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title: "3 Collective Brain Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Collective Brain quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Collective Brain sayings and thoughts."
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> [I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/i-won-t-compare-ants-and-people-but-ants-give-us-a-useful-model-of/)

[Lewis Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-thomas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/lewis-thomas-2299_ants_i-won-t-compare-ants-and-people-but-ants_609419.png)

> [“Is there anything like a collective brain?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/is-there-anything-like-a-collective-brain/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/lailah-gifty-akita-11_brain_is-there-anything-like-a-collective-brai_1423934.jpg)

> [But the mind is an attribute of the individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/but-the-mind-is-an-attribute-of-the-individual-there-is-no-such-thing/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/ayn-rand-59_agreement_but-the-mind-is-an-attribute-of-the-indi_1759210.jpg)

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