Sujet : This one predicted practical telepathy
De : mailbox (at) *nospam* cpacker.org (Charles Packer)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 08. Apr 2025, 08:40:12
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Belated thanks to Ahasuerus for the ISFDB table of works
tagged telepathy.
If H G Wells's "The World Set Free" (1914) predicted atomic bombs,
then "The Cry From the Ether" by Aladra Septama (1929)
https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_Quarterly_v02n02_1929-Spring_slpn/page/n103/mode/1up
(or
https://tinyurl.com/bp5dwkm4 )
is my candidate for having predicted sending information to the human
brain remotely by radio waves if it ever comes to pass. The
inventor therein thinks through the issues of selectivity and of
what kinds of content could be meaningfully transmitted.