Re: When will humans get telepathic powers ?

From: Tim Tyler (tim_at_tt1lock.org)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:42:48 +0000 (UTC)

Malcolm <malcolm@55bank.freeserve.co.uk> wrote or quoted:
> "Karl-Hugo Weesberg" <netspider4@lycos.com> wrote

> > I think it's time for the next step in evolution and humans should
> > become telepaths soon.When will it happen?
>
> Telepathy would be a huge advantage, but genes can only code for traits that
> have a physical basis. Most people who believe in telepathy claim that it
> uses some as yet undiscovered physical principle.
> Genes produce proteins, which can do many things (eg act as structural
> units, act as membrane channels, act as enzymes or as hormones, bind to DNA,
> transport oxygen, even glow green). However no one has yet found a protein
> that can communicate over large distances. This doesn't mean that none will
> ever be found, but can you suggest a mechanism by which a protein could do
> such a thing?

Presumably when humans first begin to sense each other's thoughts
over significant distances - without speech or sight being involved -
they will do so using a fairly direct descendant of technology present
in today's mobile phones. 

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