Fifth: Psychic AbilitiesFrom Tenchi Muyo, one of the GP special forces guys (Baguma) who tried to assault the Masaki house in the 3rd OAV was said to be a “B-class telepath with the ability of teleportation”. Among the tests Washu runs on Tenchi are analysis of the Organic Pattern, Astral Pattern, Over Dimension Pattern, Parallel Pattern, and Psycho Layer Pattern. The Astral Pattern is used as part of GP security access. Ryoko can summon spirits.
Galactic society is aware of and makes some use of psychic abilities. These are different from magic in that they bypass the physical laws of the universe instead of changing them. The human mind and soul extend beyond the 3D reality most of us perceive, referenced in some of the “Patterns” of the previous paragraph. Some people can use this part of themselves to reach out and do things that would seem physically impossible in this universe because most of the work is being done somewhere outside of said universe. This is similar to a ship moving into hyperspace to get around the light speed limit in normal 3D space.
Less advanced societies (like Earth) or magic based cultures don’t always differentiate between the two. I’m not sure if I will include Harry Potter in this mix, but if I did then legilimency and occlumency would be classified as psychic while most of the spells would be magic. Most ki-effects of martial artist types are psychic abilities.
The distinction will make a difference in how people from other planets view the ability and the character that uses it. For more immediate concerns and as far as most people from Earth or its associated pocket dimensions are concerned , whether the guy blasting fire is a magic-based flame sorcerer or a ki/psychic-based “firebender” probably won’t matter. On the other hand, magic has fewer inherent limits. There are magic and psychic methods for mind reading and teleportion and spirit conjuring. There are no known psychic abilities that could turn a human being into a normal-sized toad.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.
Galactic society is aware of and makes some use of psychic abilities. These are different from magic in that they bypass the physical laws of the universe instead of changing them. The human mind and soul extend beyond the 3D reality most of us perceive, referenced in some of the “Patterns” of the previous paragraph. Some people can use this part of themselves to reach out and do things that would seem physically impossible in this universe because most of the work is being done somewhere outside of said universe. This is similar to a ship moving into hyperspace to get around the light speed limit in normal 3D space.
Less advanced societies (like Earth) or magic based cultures don’t always differentiate between the two. I’m not sure if I will include Harry Potter in this mix, but if I did then legilimency and occlumency would be classified as psychic while most of the spells would be magic. Most ki-effects of martial artist types are psychic abilities.
The distinction will make a difference in how people from other planets view the ability and the character that uses it. For more immediate concerns and as far as most people from Earth or its associated pocket dimensions are concerned , whether the guy blasting fire is a magic-based flame sorcerer or a ki/psychic-based “firebender” probably won’t matter. On the other hand, magic has fewer inherent limits. There are magic and psychic methods for mind reading and teleportion and spirit conjuring. There are no known psychic abilities that could turn a human being into a normal-sized toad.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.