Hey you know that Sci-Fi story about the ubermen with cut nerves, space waves, and cronching you described in the Jordan Crane Inkstuds? Think you could remember the name of the story or the author because that sounded insane?

Yeah, it was Cordwainer Smith's “Scanners Live in Vain” 

I read it in The best of Cordwainer Smith. ( I think Stokoe has my copy now) It’s been awhile since I read it but I think this book is worth trcking down.