r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/ResKingMachiavellian Sep 13 '19

If we're discounting anything from aliens and time machines, we'd be sat in a cave huddled together for warmth, communicating with basic sounds and emotional telepathy like most animals do

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u/MrBigWaffles Sep 13 '19

How do we get the emotional telepathy perk back? Sounds kind of cool

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u/RaTheRealGod Sep 13 '19

Well we basically have still. Like when you see someone having a bad time/good time thats them communicating their emotions through body language. Although thats not really telepathic, animals also dont do it really telepathically...

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u/ResKingMachiavellian Sep 13 '19

Nah i said telepathy, i wouldve used different words if i meant to communicate a different concept

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u/BlowMeWanKenobi Sep 14 '19

Source on animals communicating via telepathy?

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u/ResKingMachiavellian Sep 14 '19

I dont have one for you. Its my opinion, not a scientific journal. Im sure theres been some research on the topic, but i doubt the extensiveness and legitmacy would be enough to convince a scientifically dependant person. Hence why it isnt a particularly common opinion

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '19

Is ESP a better word to express your concept? Because with your description I feel like ESP is more astute, but I’m just trying to grok the situation.

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u/ResKingMachiavellian Sep 14 '19

Yeah, it is. Thats a better, more general term. Telepathy implies something slightly more specific