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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shurai" data-source="post: 355558">Psion-I understand you were making a point when you say "if anything," but I can't disagree with you more when you say that psionics is more out of place in science fiction than fantasy.  Many major science fiction settings allow psionics, and some of them have a major role.  Babylon 5's telepaths, Star War's Jedi, Akira's Kaneda, and Star Trek's various empathic and telepathic characters all show that if you're in a sci-fi setting, chances are somebody can read someone else's mind or play I'm-crushing-your-head for keeps.Not only that, but humans having some kind of mental 'untapped potential' is a major theme of many different sci-fi that really is more psionic-flavored than magic-flavored.  It's everywhere, man.-S</blockquote>