The ideas in this post remind me both of David Schnarch’s book Brain Talk (and in particular the concept of mind mapping which is central to the book) and also Leverage’s Self-Alignment System, which includes a step almost identical to your ‘hypothesise without checking’ step as a way to address situations where you get hijacked while trying to introspect.
Also I think cultures in which honesty/vulnerability is valorised and privacy/saving face is denigrated limit people’s options for responding to hostile telepaths more than cultures in which privacy is seen as something everyone deserves and should be allowed. (I think; it’s possible there are ways hostile telepaths could take advantage of privacy-protecting cultures that I can’t think of right now),
The ideas in this post remind me both of David Schnarch’s book Brain Talk (and in particular the concept of mind mapping which is central to the book) and also Leverage’s Self-Alignment System, which includes a step almost identical to your ‘hypothesise without checking’ step as a way to address situations where you get hijacked while trying to introspect.
Also I think cultures in which honesty/vulnerability is valorised and privacy/saving face is denigrated limit people’s options for responding to hostile telepaths more than cultures in which privacy is seen as something everyone deserves and should be allowed. (I think; it’s possible there are ways hostile telepaths could take advantage of privacy-protecting cultures that I can’t think of right now),