Tuesday, July 05, 2005

telepathy is impossible. why? because from and perhaps even before birth, everyone has a different view of the world. it may be because they seee different images or think different thoughts. in any case, any one human cannot possibly see what another is thinking since the methaphorical mental wiring and encoding in each person is different.
however, what would happen if a large group of people were made, from birth, to experience the exact same experiences. VR technology like that postulated by the creators of "The Matrix" might work in such a situation. let's assume that such technology exists and also, individual thoughts are not as important in forming our mental wiring. what would happen then?
in this situation, perhaps telepathy would be possible however, since everyone would be experiencing the same things and thinking the same thoughts, perhaps telepathy would be redundant.