sorry to do it but i have removed a mass of unsourced pov claims that contain only original research i will be fine re adding these in if viable sources can be found here's one for you from excerpt from the book by grateful dead bass player phil lesh the unique organicity of our music reflects the fact that each of us consciously personalized his playing to fit with what others were playing and to fit with who each man was as an individual allowing us to meld our consciousnesses together in the unity of a group mind for us the philosophical basis of this concept was articulated by the science fiction writer theodore sturgeon in his novel more than human wherein the protagonists each have a single paranormal talent telepathy psychokinesis teleportation and are joined by a quadruple paraplegic who acts as a central processing unit the process by which they become one is called bleshing from a combination of mesh and blend today s archetype would be the x men now i'm going to put the page back the way it was and i'll add this reference to it moeron you might want to consider discussing this with us before you go ahead and try to change it again no one that i know of appointed you keeper of the deadhead page