Would you rather foresee the future or read people's mind?

[Cedric]

I've been thinking about an interesting hypothetical scenario and I wanted to hear your thoughts on it. If you were given the choice, would you rather have the ability to foresee the future or read people's minds?

 

[Arantor]

Honestly, precognition. Reading peoples' minds means I will learn things I don't want to learn about. Things I'd rather not know.

Actually there's a really neat episode of the series Torchwood that covers this, S1E7: Greeks Bearing Gifts. Torchwood is a quirky little show - it only mostly makes sense if you've seen enough of Doctor Who since the reboot (ideally seasons 1 & 2) and it definitely explores ideas like that.

 

[Cory]

Foresee the future so I can be prepared for what is coming. I think being able to read people's minds would be very depressing, as that's probably where a lot of people bottle up their bad thoughts.

 

[Moonface]

Neither if that was a choice. Knowing the future has far too much potential for distress if you see anything really horrible coming along, even more so if it ends up like a Final Destination style thing where even if you try to change it ultimately the result will still happen. As for reading peoples minds, like Cory said it likely wouldn't be very pleasant, especially if you read anything negative about yourself in the minds of people you care about.

Some things are better off not known, and both of these fall under that.

 

[Shortie]

I think I would want the ability to be able to see into the future if I am honest. I would hate to be able to read people's minds and know exactly what they are thinking all the time and also know things that I would not be able to tell anyone. Imagine how many secrets you could find out or things you could find out that people are thinking about you. I would rather not know.

Being able to see into the future might help me be more positive to be honest as I always tend to worry about the future even before there is anything to worry about.

 

[Henrywrites]

Foresee the future so I can be prepared for what is coming. I think being able to read people's minds would be very depressing, as that's probably where a lot of people bottle up their bad thoughts.

I wouldn't want to read people's mind. It is something that I can't even let people do to me since there is a lot that goes on the minds of people.

 

[Strawberry]

I would prefer to see the future, but maybe only if it was all positive, keep the bad stuff away!

 

[Cedric]

I would prefer to see the future, but maybe only if it was all positive, keep the bad stuff away!

Maybe if you’d see the future you could avoid all the bad stuff.

 

[Dan The Man]

I'd like to foresee the future. You can stay stay and benefit both economically and socially.

 

[Heatman]

A lot of shit goes on in people's mind, I wouldn't want to be privy to that. I would rather see the future.

 

[guyyanthony]

oohhh this is easy!
read peoples mind for sure!! thats a very interesting power hehe