Is it madness if someone thinks that telepathy is possible?

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It is seem to me some books of Michio Kaku and Feynman say that when technology develope enough,one can make a machine to read the thinking of people.Why if someone thinks that:scientist possibly can read his thinking,then he is said to be mental disorder?
Is it madness if someone say that telepathy is possible?
 
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It is seem to me some books of Michio Kaku and Feynman say that when technology develope enough,one can make a machine to read the thinking of people.Why if someone thinks that:scientist possibly can read his thinking,then he is said to be mental disorder?
Is it madness if someone say that telepathy is possible?
It's not clear what you mean.

What they are talking about, I think, is having a machine, very likely with multiple sensors directly on the head, being able to somewhat interpret the electronic signals in the brain. That certainly could be possible some day. Probably.

"Reading minda" / "telepathy" is something else entirely, at least as the concept is used in English. It means a PERSON, not a machine, being able to read someone's thoughts, usually from a distance. I don't think anyone can say that it is impossible, but personally, I think it is and always will be. The electrical signals in the brain are VERY weak and we have not evolved with receptors for interpreting such things anyway.
 
I mean a machine at distance, emits(eg laser ray) onto the head and absorbs signal from the head.Through it they can read the thinking.Is it possible?
 
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I mean a machine at distance, emits(eg laser ray) onto the head and absorbs signal from the head.Through it they can read the thinking.Is it possible?
Well, it's certainly not impossible but I find it very doubtful. Anyway, I'm sure it isn't going to happen in my lifetime so I don't really care.
 
It requires a lot more than that to diagnose someone as mentally ill. That symptom is a tiny part of paranoia.From Mental Health America :

What are the Signs of Paranoia?

Symptoms of paranoia and delusional disorders include intense and irrational mistrust or suspicion, which can bring on sense of fear, anger, and betrayal. Some identifiable beliefs and behaviors of individuals with symptoms of paranoia include mistrust, hypervigilence, difficulty with forgiveness, defensive attitude in response to imagined criticism, preoccupation with hidden motives, fear of being deceived or taken advantage of, inability to relax, or are argumentative.