Telepathy

Telepathy, from the Greek τηλε, tele, "distant", and πάθεια, patheia, "feeling", is the claimed innate ability of humans and other creatures to communicate information from one mind to another, without the use of extra tools such as speech or body language. Considered a form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition, telepathy is often connected to various paranormal phenomena such as precognition, clairvoyance and empathy. Because anecdotal claims of "strange currencies" and similar related explanations have deep resonance in history, fiction, and belief, telepathy carries perhaps greater interest than any of the other numerous subjects which referred to as "paranormal."

Telepathy, Quantum Physics, and Nonlocality

Some physicists, such as Nick Herbert http://twm.co.nz/herbert.htm, have pondered whether or not quantum mechanics' "non-locality" (or "spooky action at a distance") principle would permit instantaneous communication such as telepathy. Experiments have been conducted (by scientists such as Gao Shen at the Institute of Quantum Physics in Beijing, China) to study whether or not quantum entanglements (connections allowing instantaneous information exchange) demonstrated at the level of electrons can also be verified between human minds. Such experiments usually include monitoring for synchronious EEG patterns between two hypothetically "entangled" minds. (See http://www.parapsych.org/papers/44.pdf)

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