Man has communicated through low frequency radio, high frequency radio, ultra-high frequency radio, infrared and other spectrums. We have moved objects using magnetic and other energies. We have produced particle, energy, and light beams of all types. All these things have been demonstrated with various physical apparatuses and a certain amount of energy. The human body has limited capability to store and transmit static electricity among other types of subtle electrical impulses and even survives and is animated based upon just such impulses. The human brain demonstraits many variances in density. Some animals have the ability to detect bio-electric impulses by wetting their olfactory senses. Knifefish (one type we know as the "electric eel") produce an electrical shock. Freak human conditions have demonstrated exceptional deviations from the norm such as freakishly intuitive intelligence (Autism), sixth digits, and other things that aren't immediately coming to my mind.<br /><br />With all those things in mind, would it not be possible that at the very least, an alien species could exist hardwired with the physical capabilities of telepathy, limited telekenesis, electric field generation, and other soft "paranormal" phenomenon? Is it beyond belief that the same evolution that created eyeballs would be capable of detecting and manipulating mental or electrical impulses at will? That one being would be able to "broadcast" a mental signal and another be able to retrieve and comprehend it, or that they would be able to control the frequency/bandwidth or produce a "private" signal that no one else could read but the one they are seeking to communicate with? Or that a focused beam of energy could be produced by such a being?<br /><br />Evolution has proven to be a far greater scientist than our greatest scientists time and again. Is it really so great a concept that it could develop these concepts more perfectly than anything we have duplicated, perhaps even using energy types and wavelengths yet to be understood or known?<br /><br />What type of abilities have we seen demonstrated in the animal kingdom, and technology could you see being produced in a living being that would be classified as "paranormal" if found in a human?<br /><br />Why do the possession of such capabilities within a story constitute only "soft" science fiction when evolution has demonstrated a means and capability of generating pretty much anything it wants to?<br /><br />[For the record, I am religious and believe that a consciousness, "God", planned all things and set them into motion through the genetic code by means of evolution, wherewith the created flesh is capable of adapting to its environment based on chemical and other environmental changes hardwired to trigger specific genetic responses to catastrophic, but gradual changes. For the comfort of atheists, I simply refer to the whole of that concept and intelligence as "evolution".]
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