Originally posted by Mindship
The thing that worries me about a conventional/comicological interpretation of "psionics" is that, IMO, there may be temptation for something like PIS. I've seen a lot of posts where so-n-so says something like, "Well, it's telekinetic!" and that's that, w/o any explanation as to How or Why. Kinda like with "magic." I dunno...just throwing the "magic words" around -- psionic, telekinetic -- just seems too convenient, too easy, like this is the answer for everything without going any deeper.Yes, yes, yes...it is just comics, I know. It is for debating these Big Questions that KMC exists.
That's mainly because in the real world there aren't any tk-ers (that i've ever heard of) on the levels of those in comics. Therefore, the boundaries are set by the comic book writers. People will always look down on you if you try to find a real-life equivalent or anything like that. It's called ignorance, and i'm afraid it's all around.
I was thinking a while ago about a new way of looking at TK. Like another kind of energy, which is not shown to the naked eye, that can be manipulated by certain characters.