How do you block telepathy?

Answer 1

I'm sorry but I dont think you can :(

Telepathy has never been confirmed by recognized researchers. Perhaps the most persuasive argument against telepathy is that if it were real, commercial interests would certainly be using it to influence consumers, not to mention politicians and more sinister elements. If something does not exist, there is no need to block it.

Another answer

Such a phenomena is usually classified as a mental illness, in particular delusions of reference seems the basis of it.

It's a common schizophrenic symptoms, but also occurs in users of cannabis. Especially those who socialise with other unemployed drug users.

Basically the individuals anxiety can create tension, anxious people are usually hyper vigilent (overly aware of their surroundings). That in itself makes people feel watched, so their behaviour may change...mostly in regards to paying some (perhaps subconcious) attention. If one were not to speak a lot they would be seeing body language.

A game that developed some time in the past is when you encounter people who are anxious and notice them react to something that has been said then you can assume they've taken it a particular way, and that allows you to have an idea of whats in their minds. Much fun and embarissment can be had at the expense of the anxious individual as you dig further and further into their subconcious exposing their fears for everyone to laugh at.

Eventually they'll get down to the individuals core and thats where things get tricky, especially because in order to work out what that person was thinking, you had to think of it too. so they've got ammo so to speak.

Answer 2

Much as there are characters in books, movies and on television with telepathic powers, telepathy is an extremely rare phenomenon.

In tests and experiments done in the past, it has been observed, that for one person to read the thoughts of another requires considerable concentration by both parties.

In these cases a set of cards with symbols where used. One person concentrated on the card and "sending" the image, the other concentrated on the other person and "receiving" the image. In these cases the abilities where never 100% accurate.

As for the telepathy seen on television, etc. (for example Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood); the telepath "hears" thoughts as if they can hear the person's voice saying things.

If you think about it carefully you will realize that most people do not think in full sentences, and not even completely in words.

The human thought process is multidimensional and rarely lineal. More often than not we think in words, images, smells, emotions, feelings, concepts, etc. and about many things at once.

Someone "listening in" would be very confused and most likely a bit unhinged, particularly if they could hear what is going on in all of the minds of all of the people in a 50 foot radius. The noise would be mind numbing.

Blocking telepathy is really unnecessary, however, to do it, all you need to do is:

- If you want to keep your thoughts to yourself, keep your mind on something trivial and repetitive. A song, or poem, perhaps a nursery rhyme... anything that is easy to repeat and catchy enough to "trap" a mind.

Think about getting a song in your head, you know how tough it is to get rid of it, that sort of thing works well.

- If you are trying to block out the thoughts of those around you, the same thing will work.

For those with a bit of training, you can set up "shields" in your mind, however, as I explained above, the need would be minimal in today's world.