Why don't comic book writers like using the term "ESP"

>>84378481
The concept of psychic existed outside of magic and witchcraft it was a term meant for people that display abiitlies outside the ordinary related to the mind.

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>>84378481
manga does this a LOT i notice

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>>84378481
Because other words exist that describe specific types of ESPer powers.

>>84378481
Because ESP is not telekinesis.

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>>84378678
They all seem to take after the same wave of interest in psychic stuff that hit the west too in the 60s and 70s

>>84378968
>Because ESP is not telekinesis.
That's like saying all weapons are guns.
ESP stands for Extrasensory perception and telekinesis and telepathy are variasions of ESP

>>84380425
Telekinesis is action, not perception.

>>84380425
Equating ESP to telekinesis is like equating the sense of touch to the act of pushing an object.

>>84380425
This post would make much more sense if all the sentences were in reverse order.

>>84378481
Extra Sensory Perception isn't really Telekinesis and may not necessarily be as precise as Telepathy. Psionics is the more commonly used umbrella term for all of them however.

>>84378481

ESP is reading
Telepathy is active communication
Telekinesis is mobilization