tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4905171685226598459..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Seeking SuggestionsJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41314963673600130702011-05-25T23:57:35.859-04:002011-05-25T23:57:35.859-04:00You can't use psychophysics; that's alread...You can't use psychophysics; that's already used for the study of stimulus perception. I'd put in another vote for "psionics". Short, snappy, historically appropriate, widely understood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35944685064650164582011-05-20T10:58:25.183-04:002011-05-20T10:58:25.183-04:00I really like psycophysics.I really like psycophysics.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116795932377593506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64997894028930977142011-05-20T10:03:53.734-04:002011-05-20T10:03:53.734-04:00Mentalitics, like gymnastics but the refinement of...Mentalitics, like gymnastics but the refinement of the mind.<br /><br />Hypermindology, even I don't like that one.<br /><br />Meta-physics, words change their meaning and context all the time, it could be that person who coined the term for psionics used this one because he liked it and it stuck.<br /><br />ExtraSensory Neurology, ESN for short.<br /><br />PSIlogy - who says in the future they will have hokey names for things too. Future Anthropologists may yet ponder what why we eating Mac and whether the Obesity crisis was caused by too many people eating more and more people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9281361171007402932011-05-20T05:19:45.477-04:002011-05-20T05:19:45.477-04:00Dianetics? Campbell liked that...
I'm kiddin...Dianetics? Campbell liked that... <br /><br />I'm kidding, I'm kididng! :)<br /><br />Metaphysics is too confusing. Why not Noetics?Phersvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962408594713963134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85024314408029304512011-05-19T15:39:17.822-04:002011-05-19T15:39:17.822-04:00Mesmerism
Psychometrics
EsperismMesmerism<br />Psychometrics<br />EsperismJoe Bardaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242764968237965401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2882616953605609222011-05-19T12:26:22.343-04:002011-05-19T12:26:22.343-04:00psychic, or maybe mentatic, engineering.
Slightly...psychic, or maybe mentatic, engineering.<br /><br />Slightly retro suggests more of a retro-futurism, so I figured it should be more Science! and less Victorian.Dave Lombardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357565708589446550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21182450667865691502011-05-19T11:59:10.922-04:002011-05-19T11:59:10.922-04:00Seconds for going with the -urgy suffix. Chirurgeo...Seconds for going with the -urgy suffix. Chirurgeons are awesome and have that great sense of being official while still not quite understanding what it is they're doing. Neurourgy. Psychurgy. Menturgy. Urgy!Sir Yobgod Ababua the Handlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01880522667399635154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31210836476229798912011-05-19T10:39:24.637-04:002011-05-19T10:39:24.637-04:00Parascience.
or
HēpatoskopistryParascience.<br /><br />or<br /><br />HēpatoskopistryDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011974487836242987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61667481807534602052011-05-19T10:25:00.842-04:002011-05-19T10:25:00.842-04:00Applied Esperonics
Applied PsychotronicsApplied Esperonics<br />Applied Psychotronicsmetamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75535022038351155322011-05-19T10:16:46.219-04:002011-05-19T10:16:46.219-04:00ParanomicsParanomicsConrad R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05794351499665191188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45337487691369987662011-05-19T10:14:05.837-04:002011-05-19T10:14:05.837-04:00I'll throw in a vote for the first name offere...I'll throw in a vote for the first name offered above, by Joshua: psychophysics.<br /><br />It sounds good, and it captures what you're talking about: the interaction of the mind with things outside of the mind (i.e. things in the physical world, including other people).<br /><br />In real life, of course, psychophysics is concerned with only the physical sensory inputs to the brain and how they are subjectively perceived by the mind (e.g., why we perceive multiple different mixtures of light wavelengths as being the same colour). But in your fantasy setting, the field would be expanded to address physical effects of paranormal psychological phenomena. Even telepathy and other mind-to-mind effects would fall under this umbrella insofar as they are limited by physical distance, etc.<br /><br />Of course, researchers of the non-physical aspects of mind-to-mind contact would probably have their own related field, "interpsychology". But these guys would be considered flaky pseudo-scientific weirdos by real, hard-core psychophysicists. <br /><br />(Interpsychiatry would be a medical field interested in the therapeutic applications of interpsychic phenomena).<br /><br />(Word verification: "conand", REH's ill-considered kid sidekick introduced in later unpublished Conan stories.)Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73396170680024789082011-05-19T10:11:46.164-04:002011-05-19T10:11:46.164-04:00Rhines.
It comes from the name of J. B. Rhine, a ...Rhines.<br /><br />It comes from the name of J. B. Rhine, a real-world researcher into ESP at the now defunct Duke Parapsychology Lab. I got the name from Stacy Horn's book, "Unbelievable."<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Unbelievable-ebook/dp/B001UFP6H6Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801468265072232351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32345190366126359872011-05-19T09:34:47.327-04:002011-05-19T09:34:47.327-04:00How about NEUROLOGISTS?
These are the serious fol...How about NEUROLOGISTS? <br />These are the serious folks who for decades have been recording EEGs (Electro Encephalograms), interpreting them, and are now studying how to influence the brain with various waves (such as electromagnetic) to influence moods and eventualy transmit imagers. They HAVE achieved a noricxeable clinical effect. Not quite SciFi, but here it be.Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43528372536621182011-05-19T09:31:59.443-04:002011-05-19T09:31:59.443-04:00I'm not sure about the science, but I think al...I'm not sure about the science, but I think all telepathic mind-speak should be Esperanto...<br /><br />thank you, I'll be here all week.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31313069733830335402011-05-19T09:09:23.829-04:002011-05-19T09:09:23.829-04:00Too many -ologies. Go with some -metrics or even ...Too many -ologies. Go with some -metrics or even -graphies. More fun, less rigor.Bob Portnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563075580066984380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22118961819957179922011-05-19T08:51:35.907-04:002011-05-19T08:51:35.907-04:00Psichology!
...What?Psichology!<br /><br />...What?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358099916267465455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32838119533734926212011-05-19T08:49:55.627-04:002011-05-19T08:49:55.627-04:00"'Patapsychology? "
Hornstrumpot!
..."'Patapsychology? "<br /><br />Hornstrumpot!<br /><br />By our Green Candle, we like it!Pere Ubuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553973043509436168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56852721388403871332011-05-19T08:43:20.097-04:002011-05-19T08:43:20.097-04:00"Parametrics?""Parametrics?"Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63502088599717604222011-05-19T08:23:18.837-04:002011-05-19T08:23:18.837-04:00Noetics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noetics &quo...Noetics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noetics "The theory of noetics centers around the idea that the human mind is capable of affecting work or events or even doing work in the physical world."Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039997817901860557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68204219451019498612011-05-19T07:18:56.173-04:002011-05-19T07:18:56.173-04:00psionics (used regularly by a Campbellian author A...psionics (used regularly by a Campbellian author A Bertram Chandler) or perhaps Perceptology?Crotchety Old Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092745636011711266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53540501649670282752011-05-19T07:09:19.627-04:002011-05-19T07:09:19.627-04:00I'd also go with psionics. It doesn't unn...I'd also go with psionics. It doesn't unnecessarily postulate a form of energy that may or may not exist in the setting, it's nice, simple, and direct.masquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421644393539292803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9129589661716402212011-05-19T07:08:19.985-04:002011-05-19T07:08:19.985-04:00If it were me, I'd use "Psychoenergetics&...If it were me, I'd use "Psychoenergetics" to refer to the branch of science.<br /><br />Talysman's suggestion of "Psychotronics" is too good to pass over though. I'd use that as more of a controversial philosophy/practice full of mental exercises, rituals, and/or bio-cyber enhancements, that supposedly hone the skills of budding adepts and awaken dormant abilities within mundane individuals.Quibishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566050970164487157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35803344815491761352011-05-19T07:02:33.691-04:002011-05-19T07:02:33.691-04:00Psience?Psience?Rob Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533996736711014752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51846913011129373932011-05-19T06:43:26.453-04:002011-05-19T06:43:26.453-04:00Well Parapsychology is the study of things outside...Well Parapsychology is the study of things outside of normal psychology but if ESP become an understood and repeatable demonstrable aspect of the sentient condition then it would no longer be "outside" so parapsychology would not be an appropriate term. How about something simple like "Psicology", "Psiology", or "Psiography". Books written about the subject could be "Psiographica" or perhaps definitive information could be found in a "Psiclopedia".goeticgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806200047269447375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52451988585410562102011-05-19T06:02:22.124-04:002011-05-19T06:02:22.124-04:00Differentology.Differentology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com