Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-6078851-20130329172738

again my previous post was only a joke :)

about your list of the greatest minds of the galaxy - i agree with the whole list with one notable exception, the hive mind.

the hive mind isn't of this galaxy, it isn't even of any neighbouring galaxies, it's origins are a long long way from here - spatially and temporally. also, the consumption of all life isn't the goal of the hive mind, self perpetuation is, consumption of all life just happens to be a by-product.

while i accept your opinion as being just as valid as my own i would definitely argue against the point that the hive mind "is still a bug". many organisms of the hive mind are just bugs, but there are many that are individual intellects, and powerful intellects at that. when it comes to 'the sum is greater than it's parts', considering how many parts (the inumerable bugs and the many powerful intellects) are creating the hive mind indicates (to me at least) an intellect that is incomprehensible by any mind of this galaxy.

i also agree that every mind of this galaxy fighting against the hive mind is the best chance to combat it, the problem i see with this though is that every mind of this galaxy is seperate and at a disadvantage against the hive mind which is a gestalt.

so my list of the greatest minds of the galaxy would be: 1 - tzeentch, 2 - emperor, 3 - eldar, 4 - necrons. whereas my list of the greatest minds of the known universe would be: 1 - hive mind, 2 - tzeentch, 3 - emperor, 4 - eldar, 5 - necrons.