Conveniently Coherent Thoughts: Difference between revisions

People do not always not think in complete sentences, and often idly think about trivial things. However, when [[Telepath|telepathstelepath]]s read minds, they don't have to sift through all of that mental garbage. The thoughts that they read are usually incredibly coherent ([[Exact Eavesdropping|and relevant to the plot]]).

This might be an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]]; forcing the audience to hear a bunch of garbled thoughts might be entertaining ,<ref>to the author</ref>, but likely not in a way that contributes to the plot.

* Averted in "The Mind Field" (a story that appeared in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' within the last few years--Iyears—I forget the author's name). A machine is invented that lets the French government read the minds of visitors to the French White House-equivalent. The machine reveals images they think of, not words and sentences, though the images are important clues--eclues—e.g., where bodies are buried.