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 in fiction

Comic books and role-playing games take greater liberties with telepaths, giving them the ability to not only control minds (through hypnosis-like capabilities, illusion etc.) but actually turning telepathy into an offensive weapon by overloading the mental communication channel with a "mind-blast" which causes great pain, unconsciousness, and sometimes even death. More broadly, telepathy has been the subject of much other science fiction and particularly soft science fiction.

Related Topics:
Comic book - Role-playing games - Science fiction - Soft science fiction

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