A Government By Psions?

Diamond Cross · May 17, 2010

If a government run by mages is called a magocracy, what would a government by Psions be called?

This is not a joke thread.

Rechan · May 17, 2010

A thoughtocracy.

Ainamacar · May 17, 2010

I would lean toward psiocracy.

AdmundfortGeographer · May 17, 2010

Well, we could dig into Greek or Latin for various terms.

Greek for "mind" is "nous" (ancient greek) or "mialo" (more modern)
- Nousocracy
- Mialocracy

Sepulchrave II · May 17, 2010

Noetic hegemony.

darjr · May 17, 2010

Zhodani

or Psionocracy

Janx · May 17, 2010

PsiCorps.

MichaelSomething · May 17, 2010

I imagine that the Psions running the government would do it secretly through mind taking. Therefore, there is no need for a name.

Teemu · May 17, 2010

Psychocracy!

Celebrim · May 17, 2010

Diamond Cross said:
If a government run by mages is called a magocracy, what would a government by Psions be called?

This is not a joke thread.

A magocracy.

There is no practical difference between magic and psionics. In fact, the word 'psionics' is almost always misused.

'Psionics' refer to technological devices that boost mental power. They are to the brain what bionics are the body. For example, a device which allowed you to transmit your thoughts as radio waves would be a psionic device. Linking several such people together would create veritable 'telepaths'. This is the original usage of the word 'psionics'. Gradually, in science fiction, as the hard science justification got to be thinner and thinner, the term began to refer to general psychic ability. General psychic ability is how the term is used in fantasy settings like D&D.

However, pyschic ability is 100% equivalent to magic.