[LMB] Uses for telepathy: Terrence Cee. revisited

Agnes Charrel-Berthillier agnes at charrel.net
Sun Jul 1 22:14:57 BST 2007


Scott Raun wrote:

> For both of these, the telepath has to be differentiating between
> 'telling the truth as he believes it to be' and 'lying'.  The judge,
> jury, cop, etc., all need to keep in mind the possibility that 'truth
> as he believes it to be' could be a mistake.  Not to mention the fact
> that some psychotic / delusional types can be high-functioning

This the point made in CoC by the petty saint of the father in Baocia, 
isn't it? The god sometimes gives him the power to know when somebody is 
lying in his court. He commented that it wasn't as helpful as people 
might think.


Agnes



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