Re: Recognition
Can one Thing recognize another Thing by looking at it?

I would think so. Wouldn't it be basic instinct for the thing to tell itself from the other humans?

Thats what I thought too. My question, though, is how?

I'm not so sure...A thing recognising another thing might accidentally give the other away. A human wouldn't be able to recognise a Thing in disguise on sight, so why would a perfect imitation of one? Way I see it: Bob is a Thing. Bob infects Mary. Mary is now a Thing. Mary infects Jeff without Bob having any knowledge of it. Bob is unaware of Jeff's Thingness and acts genuinely surprised when Jeff Things-out.

Good point Khan. But I think a Thing WOULD know. For a large group of Thing cells (say a person sized Thing), to work together, and make choices (Like when to Thing-Out), the cells must have a collective "mind". I believe that the collective mind can comunicate with another collective mind.