I loved the show MASH... BUT....

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Actually, Radar's ability wasn't necessarily paranormal.  Everything he did in that vein can be chalked up to either extremely good hearing and/or being hyper observant around people. Also, there was no intimation that he could 'read minds'. 

Boru

Not the point. Regardless of the writer's intent, lots of people do believe in ESP like the real man the character was based on, in the video posted earlier.

Even he(the real soldier) Radar was based on stated the reality in that he was simply observant.

Some people chalk mundane reality up to woo regardless.

I had my wait staff literally poo poo me after "seemingly" "reading their mind" when I told them I was simply observant, after I cleared a table without being asked.

Even outside this show, I once worked under a shift manager at a major pizza chain, that thought by trying to take a smoke break, it would make the phones ring. He'd always say, "Every time I try to smoke, the phone rings".  He even once commented to a customer that because 3 people in a row ordered a "works" pizza, after hours of no orders, that there was "something to it". I wanted to bitch slap him.  First off it was lunch time, secondly that would be a good time for the corporation to place adds on TV.  He got pissed when I interjected, "No, that is not amazing. What would be amazing is if 3 people in a row called a pizza joint and asked if we sold steal belted radial tires." 

The character was not explicitly written to promote ESP, no, but  it certainly was something viewers could see in it if they wanted to.

Don't you think it's rather unfair of you to hate the character (your words) based on what people can read into it?  That's kind of like saying you hate baked goods because some people see the face of Jesus in a danish.

Boru