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)
There are always two sides to a story. Usually it comprises of the good guy and the bad guy. The bad guy is usually portrayed as one with evil intentions to take over the planet, destroy mankind, take all the money in the world and become even more corrupt than the character already is, while the good guy is usually portrayed as one with a kind heart, compassionate, empathetic, always trying to the do right thing, and so on. Well, at least most of the stories have some version of this or another. Both the good guys and the bad guys are given a situation in which they have to act upon. Let it be something as big as world domination, or something as little as saving a cat from a tree, it is, stereotypically, always the good guy who saves us all. So, if I was given the gift of telepathy, I would, undoubtedly, be the good guy in the story. Though it does sound appealing to have the gift of telepathy, I would definitely not use the gift of being able to read other people's minds.
In some cases, I would be helpful to have the power of telepathy guide us in our decision making process, in helping those in trouble, and helping ourselves as well. But we will soon turn selfish and read minds just to know what they are thinking. We would want to hear there juicy lives, we would want to know about what they did the night before, we would want to know everything. We humans tend to use the things we have respectfully and honorably for a while. But then all of that changes when we see that one advantage that will make us a better person than the person standing next to us. We are always ready to one up another person and show the world how great we are. Using the gift of telepathy will only do that for us. We we see how good it is for us to have it as we are able to help people around us, but then we'll start taking advantage of that and start using it to find out gossip and secrets about others. But the worst thing is, we would feel like it's the right thing to do because we will be so used to this seeming like a good thing for everyone.
We try to turn all the good things we have in life to our advantage, and those things instantly become not-so-good anymore. Though the idea of reading people's mind seems quite intriguing, I am a human being, and I know that I will use this power for wrong some point along the journey. For this reason, right off the bat, I would decide not to use this power at all, so that I can save myself and those I care about from misery.
Number of Words: 483
There are always two sides to a story. Usually it comprises of the good guy and the bad guy. The bad guy is usually portrayed as one with evil intentions to take over the planet, destroy mankind, take all the money in the world and become even more corrupt than the character already is, while the good guy is usually portrayed as one with a kind heart, compassionate, empathetic, always trying to the do right thing, and so on. Well, at least most of the stories have some version of this or another. Both the good guys and the bad guys are given a situation in which they have to act upon. Let it be something as big as world domination, or something as little as saving a cat from a tree, it is, stereotypically, always the good guy who saves us all. So, if I was given the gift of telepathy, I would, undoubtedly, be the good guy in the story. Though it does sound appealing to have the gift of telepathy, I would definitely not use the gift of being able to read other people's minds.
In some cases, I would be helpful to have the power of telepathy guide us in our decision making process, in helping those in trouble, and helping ourselves as well. But we will soon turn selfish and read minds just to know what they are thinking. We would want to hear there juicy lives, we would want to know about what they did the night before, we would want to know everything. We humans tend to use the things we have respectfully and honorably for a while. But then all of that changes when we see that one advantage that will make us a better person than the person standing next to us. We are always ready to one up another person and show the world how great we are. Using the gift of telepathy will only do that for us. We we see how good it is for us to have it as we are able to help people around us, but then we'll start taking advantage of that and start using it to find out gossip and secrets about others. But the worst thing is, we would feel like it's the right thing to do because we will be so used to this seeming like a good thing for everyone.
We try to turn all the good things we have in life to our advantage, and those things instantly become not-so-good anymore. Though the idea of reading people's mind seems quite intriguing, I am a human being, and I know that I will use this power for wrong some point along the journey. For this reason, right off the bat, I would decide not to use this power at all, so that I can save myself and those I care about from misery.
Number of Words: 483
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