Evolver16@aol.com writes:
> I once read a science fiction story that dealt with things called philotes.
Likely Orson Scott Card's Ender novels (definitely mentioned in the third novel in the series).
> Are they real, and, if so, can they be used for extropian causes?
No, they are an invention in the novel.
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