Society would fall apart because the only way people are able to speak their minds is to not say anything at all, and taking away that privacy would make everyone a target to insult
if all of a sudden it happened, people would be paranoid. if we were always able to read each others mind it would be different though since it wouldnt be such a sudden change
It would be horrendous. Females everywhere would refuse to reproduce if they knew what every man thought that passed by them.
Too true. I'll often find myself thinking "its a good thing girls can't hear what goes on in my head, because none of them would ever speak to me again"
it would result in major conflict since everyone is so judgemental. the only way society is barely tolerable is because people don't say what they are thinking.. because most of the time what they're thinking is not what is cohesive, rather blatant and true!
At first, i too thought it would be horrible if everyone could read anyone's mind... But maybe if this were the case, maybe we as humans would change entirely. Being selfish and scheming to get what you desire will not be the way anymore, but instead we would have to fulfill our desires by other means. There would be no need for the internet or newspapers or anything, since we could all just tap into whomever's mind we wish to see what they are thinking rather than reading about it in a blog, forum, article, whatever.
What if along with reading the minds, we got the emotion behind the thought too? That way, we would develop a deeper understanding of one another. From there on, we would eventually lose our sense of "self" since our experiences would no longer be ours alone. In the end, we'll all fuse into a greater collective consciousness. And at that point, the monolith will appear and creepy music will start to play. I actually believe this somewhat lol
We pretty much already do read each others minds on a daily basis. Language is all about reading minds if you stop and think about it. I think your talking about reading each others thoughts.
humanity as it is right now would be placed in a disastrous situation however that's just because we are fucked up naturally as we are right now as a society we would self-destruct