Power to read minds?

[Nebulous]

If you could have the power to read any and every human being's mind on earth, for the rest of your life, would you do it? Why or why not?

 

[GoldenBlade]

Yes. I often wonder what others are thinking, especially about me.

 

[~KAGE-008]

I voted yes too. Since we think differently, why can't we have that power?

 

[DrLeftover]

No.

Unless you could shut it off, the endless chatter of irrelevant thoughts from others would drive one mad.

 

[Jazzy]

No. That would take all the fun out of life. Plus what you don't know can't hurt you.

 

[Dee]

No.

Unless you could shut it off, the endless chatter of irrelevant thoughts from others would drive one mad.

This and what Jazzy said. I think I'd go insane listening to what everyone was thinking. I mean, my own thoughts drive me to the point of anxiety at times, so how would I manage listening to everyone else's thoughts? Unless I had the power to switch them off at will, I wouldn't want to be able to do this.

 

[Ladyvamptress]

People lie too much these days, even about small meaningless stuff. I'd like to know what people think, but as stated, only if I could turn it off when I didn't want to use it.

 

[Nebulous]

yeah if you could not turn it off, you'd end up in the insane asylum in no time

 

[DrLeftover]

yeah if you could not turn it off, you'd end up in the insane asylum in no time

Thank you.

And so opens Chapter One of the Power at the Mall

Even if "Absolute Power" doesn't corrupt, can somebody with the Power remain true to himself, his job, and most of all, to the woman he loves? Mike tries to remain an average security guard, when he is everything but average and "a little ESP" is just the beginning.

Chapter One.

The spring dance at the community college had been going quite well. Most of the students had gotten over their initial shyness and had even done a rousing line dance version of the old classic The Cotton Eye'd Nebulous that left everybody breathless and laughing.
Mike usually didn't go to these things, but his new girlfriend enjoyed social outings, and he wanted to make her happy.
It wasn't that he was anti-social. He just didn't enjoy the noise and confusion of the crowd. Not the music and activity, which he found somewhat soothing, but the crowd itself. Or rather, their conflicting thoughts, emotions, and almost forced jocularity sometimes threatened to overwhelm him.
While he was comfortable with his telepathic ability in more of a controlled environment, like a classroom, where what he called the 'mind chatter' of other people was at a minimum. That and Mike found more chaotic situations more tolerable than the almost scripted fun and semi-focused attention of the group attending the dance. At the dance, everybody was working to have a good time, even if they were absolutely miserable, feeding and building off each other until Mike felt that he was about to explode.
But for Kathy's sake, he tried to ignore the cacophony around him and concentrated on her and the warm feelings she had toward him.

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[Nebulous]

Cool, thanks for sharing doc!

 

[DrLeftover]

Cool, thanks for sharing doc!

Thanks for the chance to post the commercial! AND! It was ON TOPIC, damnit!

 

[Nebulous]

Cool, thanks for sharing doc!

Thanks for the chance to post the commercial! AND! It was ON TOPIC, damnit!

You were, this time!

 

[DrLeftover]

Cool, thanks for sharing doc!

Thanks for the chance to post the commercial! AND! It was ON TOPIC, damnit!

You were, this time!

I'm sorry, sir. I'll try not to do it again.

 

[Bluezone777]

I figure you won't like much of what you hear people say about you or others if you could read minds then again you would pretty much be stripping everyone around you of their privacy by being in their presence and they probably wouldn't like that much if they found out which they will at some point.

The only way this ability could be useful would be that if can be shut off and there is a range of how far you need to be to read someone's mind. Without either of these restrictions would make the ability worthless or destructive to you.

I'd think you would only scare people or drive them away by revealing your ability to others so it would probably end up being more of a curse then any form of blessing.

 

[GoldenBlade]

I should've included "only if there was an option to turn it off". No way would I want to know everyone's thoughts all the time.. I have enough on my own mind. I'm just sometimes curious and wonder what people are thinking about.