21. If you had the gift of telepathy, the ability to read other people’s minds, would you use this gift or not? Explain. (Middle East Technical University/93)
The idea of reading people’s mind seems intriguing but I wouldn’t say that I would use the gift. I wouldn’t want anyone to read my mind and my thoughts because there are a lot of private thoughts that go on up there that we share with no one. Being vulnerable to that, means we feel afraid of sharing our thoughts and thinking things because we’re afraid someone will hear them. We’re afraid that someone will hear it and tell someone else, who will tell someone else. And then we’re all exposed. I wouldn’t want anyone to read my mind, while I’m sleeping, during a game, when I brush my teeth or anything.
I don’t think the gift of telepathy does more good than bad. Yes, we may be able to save a person from being killed because we can read the killer’s mind, yes we may be able to stop someone from killing themselves, but how far doe this power go till? Is it only the people that you know, is it only within a certain distance, is it only used for good? There are so many things that people think about ALL the time, your head would always be filled with someone’s thoughts. It’s the same thing as when Bruce from Bruce Almighty becomes God. All those emails he got, he couldn’t handle them and he can everything everyone wanted. It seems cool having a gift like that, but after a while, it becomes too overwhelming for anyone to handle, and you would just get sick of it.
I don’t think the gift of telepathy does more good than bad. Yes, we may be able to save a person from being killed because we can read the killer’s mind, yes we may be able to stop someone from killing themselves, but how far doe this power go till? Is it only the people that you know, is it only within a certain distance, is it only used for good? There are so many things that people think about ALL the time, your head would always be filled with someone’s thoughts. It’s the same thing as when Bruce from Bruce Almighty becomes God. All those emails he got, he couldn’t handle them and he can everything everyone wanted. It seems cool having a gift like that, but after a while, it becomes too overwhelming for anyone to handle, and you would just get sick of it.
It would also not be right for people to invade the privacy of others thoughts. There are many things that make you curious and intrigue you but you should not know about. Others’ thoughts are one of them.
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