The takeaway is not how speaking is like telepathy, but that telepathy wouldn't be that different than speaking. It would presumably have some different charac

The takeaway is not how speaking is like telepathy, but that telepathy wouldn't be that different than speaking. It would presumably have some different characteristics, like speed-of-light propagation, but it would still be just a sense organ. "Dammit, Joe's thinking at me again. I'm going to ignore him while I watch TV."