Science News: Is River's ESP Real?

POSTED BY: two
UPDATED: Sunday, June 17, 2012 21:33
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Originally posted by THEMACROPROSOPUS:
I could probably keep going. But, now it just feels like I'm beating a dead horse.

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We're going about this too scientifically by looking for possibilities of ESP in the show or movie and reading scientific papers. The direct way would be to ask Joss Whedon about what River can do.

I think River's ability varies according to what Joss needed for a script. She has it when needed; when it is not needed, Joss turned off River's ESP, making her nice and quiet.

If River was a real person, her ESP would be turned on all the time, like taste and smell, and she'd be doing something inappropriately weird or violent all the time -- a female Jubal Early. Wherever Early goes, everybody is nervously watching that wacko. Thus River's various kinds of ESP had to come and go depending on what Joss needed for an episode.

That's why we can't make up our minds about River ESP, because it varied according to Whedon whim.

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

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