The Science of Psionics, Wednesday

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Today is your exam," Kerrigan said. They were seated in an ordinary classroom, with ordinary tables and chairs. At the front of the class she stood, looking strong and stoic and perfectly willing to wring a few necks if she had to. "You have the full period to finish it. If you finish early, stay seated until I tell you you can go."

No freebies, kids.

"If you attempt to cheat, I will know. If you attempt to cheat off someone, I will know. If you drift off, I will know, and in all of these cases, I will nail you to the side of the dorms in front of all of your peers."

Don't think she wouldn't. She'd done it twice just when she was human.

"Emma, hand out the exams. Class, sit down, write, and don't think too loud."

Well, you had your orders.

Comments

Exam: Science of Psionics - Q1

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

What is the psi scale? Is it at all applicable in your world? If not, what changes would you suggest? If so, where would you rank yourself?

Re: Exam: Science of Psionics - Q1

[furnaceface]

The psi scale measures the abilities of a psionic, on a scale from one to ten. It is somewhat applicable in my world, but only in certain cases, as, in the case of mutants such as myself and Emma, the scope of our telepathy can encompass very different things, potentially missing telekenesis entirely while still creating beings out of pure psionic energy.

Such as himself. He still wasn't so certain what he thought of his body essentially being a hollowed-out shell meant to contain the fiery bits.

Still, because I do somewhat fit into the scope of this scale, I would place myself at about a... Jono hesitated before putting his pen to the paper again. Nine.

No, he'd place himself at about a ten, after that stint where his body had entirely re-built itself. But that went entirely too uncomfortable to put onto paper. So, nine.

Re: Exam: Science of Psionics - Q1

[momslilassassin]

Ben was trying to maintain a line between doing well on the exam and not, well, exposing everything about his galaxy. Blame Jacen for the extra caution.

He explained the definition of the psi scale and how such a thing wasn't really codified in his galaxy, then went into a little more detail about how telekinetics, rather then telepathy, seemed to be more the prominent power there.

Re: Exam: Science of Psionics - Q1

[icecoldfrost]

The psi scale is used to measure the ability of a psionic, Emma wrote neatly. It is only partially accurate for my world, as a telekinetic can lack telepathy, and vice versa.

Applying the scale as best as possible, I would place myself at a seven, with the ability to be a nine with proper training.

Re: Exam: Science of Psionics - Q1

[onlymistaken]

After outlining the specifics of the scale itself, Cally set to the more subjective task of trying to apply it to her own home.

As a measure of raw power, I would say it's somewhat applicable to my people, but very few of us have telekinesis, and our ability to read thoughts without having them projected to us intentionally is limited to our own species, so the specifics don't quite fit.

Re: Exam: Science of Psionics - Q1

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

The psi scale is a scale that measures a psionic's gift from one to ten; ten being the highest (telekinetics, strong telepaths, other gifts) and one being the lowest. It isn't really applicable to my world; the occurrence of these types of gifts is exceedingly rare, enough that their existence is unknown to the general public, and doesn't seem to develop along the same genetic profile as it does in the Professor's home world. Also, there appears to be no way to train someone with these abilities in any predictable way in my world, due to their random occurrence and lack of contact with any structured schooling.

Applying a scale in my world would unnecessarily classify someone as a threat, too; I wouldn't advise using it, because it would imply a level of understanding we simply don't have, and policy could be predicated on an incomplete data. Most of the data available is based on those who commit crimes by either mis-using these abilities or coming in contact with law enforcement. This presents a bias that would lead to the kind of sanctions Prof. Kerrigan has mentioned, and which should be avoided at all costs.

I would rank as a 0 or 1 on this scale, having no consistent abilities beyond the average amount of intuition any human being has.