cthia wrote:I do remember a few details postulating on the ability being developed out of necessity. At a time when man was far from the top of the food chain. Brok couldn't yell out to Midge "Watch it, there's a T-Rex near you!"
That sounds really far-fetched and very much like the theories of someone who hasn't been on a big game hunt (Similar to the common misconception that knights in full plate were unable to move).
It also postulated that it worked better at distances, simply because when in close proximity, other more natural forms of communication got in the way. Why make a phone call to someone sitting right beside you?
If that were true (and if telepathy was done through a mechanism which somehow was able to bypass the inverse-square law), it wouldn't be discarded (And I note that there is no explanation offered as to why animals haven't developed and kept telepathy, as such an ability would give pack hunters an immeasurable advantage over their competitors and their prey); as a desirable trait, it would be selected for and people who lack the ability to send and receive telepathic messages would be bred out.
I also recall meanderings of incongruity regarding the first language spoken by man possibly differing from the actual first means of communication. In fact, I also recall postulation that formal languages are detrimental to the ability -- inasmuch as using calculators and cash registers after a time weakens our learned ability to compute in our heads.
That sounds like some new-age bullshit to me, honestly.
I found it rather interesting to say the least. You can do your own research on the mechanics of what is postulated.
Yes, well, the thing is that if telepathy was real, we'd be able to measure it in some form. That we can't, that it's all based on some spooky immeasurable action-at-a-distance (and that despite decades of research into it, noone has been able to produce proof of it) leads me to believe that anyone seriously believing it exists is either deluded or trying to sell something.