Chapter 28 - Will humans evolve telepathic powers? (Patreon)

Yes, I literally read this article just for what amounts to a throwaway one liner in this chapter.  I'm giving you guys value!  :-)

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Sisko had never really worried or cared that much about augments, or had much of an opinion about them at all really. In fact, before coming to Deep Space Nine he wasn't sure if he'd ever even met an actual augment, human or otherwise. He might have interacted with one during his career without him ever becoming aware or even noticing, but he knew he'd certainly never met an Augment that had the level of genetic enhancements the General had. You would have to go back to the era of Khan to find anything even close. It was the stuff of history books, rather than real life. Unlike those Khan-era augments, according to Dr. Crusher and Dr. Bashir’s reports on the General, the man’s genetic enhancements were seemingly perfect, with no unintended side effects as best as they could tell. They likened it to a miracle of science, the enhancements being far, far beyond the Federation’s current capabilities and potentially an ideal version of the human form long into the future.

They had noted, however, that it was curious that no mental abilities like telepathy or telekinesis had developed or been detected. Most geneticists had assumed that that would come in time to humanity.