When I started reading, my first thought was, "Because it's the closest thing we can get to telepathy." As I read more, I could refine my answer with explanations, but I think you filled all the details much better.. What is authenticity but our armor for exploring sensible awareness of Reality from inside the lies of civilization. Domesticated humans are taught to stay inside the lines painted in our brain by exploitive PTB: male, female, child, adult, job, parent, obedient servants to an artifice of 'proper' people.