• ryan@the.coolest.zone
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    1 year ago

    Ok but would y’all actually want to see a mental health counselor who could read your mind? I’d avoid the psychiatry department like the plague.

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          1 year ago

          Yes! I kind of always felt this was an intentional sub-text. Deanna is presented as trustworthy, but maybe Broccoli’s previous betazoid ships counselor was not.

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      1 year ago

      A telepath? Definitely not. But an empath, like Troi? Sure! She just gets impressions of emotions; it’s not as if she can hear your internal monologue.

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        Absolutely, that was my point and I worded it poorly :) If Troi were any more telepathic, Starfleet shouldn’t allow her to practice mental health services. She’s right at the edge where it’s really useful before it becomes terrifying.

    • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works
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      Um, yes? Assuming I haven’t done anything that will get me in trouble, and that the society we’re in doesn’t punish wrongthink, then most definitely; a mind reader should be much better at counseling than anyone else.