Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle · Aired Sep 24, 2026
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Children from the 'telepathy tapes' could read hieroglyphs without any formal education.
The finding
What the evidence shows
The podcast The Telepathy Tapes does have an episode where a nonspeaking girl is presented as reading Egyptian hieroglyphs. But she communicates through letter-board spelling methods that grew out of facilitated communication, and the claim has never been tested independently. When facilitated communication has been tested blind, answers came out right only when the facilitator knew them. The podcast's story is not evidence that these children can actually read hieroglyphs.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Children from the 'telepathy tapes' could read hieroglyphs without any formal education?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The podcast The Telepathy Tapes does have an episode where a nonspeaking girl is presented as reading Egyptian hieroglyphs. But she communicates through letter-board spelling methods that grew out of facilitated communication, and the claim has never been tested independently. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle, aired Sep 24, 2026, at 1:54:59. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is asteriskmag.com, linked below.
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