Athought was anidea orconcept created by the mental activity of themind. The process of creating a thought was calledthinking.
TheTalosians ofTalos IV could read the thoughts of theirspecimens. After readingVina's thoughts, as well as herfeelings and herdreams of what would be a perfect man, the Talosians pickedCaptainChristopher Pike. Furthermore, the Talosians could create anillusion out of an individual's thought for them to experience, such as thecrew of theUSSEnterprise thinking they had found thesurvivors from thecrashedSSColumbia. (TOS: "The Cage")
According toSpock in2267,Jackson Roykirk'sdream was to build aperfect thinkingmachine, capable of independentlogic. The result was theprototypeNomad, the best thinking machine that could beengineered which was launched in the early2000s. (TOS: "The Changeling")
The Traveler claimed thought was the basis of allreality. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")
Sentientspecies, such asHumans, have theability to distinguish between thought andreality. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")
Q once said toCaptainJean-Luc Picard that he "thought by now you would have scampered back to yourown little star system." (TNG: "Hide And Q")
TelepathicLwaxana Troi was forced toterminate theemployment of hervalet,Mr.Xelo, because he was stronglyattracted to her and his thoughts became trulypornographic. (TNG: "Haven")
In2364, despite theholographicMinuet being acomputer-generated image, thethings she thought were among her aspects which seemed soreal toWilliam T. Riker. (TNG: "11001001")
In mostBetazoids, their telepathic gifts developed atadolescence, however, occasionally achild wasborn with their telepathic abilities switched on. Most Betazoids born that way never led a normal life as thenoise of other peoples' thoughts andfeelings were overwhelming, incomprehensible, andpainful, especially to a child. (TNG: "Tin Man")
In the2330s, atOmicron Theta colony,DoctorNoonien Soong scanned thesynaptic patterns of thecolonists'temporal lobes and programmed them intoData'sneural nets. As aresult, Data could have been said to have possessed, to a degree, their thoughts. (TNG: "Silicon Avatar")
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