How can you be able to sense emotions from sometimes light-years away? I often see her sensing others emotions from ships light years away and I just realized it and ik curious what the range of it is? (Silly or cannon response of course).

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    2 days ago

    Well, Tam Elbrun (also Betazoid) could sense “Tin Man” several light years away. The space faring creature likely attributed to the connection, but still. As far as people on the viewscreen, that’s just Deanna’s usual boilerplate assessments.

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      He does also have a condition where his telepathic abilities are unusually sensitive, so his range might be larger than the norm.

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        Totally fair. As others have said, the range/ability ultimately comes down to plot necessity and there’s no strict canon to be applied.