I always thought first contact would be exclusively conducted through telepaths to avoid misunderstanding.
To live amongst them for me would depend whether it was exclusive to them or if I could be taught or have gene therapy to acquire it.
If exclusive perhaps not although I would fear the sheer alieness of a very different mind more than a lack of privacy. But then if you could acquire knowledge of science almost instantly by the mechanism ..
If an evolved characteristic, say it began with a general sense of 'feeling' about general mood then developed to be say an awareness of that an individual was thinking about you to say an ability, like sight to focus, on thoughts, then it may only operate, like quantum entanglement, between involved people.
A new twist on love.
