Re: World Contact Day

On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 08:07:03 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:

Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:03:54 -0230, David Dalton wrote:
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Saturday, March 15, 2025 is World Contact Day
 
From Wikipedia:
 
"World Contact Day was first declared in March 1953 by an organization
called the International Flying Saucer Bureau, as a day on which all
IFSB members would attempt to send a telepathic message into space."

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Speaking of telepathy, does anyone know of SF prior to "Slan" by van
Vogt (1940) in which telepathy is a plot element?

 
Rudyard Kipling's _Wireless_ (1902). --scott

Yes, I learned about that one earlier. It's an important one
for my purposes because it makes a connection with radio
transmissioon, though indirectly. Otherwise, SF seems to be
silent on telepathy and the paranormal up until
after John W Campbell -- reportedly a telepathy enthusiast -- came
on the scene. This is surprising since telepathy was in the news
a lot because of experiments promoted by radio broadcasters,
By 1937 there was even a racehorse named Telepathy.