04 Feb 09 Is the web recreating telepathy?

Tags: facebook, google, internet, telepathy

Think about it quickly…

Yes, this is what is happening.

Here are some definitions of telepathy (thanks google):

“The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.”

“It is the transference of thought from one mind to another. Distance and time seem unable to affect this phenomenon.”

“A term that refers to the paranormal acquisition of information concerning the thoughts, feelings or activity of another conscious being.”

“Telepathy is the transfer of thoughts, feelings, or images directly from the mind of one person to another without using physical means.”

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Call me as crazy as Tom Cruise on Oprah, but hey, this is happening. Through services like Facebook, I know the thoughts and feelings (”status updates”) and images (photos/flickr) of “another conscious being”.

“Distance and time seem unable to affect this phenomenon”. I can talk to someone from New Zealand right now if I want to. 

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Doing more research, there is actually a better word for this. It is coined “Techlepathy”. Each new “great” web service is an example of this. Twitter? Flickr? Facebook? Yes, all of them takes the idea of a technological telepathy to a new stage.

What’s next?