Whee.

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If anyone had any vague thought of trying out for a game show or reality show or some such, don't bother. Thought I'd take a stab at trying out for Jeopardy, just on a lark. And of course the first question on the prospective candidate questionaire is 'Are you X-factor positive?' Phrased a lot more politely and roundabout than that, for sure, but still. And it of course leads to a oh-so-nicely phrased 'thanks but no thanks' sort of response if you say yes.

Bleh. There goes my dream of winning, like, 80 times, and making a lot of money.

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Same reason courts can't use a telepath to determine veracity of witness testimony - how do you trust the telepath? You'd have to have a telepath monitoring the telepath, ad infinitum.

And what about contestants (or jurors, or job applicants) who happen to have more or less psychic shielding through training or natural ability (or inability in my case)? For example - I'm told by the Professor that I have next to no psychic shielding, even after going through the mental exercises he's been helping me with. Yet apparently going into Jamie's brain is like speed-reading the phone book.

Or the possibility that people might not consent to being telepathically monitored? Considering that telepathy is ranked as the number-one feared mutation around by some of the independent polling groups, it's understandable that people fear the very concept, even those who aren't anti-mutant.