A thought collective, a term originated in German as "Denkkollektiv" by the Polish and Israeli physician Ludwik Fleck, is a community of researchers who interact collectively towards the production or elaboration of knowledge using a shared framework of cultural customs and knowledge acquisition. [1]

In 'Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact', Fleck explores the idea that scientific facts are the result of thought collectives and can change as the culture changes. Lynn Margulis believed it possible to become "stuck" in these thought collectives and create trained incapacities—when you don't see things because you're trained not to see them.

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." ~ George S. Patton

References

1. Thought collective, wikipedia.org

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