged & deranged ppl.
so you would end up with the status quo. the most intelligent rule the planet. a pity that many of them are socio/psychopaths.