Originally posted by toomuchcaf
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I've not posted in a while, so hear is an extra-long one to make up for it.
As far as I know, there are no scientific studies on telepathic communication, because there are no telepaths available to use in the studies. I've read plenty of fantasy and sci-fi works that incorporate telepathy in their worlds, but I can't recall any that really address the nitty-gritty aspects of how it works. I've developed my own concepts of how it might work from things I have seen and read, but have no facts to work from -- only years of sci-fi and fantasy stories and my own over-active imagination!
I think:
1. Telepathic minds each have their own unique wavelength used in communication.
2. The distance or range over which they can communicate is based on their mental/metaphysical strength.
3. Telepaths have "shields" to keep their private thoughts private and to keep out extraneous public thoughts of others.
4. A telepath would have the potential to "hear" the public thoughts of any other telepath within range.
5. A telepath's thoughts have unique characteristics that are probably a combination of emotion/intellect/personality that would make them identifiable to another telepath. I think it would be like looking at a bowl containing thousands of different colored threads and searching for one of exactly the right color.
6. Once a telepath finds the right color or wavelength, they would give a gentle tug on the thread to get the attention of the other person by addressing them by their unique identifier or "name." It would be the equivalent of seeing someone you know in a group and calling out their name to get their attention.
7. When the telepaths want to communicate and block out other thoughts, they would open up a "listening port" in their shield to allow in only the thoughts of that one individual.
8. Public thoughts could be addressed to everyone within "hearing" range, just as a human could address a crowd.
toomuchcaf said
A child, when born, is unable to speak. It responds by touch, smell and sound. As it grows, it learns, and is able to comprehend speech.
But during this period, there can be overload - take a young child into a very noisy and chaotic place - they will react because they are scared and it is too confusing and overwhelming for them. It is for this reason that I believe wraith young (even if it is just the queens), would not be communicating with telepathy at that age - it would cause information overload, distressing them.
But during this period, there can be overload - take a young child into a very noisy and chaotic place - they will react because they are scared and it is too confusing and overwhelming for them. It is for this reason that I believe wraith young (even if it is just the queens), would not be communicating with telepathy at that age - it would cause information overload, distressing them.
Wraithie said:
It has been shown that animals do have different forms of communication. Some of them have audible warnings others have scent and visual warnings or signals, but they have shown little by way of attempts at language except when dealing with deaf, dumb, blind, scent handcapped humans!
WE need names. Wraith, as with any other telepathic-from-pre birth people, would not.
WE need names. Wraith, as with any other telepathic-from-pre birth people, would not.
Wraith Cake said:
telepathy would require an exterior referent to put meaning into context. That referent could be images seen that the "telepather" brings with him/her from their real world experience. This would also have relevance with "deaf and dumb" telepathers--since they connect differently with the world their communication telepathically would be different.
Karhedron said:
They have a Hive mind. Or at least that was hinted. But they can also make contact with just one person. Maybe that was why Elia was not with a hive. They could just have the young Queens at another location to "protect" them from the Hive mind until they are ready for it.
Great discussion! But now I need to get some sleep. (Dang! I was going to take a nice, relaxing bath and go to bed early -- then I logged on here and got caught up in things. I have no self-discipline).
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