If you take people of average smartness.
And they talk to each other.
And by talking to each other they combine their minds.
Is that combined mind/person smarter?
If you take people of average smartness.
And they talk to each other.
And by talking to each other they combine their minds.
Is that combined mind/person smarter?
Yes, until you start factoring in communication overhead/data loss. That’s why throwing more people at a problem will only help up to a certain point.
More people only improve on a problem when they can effectively communicate. At some point time spent making sure everyone is looped in on the plan exceeds the time saved by one more problem solver.
So to circle back to your actual question: Two heads will most likely be smarter than one, unless they spend more than half the time bickering in disagreement and misunderstanding.
One path to a better merged head would be better communication tools. Even a whole rule-system governing how to communicate (like we have in science).
True. But I guess in the hypothetical scenario where one literally add another head, the technology to facilitate perfect communication would also be available.
I was talking more about the figurative speech of “more heads and hands” from a project management perspective.
Ok.