A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by atollstat » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 8:24 AM UTC

A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe
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Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by proksoup » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 3:59 PM UTC

A lot of information can be conveyed with body language, context and emotion, to the point where it's difficult to distinguish from telepathy. Most especially with folks who've spent a great deal of time together.

I'm maybe not the only one who's experienced bits of 'beaming' with a long time friend or partner?

Perhaps "I have a pretty good idea of what X is thinking" is softer language than "I'm reading X's mind", but I can see how the experience of telepathy is not greatly distant from something that's normal for many people.

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by neom » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 4:14 PM UTC

As a note, I've seen the encounter twice now here in Manhattan - it's absolutely fantastic and I can't rave about it enough. They used a lot of cool sound trickery, mostly with a Sennheiser Neumann KU 100 and some well placed parabolics. Unfortunately it's no longer on broadway. http://theencounterbroadway.com/index.php#home-content

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by cowpewter » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 4:24 PM UTC

proksoup wrote: post #2

A lot of information can be conveyed with body language, context and emotion, to the point where it's difficult to distinguish from telepathy. Most especially with folks who've spent a great deal of time together. I'm maybe not the only one who's experienced bits of 'beaming' with a long time friend or partner? Perhaps "I have a pretty good idea of what X is thinking" is softer language than "I'm reading X's mind", b…

When I was in high school, my AP Chem class only had a handful of people in it. The chemistry teacher was a pretty awesome laid-back guy, and so in the month of school left after the AP test but before the end of the school year, we pretty much used all our class time to play pinochle.

After a few weeks of playing with the same partner, you can pretty much know what they have in their hand just by the way they play.

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by mmjaa » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 4:41 PM UTC

I would love for the species to develop Telepathy. Since I was a child I've dreamed of the day (sci-fi drove me there), and I feel that we inch closer and closer as the Internet grows by day ..

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by jobigoud » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 5:12 PM UTC

mmjaa wrote: post #5

I would love for the species to develop Telepathy. Since I was a child I've dreamed of the day (sci-fi drove me there), and I feel that we inch closer and closer as the Internet grows by day ..

I think one avenue almost feasible today would be:

Electromyography on the larynx > silent speech recognition > transmission of the data through wireless network > speech synthesis > ouput audio to wireless earphone.

If you implant both ends you have something indistinguishable from (consensual) telepathy.

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by djrogers » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 5:13 PM UTC

mmjaa wrote: post #5

I would love for the species to develop Telepathy. Since I was a child I've dreamed of the day (sci-fi drove me there), and I feel that we inch closer and closer as the Internet grows by day ..

> I would love for the species to develop Telepathy.

I pray if we do it's opt-in, and not driven by advertising...

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by wthigo » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 5:13 PM UTC

mmjaa wrote: post #5

I would love for the species to develop Telepathy. Since I was a child I've dreamed of the day (sci-fi drove me there), and I feel that we inch closer and closer as the Internet grows by day ..

careful what you wish for, everyone has their dark side

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by oelmekki » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

wthigo wrote: post #8

mmjaa wrote: post #5

I would love for the species to develop Telepathy. Since I was a child I've dreamed of the day (sci-fi drove me there), and I feel that we inch closer and closer as the Internet grows by day ..

careful what you wish for, everyone has their dark side

And an exceptional front light side. I'm always amazed how most people give the best of themselves during casual social encounters. The big effort we do in social interactions is kind of an art, we're not so good in daily life with our close ones, simply because we can't maintain that effort for so long. Telepathy would ruin this, I guess.

Re: A Forgotten Adventure with a Telepathic Tribe

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Post by SCHiM » Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 5:31 PM UTC

Let's not forget that speaking/talking is telepathy, right people? Speech crosses all the boxes:

  -- It's invisible, travels via 'waves'
  -- The 'waves' I use to speak can cause your brain to show you images
  -- It can convey emotions, thoughts, images.
  -- It can be used to persuade others, change the way they think about a   subject.
  -- **tree**. Did it work? Did you see a tree?

 Of course recognising that speech really does check all the boxes is kind of a let down when you're expecting sci fi voices-in-your-head (wait, that sounds familiar...) telepathy