Getting into other people's heads to see their worldview?

Question

Have you ever wished you could get inside other people's heads to see what their views and emotions were? i.e. do they have a happy, loving, angry, sullen outlook on other people in general? Do they get upset easily? What music is in their head as they walk around?

I think if we could do that then we'd have so much more inter-personal understanding. We could really find out who we have similar worldviews with without having to guess via questions and observations.

Answer 1

Have you ever read "God's Debris" and "The Religion War" by Scott Adams (author of Dilbert, the comic strip)?
These are really good alternative philosophy books. There are many things in his writings I disagree with, but they are still interesting and fun to ponder (and to argue with!)
I mention them because they both deal with a "higher sense" of human understanding such as what you are asking here.

I do think this would be interesting. I would love to feel the emotions of Cho, right before his murderous rampage. How would I view the world after feeling that experience? Or to feel the excitement of a World Series game. Or the stress of the Oval Office. I don't mention these experience for the visceral experience, but more the mental and cognitive process of the brain, and the physiological reaction of the body.

Answer 2

Porpoises communicate telepathically. And they seem to always be in sync. LOL But truthfully, allowing others in to our deepest, most private soul, I honestly believe we would be in worse trouble. Eventually man would want the power over all of creations thoughts. We would be forced to surrender the uniqueness of our true beings. Then mankind would push to have us all on the same wave length, so they could be the "Superior" and take charge and dictate acknowledgment of common ground for all. We would be expected to respect the same things in life and be forced to move in the same direction. Being so adverse in life and everyone believing something different would not bring unity by this process but would cause more turmoil with power. Eventually humans would want to control and dictate your thoughts to you. Which eventually would turn humans into computed souls. Eventually there would be a law about what we think, and in the arena of life and knowing humans are creatures of habit, using your theory, there would soon would be forbidden thoughts. Then what does one do? We are no longer unique nor would we be allowed to feel what we feel. There would be no means to vent silently and eventually everything would become a physical reaction for toleration in this kind of world. "We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world." Without the privacy of our thoughts, we are less human.

Answer 3

I get into peoples' heads. But that's just to see where they're hiding the cookies. I've never thought about checking out their worldviews once I'm in there. I'll have to give it a try.

Answer 4

We could understand them better, but it would work both ways. Do you mean people in general? If so, that would be too much...kind of like sensory overload. Think Bruce Almighty...Plus, asking the questions and getting to know someone is supposed to be part of the fun...

Answer 5

That is a very interesting thought. But imagine if anyone on the street could read your mind tell what ticking in there.............To be in the heads of others is to take privacy.People let you know what they want you to know no more.......

Answer 6

Yikes. No thank you.

I don't need to understand those people. I actually would avoid them. A variety of people have very distorted and disturbed thinking. I kindly decline.