D&D General What’s The Big Deal About Psionics?

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The big deal is, many (perhaps most) people want it, and almost none of them agree on even the smallest details of how it should work.

I could get behind any version that is not "it's just slotted spells, but we'll call it psionics".

If they went with 3e-style point-based magic, I would prefer they did not call it "psionics", but it would not be a dealbreaker if it were (as it wasn't in 3.x). It would not be my first choice - I would prefer 1e/2e-style in terms of flavour (although I am not attached to any particular mechanics from that era except for being explicitly non-magical and possibly points - I do not think anyone would miss tangents).