Human Presence Beats AI for Spelling

This might be one of the only times telepathy was captured in a controlled lab.

Ky Dickens is an award-winning filmmaker known for documentaries that tackle complex social issues and drive cultural change. In 2024, she created The Telepathy Tapes, a viral podcast exploring telepathy in the non-speaking community that reached #1 globally and won a Webby Award.

In this episode, we get into a filmed triple-blind telepathy experiment conducted in a controlled lab setting. Participants separated by distance began describing locations they had never physically seen. Ky shares, “We caught it all on camera… it might be one of the most spontaneous validations of telepathy or remote viewing ever happened in a lab.”

We also talk through her shift from traditional documentary work into studying non-speaking individuals, where communication through spelling appears to reveal consistent access to information beyond conventional sensory input. From there, we explore near-death experiences, creative inspiration, and scientific efforts to examine consciousness through measurable methods.

If you’ve ever been curious about telepathy, remote viewing, autism, or the nature of consciousness, this episode looks at what emerges when these phenomena are observed repeatedly under controlled conditions.

You'll learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[05:17] Ky shares how she went from skeptical documentary filmmaker to stumbling into the world of non-speaking telepathy

[08:53] We explore why consciousness, not matter, may be the foundation of reality

[20:00] Ky explains how psychic gifts emerge at life's edges, in the dying, the young, and those with apraxia

[26:31] We examine the contested question of autism: should it be healed, or is it an evolution of consciousness?

[34:52] Ky explains how non-speakers can appear as accidental mystics, including pre-birth memory and hidden energetic work

[50:20] Ky breaks down how spelling-to-communicate works and why human presence, not AI, is essential to the process

[57:06] We discuss the nonprofit, spelling grants, and the legislative fight to get spelling into schools

[59:11] Ky shares the three teachers that shaped her: a skeptical father, Mary Oliver, and the non-speakers themselves

Resources Mentioned:

Diane Hennacy | Website

The Telepathy Tapes | Podcast

Elizabeth Gilbert | Website

Read: A Horse Named Lonesome: Tales and Teachings to Reclaim Connection, Transcend Separation, and Discover the Divine Within by Luke Storey | Book

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | Website

Rapid Prompting Method | Wikipedia

Spellers Method | Website

The Bridge | Website

Rupert Sheldrake | Website

Dean Radin | Website

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/telepathy

Find more from Ky:

Ky Dickens | Website | Instagram | TikTok

The Telepathy Tapes | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok | YouTube

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

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