I have a funny twist on ESP. If we want the spoon to bend and we just bend it with our hands, the thought occured in our mind first and the mind instructed the body to "do it" so technically we can all bend spoons with our minds ("it is not the spoon that bends, it's you"). Same goes for levetating things, just pick them up.
If I want to read someone's mind woundn't it be easier to just walk up and ask them to honestly tell me how they feel about something?
If I want to know events before they occur why don't I just stop caring about events and then it doesn't matter. If life goes up or down, then the effects to ME are the same so technically I know the future then. I know it won't matter.