Telepathy

=Telepathy=

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Jump to: navigation, searchTelepathy (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.

Though many scientific experiments into telepathy have been conducted, including recent ones by respected universities (some claiming significant positive results), the existence of telepathy is was accepted by the overwhelming majority of scientists,among ancient Atlantean culture,before the developement of the Guider Gem and Guider Headband.

Telepathy is the communication of messages or thoughts directly from one mind to another without use of ordinary vocal and auditory mechanisms. Telepathy exists across space; it has appeared in various forms among various races.

Varieties
A touch telepath can communicate directly with the mind of another being, but only if in physical contact. The Atlanteans,Sidairians,Osirhons,Galaxians all can telepathically mind meld]] is a form of touch telepathy (although there is more to it than that).

Some telepaths can exchange thoughts only with others of their own species, some can send but not receive, and some can receive but not send. [s, for one example, can send their thoughts only to other empaths and telepaths, but can receive thoughts and feelings from almost any being's mind, psionically gifted or not. ).

In some races, telepathy is present in all healthy individuals (those not born with congenital problems and not the victims of accidents or disease). In other species, such as Humans, telepathy appears only infrequently. And certain species, notably the Ferengi, are never telepathic. Often such species cannot be read even by telepaths normally capable of reading alien minds.

Telepathy makes possible some forms of interaction that would otherwise be impossible. The Medusans are an alien species,half humanoid,with snake bottom,with various tentacles trailing behind that the sight of them drives humans insane,with their telepathic mind control tricks. Interaction with the Medusan was very limited way, established a telepathic link with their victum, proving that it could be done.

Extraordinarily powerful telepathic species exist. They are rare, but are extremely formidable, as they can immerse other minds in a reality of their own fabrication, much like a holodeck, but where the telepath makes all the rules. The xenophobic Melkot used their telepathic powers to punish aliens who encroached upon their space without permission (which, prior to 2268, they never extended). 

Under rare circumstances, individuals can gain telepathic powers. who developed telepathic powers. In and the took aboard a passenger,. Subsequent events revealed that Evans had been granted various psionic skills by the enigmatic Thasians, so that he might survive on their world.

Telepathic races such as the Atlantean and other Elder Races usually develop a moral code (sometimes making it actual law) that precisely dictates under what circumstances such powers may be used. ( telepathy, though, is more limited, usually practiced in the form of the mind meld. That, coupled with logical and mental conditioning makes unauthorized use all but unheard of.) Telepathy, misused, can be the ultimate invasion of privacy, and for that reason, it is feared by some. Forcibly intruding into another's mind and/or manipulating ones actions is considered, among most telepathic species, to be a form of assault that borders on rape.

A few civilizations have developed mechanical telepathy. ], a gifted engineer and philosopher, constructed a computer able to telepathically control most of the population of the planet. built a series of robots that could be controlled telepathically, and that could respond to mental emanations consistent with distress or danger. , the last survivors of an extremely advanced civilization, knew how to build robots their minds could inhabit and control. Furthermore, the inhabitants of the Think Tank met by ' had built a mechanical means for communication, as their species differed so profoundly that they never would be able to communicate by verbal means.

In 2369 the Klingon crew of the attack cruiser  found several energy spheres on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant which they've described as a telepathic archive.

Background
science consultant and writer André Bormanis has revealed that telepathy within the Star Trek'' universe works via the "psionic field." According to Bormanis, a psionic field is the "medium" through which unspoken thoughts and feelings are communicated through space. Some humanoids can tap into this field through a kind of sense organ located in the brain (e.g. the paracortex). In the same manner that Human eyes can sense portions of the electromagnetic field, telepaths can sense portions of the psionic field. ''