Re: oh no, more horses.
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:56 pm
just a thought...
Let's take it granted for a moment, and assume it is possible to transfer a thought telepathically.
Usually we just tell the other person what he or she wants to know. If he or she is not present we pick up a phone. Quite simple and everydays way of transfering thoughts. We can also use gestures or 'make a face' to send messages, and those are way harder to detect. Couples have been known to develop a way of paralanguage only the two will understand ("I want to leave this party -NOW-"
)
The more subtle it goes, the more the message comes in a 'signal' way, a single pulse or pattern of pulses, which still may contain larger amount of information. Of course, this is our turf.
A horse can be trained to solve something like 176235 minus 176230. The audience knows the answer, and with the 5th hoofpaw they will unconsciously relax in a way the equine is able to detect as a signal to stop pawing.
Non-humans are known to be aware of oncoming natural desasters like earthquakes or tsunamis. It can probably be proven that they are physically sensitive enough to sense the vibrations and know instictivly it's time to run.
All of these examples can be measured in one or the other way. Some with effort.
What if a message is send so unrecognizable that it can't be measured, proofen? Not with our current knowledge and equipment. We'd probably give such a thing a strange name. "Telepathy" may be one of them.
However, this does not cover the mindread part, though. Or does it?
ehh..
T0Mi
Let's take it granted for a moment, and assume it is possible to transfer a thought telepathically.
Usually we just tell the other person what he or she wants to know. If he or she is not present we pick up a phone. Quite simple and everydays way of transfering thoughts. We can also use gestures or 'make a face' to send messages, and those are way harder to detect. Couples have been known to develop a way of paralanguage only the two will understand ("I want to leave this party -NOW-"
)The more subtle it goes, the more the message comes in a 'signal' way, a single pulse or pattern of pulses, which still may contain larger amount of information. Of course, this is our turf.
A horse can be trained to solve something like 176235 minus 176230. The audience knows the answer, and with the 5th hoofpaw they will unconsciously relax in a way the equine is able to detect as a signal to stop pawing.
Non-humans are known to be aware of oncoming natural desasters like earthquakes or tsunamis. It can probably be proven that they are physically sensitive enough to sense the vibrations and know instictivly it's time to run.
All of these examples can be measured in one or the other way. Some with effort.
What if a message is send so unrecognizable that it can't be measured, proofen? Not with our current knowledge and equipment. We'd probably give such a thing a strange name. "Telepathy" may be one of them.
However, this does not cover the mindread part, though. Or does it?
ehh..
T0Mi
