Quote Originally Posted by Mercen-X View Post
Telekinesis, despite the long-accepted "supernatural" implications, is really nothing special given its definition.
Unfortunately, you confuse "definition" with "etymology".

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telekinesis

Definition of telekinesis
:the production of motion in objects (as by a spiritualistic medium) without contact or other physical means
So, no. It is not something done "everyday". Drones, RC cars, and unmanned aircraft are all controlled via physical means.

The origin of the term itself is from the English "tele", meaning "at a distance", and the Greek "kinesis" (motion), itself formed from the root "kinein", which means "to move". But that does not mean the word means "to move at a distance".

Indeed, the term "telekinesis" is credited to one Alexander N. Aksakof (a researcher of psychic phenomena, among other things) in 1890. While "psychokinesis" was first used in 1914 by Henry Holt.

A portmanteau or a compound are linguistic constructs formed from combinations of other words. They do not necessarily have to directly relate to the definitions of the words that form them. "White-collar" does not define either a literal collar, nor something white.

While you may think that the word should mean something else, that does not mean that it does.