In Larry Niven's "Known Space" books [0], there was a planet where telepathy was common. Natural selection kept it in check so a hunter would only be able to nu

In Larry Niven's "Known Space" books [0], there was a planet where telepathy was common. Natural selection kept it in check so a hunter would only be able to nudge a prey into walking into an ambush. Then an alien exploratory vessel lands on the planet, aliens that have no resistance to telepathy are instantly controlled and you get an intergalactic slaver empire from a neolithic culture in one generation. So red queen effect [1]. Maybe telepathy evolves in tandem with resistance to telepathy. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Ptavvs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Ptavvs [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen's_race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen's_race