Telepathy

• Umbrella term for any form of non-technological mental connection between two intelligent beings
  • Interlink between two consciousnesses allowing for communication, transference of thoughts, feelings
  • Extreme telepathic talents capable of transferring consciousness from one substrate to another
• Function of quantum entanglement between two consciousnesses allowing for transmission of information (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Types and variations of telepathy
  • Empathy
    • Detection and in some instances transmission of emotional states
  • Logopathy
    • Contact with, implicit knowledge of linguistic centers
  • Touch telepathy
    • Often relies on entanglement coupled with direct bioelectric contact
• Telepathy difficult to technologically circumvent
  • Can be defended against to a degree via suppressing electron tunneling in the thalamus (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Known telepathic species or castes
  • Aenar (extinct)
  • Betazoid
  • Deltan
  • Hed'em'disol (extinct)
  • Human
    • Very rare generally (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?")
    • Universal among Magnians due to proximity to the Galactic Barrier (SGR Novel: The Valiant)
  • Krett (extinct)
  • Lethean
  • Manraloth (ascended)
  • Medusan
  • Pahkwa-thanh
    • Uncommon, and limited to empathic sensitivity (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Tadigean
  • Tholian
  • Vulcan
  • Xyrillian