Of Tangible Ghosts
Jeff Zeitlin
(04 Apr 2018 17:18 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Of Tangible Ghosts
Richard Aiken
(13 Apr 2018 01:47 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Of Tangible Ghosts Jeff Zeitlin (14 Apr 2018 18:58 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Of Tangible Ghosts
David Shaw
(14 Apr 2018 19:11 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Of Tangible Ghosts Jeff Zeitlin 14 Apr 2018 18:58 UTC
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 21:47:15 -0400, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> >wrote: > >> 13. Different people have different levels of sensitivity to the presence >> of a ghost - for some, they may never have more than a 'feeling' of >> something (the ghost) being nearby (this often expresses itself in the >> same sort of nervousness that unconscious exposure to a 14Hz tone >> does); others may only see a mist; still others can see more definite >> manifestations, or be communicated with (if the ghost is of >> sufficiently high volition). Those who can 'hear' ghosts do not >> actually hear a true sound; it is more accurately describable as a >> mental impression of the voice and words. >> >> >In CT terms, this might mean that only those with an active Psionic >attribute could sense ghosts. That had occurred to me as a possibility - my half-formed ideas on this basically said "In this setting, ghosts - no 'psionics'". It may be a bit more complicated than merely a straight-up "PSI equals how you perceive ghosts", though, because ghosts fade away over time (and under certain electromagnetic influences), so there might be something about the _ghost_ that affects how a given person perceives it. It would be interesting to try to figure out what the Hivers (who are canonically psi-blind) would say about the human ability to directly perceive these 'ghost' things that Hivers are insensitive to - and how they explain the readings they get from detecting the 'non-existent [to them]' ghosts using apparatus built to human-developed spec. ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2018. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)