If you could need peoples thought would that be enough to drive someone crazy. Think if you were constantly reading peoples minds and could hear the things people think about and dont share would it drive you crazy
2007-03-15 09:45:54 · 16 answers · asked by citizenparticular 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
only if I'm not already crazy!
2007-03-15 09:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by angel_light 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! A very good episode dealing with this is on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
There was a man who was Deanna Troi's race and he could read people's minds. He can hear everything and feel all their emotions.He ends up living with an ancient creature (to me like a space whale that is also a ship to go places in space) and with this creature he only gets to hear the one voice. They become as one.
God knew this was too much for people so he didn't give us this gift, mostly.
But I have always had a talent for knowing what people think (at least when I am in the room with them). Call it instinct, intuition, emotional synergy, whatever, I can usually tell and I think in many ways most people can too.
And when I was younger I would try to figure out what this person thought and what that person thought (not the same as reading their emotions when I am in the same room or personal space with them). It nearly drove me crazy.
So with all these things in mind, I can imagine if I knew exactly what folks were thinking it would be terrible. A great burden...
2007-03-15 10:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by honeysistagirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it is a gift and a curse. One gets this ability due to a desire from a previous life. But It can make one crazy for sure. People want so many different mystic powers but they all end in misery. Best to purify the mind by chanting the Maha Mantra (the great mantra for deliverance from all suffering and illusion) most people are in some kind of illusion and this will bring one to their constitutional position. for more info go to harekrishnatemple.c read Bhagavad Gita as it is BY Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada- tells the purpose of human life and how to make the mind blissful.
2007-03-15 09:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm convinced most people have never been trained to think, so they act on a barely conscious level which would mean I'd be stuck with nothing to read.
2007-03-15 09:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by jelesais2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely! we hear enough chatter and opinions as it is. Just imagine standing in line at the grocery store!! We would all go crazy and kill each other.
2007-03-15 10:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Dovey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like being able to attend meetings like in Washington D.C. and be able to tell if politicians were telling the truth or not. I'd also like to fulfill people's wishes... but after a while it would get annoying, like a disability.
2007-03-15 09:54:04 · answer #6 · answered by SaltySweet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i think i would i don't really want to no what everyone thinks of me and i would and there would be lots of fights and stuff
it would be kinda funny wouldn't it but I'm glad i cant read minds
2007-03-15 09:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by lisha_b1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if i couldnt turn it off then yes. some things are better left unsaid so you would be hearing a lot of mean and bad things. i wish i could read minds but then turn off my power on command.
2007-03-15 09:50:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I can't control it...yes it would drive me crazy. But if I could control it by only doing it when I want to....that would be cool.
2007-03-15 09:49:19 · answer #9 · answered by ♪♫♪justpassingby♪♫♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know becasue we've never experienced be i think inevitably your would because of the constant noise, just like the link below. (very funny video) but it would be cool to read minds on your own accord.
2007-03-15 09:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by skellyskeldon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. It is already annoying to hear the stupid things people say out loud.
2007-03-15 09:51:05 · answer #11 · answered by so tired 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋