Collective Intelligence on Family Guy

On Family Guy, they show a lot of funny clips that are both random and have nothing to do with the story line. In one of the short clips, you see a bunch of monkeys in a room attempting to write Shakespeare. One is on a typewriter and all of them are trying to think of a title for a play. I think Peter (one of the main characters) said something like, "Put a bunch of monkeys in a room and you have Shakespeare." That was the joke of the whole thing. This is the dialogue in the clip:

Monkey on Typewriter: "Let's see: 'A something by any other name.'"

Monkey 1: "Carnation ..."

Monkey 2: "What about daisy?"

Monkey 3: "Chrysanthemum, iris..."

Monkey 4: "Rose? What about rose?"

Monkey on Typewriter: "Rose is good. Uh, 'A rose by any other name.' Yeah, that works. Moving on..."

Monkey 5: "Hey, what about tulip?"

Monkey on TW: "Rose is fine. Moving on."

Unfortunately, I don't have a video clip to show you, but this is an example of collective intelligence because the monkeys are collaborating to create something great. It shows that more success can come from a collaborative effort. Who knows how long it would have taken the monkey on the typewriter to figure out a title for a play without help from the others.

What do you think? Is it better to rely on your own intelligence or work together with others to get things done?

Source: http://nbierma.blogspot.com/2006/01/monkeys-typing-shakespeare.html