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[narf poit chez BOOM]

there is no scientific proof that i know of. and the psionics on b5 wouldn't fit into those scientific theories. for one thing, telepathic range would probably be only a few miles without boosting equipment.

[dogscoff]

I liked the tech levels in Bab5 and found it mostly plausbile, except for all that psychic stuff, and all the time travel. Reading brain waves can currently be done by extremely specialised machines (and even then not at any great range or detail of interpretation). Imho it could conceivably be done at a similar level by aliens, but never by unmodded humans.

When I write scifi outside of the se universe, there will be no time travel and no psychics.

I also thought the B5 fighters moved quite convincingly, on the whole, like the way they'd rotate 180 degrees to slow down or reverse course.

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[ September 15, 2003, 11:19: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Fyron]

Keep in mind that the human telepaths (as well as those of most races) were genetically modified by the Vorlons to have the ability to use telepathy. Also, the telepathy was certainly limited in range, never more than a few miles (and that was only with devices capable of enhancing the telepath's abilities).

Narf, look a bit harder to find some plausible scientific explanations for telepathy then. They are out there, somewhere. I did not say "proof", as that implies that telepathy actually exists. I said plausible explanations of how it could exist.

[ September 15, 2003, 18:10: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

didn't one of the psychics turn into an unltimate weapon at the end?

anyway, i'm excluding it because there isn't proof; if it was included, it would be done scientifically; i hadn't actually thought much about the possibility when i first excluded it.

[Fyron]

So you are not going to spend a few minutes looking for the possible scientific explanations of telepathy? There are some good ones out there...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

no, not really. 'electro-magnetic waves can interact' pretty much sums up everything scientific i've ever heard. and, as far as i know, the human brain doesn't have the nessasary telepathic lobe to decode other peoples thoughts, nessasary because other people don't think the same.

[oleg]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
... and, as far as i know, the human brain doesn't have the nessasary telepathic lobe to decode other peoples thoughts, nessasary because other people don't think the same.

And who is talking here ? Genetically Modified Mouse who is more intelligent than the vast majority of my biological ?
Telepathy looks even more plausiable now !