[quote=ASTA]
Honestly from how you've described it, this hivemind sounds like a watered-down synthetic collective intelligence.Also, I'm not denying the power of the human brain, but I'm not going to worship it either. Unfortunately, the limits of an organic construct are more strict than the limits of a synthetic construct. This is why you have trucks possessing the physical power of hundreds of horses, for example.
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The term synthetic is already being used by duck to represent war machines made through genetic engineering combined with cybernetics.
These are distinct from the parasitic L'Er, so although technically the term Synthetic is correct in both definitions (The forms are indeed artificial and they are generally combinations of seperate components) I am avoiding the use of the term. Organic compound is likely the easiest way to describe the majority of organisms as the Synthetic meaning in terms of combination comes into play when interwoven with technology, such a vehicles and computers.

The limits of an organic construct are indeed stricter, but I'm not proposing the replacement of all mechanical devices with organic ones... I'm flying a mechanical spaceship (granted, one that has been intertwined with and overgrown by the hives biomass compounds). The replacement of all mechanical devices with organic ones would be ludicrous, one might go so far as to say suicidal.