We both had library cards as soon as we got past "Run, Spot, run," and by the time I was nine I was coming home with armloads of books every week and still running out of things to read before the week was over. Now, in my house, books were everywhere and there was very little my brother and I were forbidden to read. It was when, when I was eleven or thereabouts, I went looking in the living room for something to read. I've had at least one of those momentsand when it was over, my life had been changed forever. There's a commercial on cable stations lately that talks about moments of epiphanymoments when you understand something that changes your life.
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WARNING! TV Tropes links, infinite time sink You can find a discussion of the theme of psionics in science fiction in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.Īs you could have predicted, there are a few psionic related entried in TV Tropes: I'm not saying don't use it, just be aware of the possible pushback from your readers. If you use it you will be tarred with the same brush. I warn you about this because it is far too common in science fiction. Just to head you science-fiction authors off at the pass, remember why one cannot use Quantum Entanglement for FTL communication? Well you cannot use it for ESP either, and for the same reason. The fact they are talking about "stages" of evolution just goes to show that they are unclear on the concept.
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"Doc" Smith's Lensman series (1937) and A. In Diane Duane's The Door Into Shadow one of the protagonist cannot deal with a monster because he did not know the " protocol" for a brainburn (meaning he didn't know the sequence of steps in the magic spell that would short out the critter's cerebrum).Ī common trope in pulp science fiction is that such magical powers are part of the next stage in human evolution. In David Brin's Startide Rising the humans working with the alien starship had to check all the psionic " impedance" of all the connections in order to avoid leaking telekinetic static. Science fiction authors occasionally mix scientific terms with the psionic terms to make it sound more plausible. In Star Wars it is called " The Force." In World of Ptavvs it is called " The Power." In Rocket to Limbo it is called " The Strength." In science fiction psionic ability in general usually has a very dramatic title. In other words, psionics is Magic with a fancy science-fictional name. These are powers such as telepathy and psychokinesis Psionics are mystical powers of the human mind that always seem to be absent when tested for in a research lab. Not to mention the Lensmen, Slans, Vulcans, and the nasty Psi Corps.
But, like faster-than-light starships, it shows no signs of going away. Putting this section into this website is really straining things to the breaking point since there is little or no hard scientific evidence that such a thing exists.
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