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Is mind-reading real or fake?

Results so far:

Real
42% 363 votes Total: 871 votes
Fake
58% 508 votes
  • 1 of 56

    by Bruce W. Coffman

    While not 100% convinced of the legitimacy of mind-reading, I do believe that some people possess powers of extrasensory perception (ESP), so I have to leave room for the possib...read more

  • 2 of 56

    by Shirley Lake

    As every mother's child knows, mind reading is real. Just like Santa Claus, moms know whether you've been bad or good. This seems magical, supernatural, and downright frightenin...read more

  • 3 of 56

    by Charleine Fenn

    Mind reading is a very real occurrence. One that takes place several times a day. Everyday. I'm not sure, how many of you are familiar with the program called, "Mind Freaks." Ma...read more

  • 4 of 56

    by Jon Coe

    Mind reading can be as real as anything else in this life! Because we can't touch it, or see it, or hear it? Makes us very skeptical! The five senses are drilled into us from...read more

  • 5 of 56

    by Sherrolyn Mincey

    I don't know that I would refer to psychic abilities as "mind-reading". When you feel something psychically about another individual, it is not usually what they are thinking b...read more

  • 6 of 56

    by Lisa Fillers

    Due to personal experience I can emphatically state that yes, mind reading is real. For others who have not experienced an event in which they read another's thoughts or someon...read more

  • 7 of 56

    by Pamela Grundy

    Minding-reading can be very real. Having clearly made that claim, it's important to note that mind-reading is also easy to fake. "Mentalism" is a time-honored form of stage m...read more

  • 8 of 56

    by Ivor W. Hartmann

    It really is a most interesting question, one we have been asking for a very, very long time. The ability to understand what another person is thinking at a given moment in time...read more

  • 9 of 56

    by Themis Libra

    "Mind Reading" isn't the phrase that should be used really. The question should ask, "Is Telepathy Real?" and the answer would be: Absolutely. Telepathy isn't about trying to...read more

  • 10 of 56

    by Robert Irvin

    Let me clarify my position on this debate. I DO believe that it is possible for one person to know the thoughts of another person under some circumstances. It is also possible...read more

  • 11 of 56

    by Violet Fortune

    Is mind-reading real or fake? My dad had the uncanny ability to read my mind - practically verbatim. He was also born with "a veil (also known as a caul)", often associated w...read more

  • 12 of 56

    by Duane Kuehn

    Some call it "occultism", some call it "paranormal", the "reading" of another's person's mind it not actually so unusual. Sometimes, we can "read" what another is think...read more

  • 13 of 56

    by E. V. SHAW

    After the experience I had with a fortune-teller when I was eighteen and a senior in high school, I have to believe mind-reading is real. Someone told me about a black lady w...read more

  • 14 of 56

    by AMERICAN MAN

    ~=READ MY MIND=~ I am thinking of how beautiful you are, spiritually, we are more nearly one. Due to the essence of these words 'that my mind created' you are aware that you...read more

  • 15 of 56

    by Bethany Vanderzand

    Let us set aside the fact that there are things in this world which science and reason cannot explain - or, at least, have not yet been explained - and that the human brain is a...read more

  • 16 of 56

    by Glory Lennon

    We are by nature cynics. That is a good thing. We can't allow ourselves to be gullible, to be easily swayed, to be tricked. That would just prove to the world we're dumb. It is ...read more

  • 17 of 56

    by Raven Lebeau

    "Mind reading" is a simple reality. Emotiv, a small electronics company, recently made headlines with its prototype game controller. The device senses the electromagnetic sign...read more

  • 18 of 56

    by Oscar Geiger

    Until I was about 16 years old, I thought that all people were truly psychic because I was. It was a normal everyday occurrence with me, and both my Father and Mother had the sa...read more

  • 19 of 56

    by Simona Ondrejkova

    Reading other people's thoughts has been a subject of controversy for longer than we can imagine. How is it possible that someone can know what anyone else is thinking ? In my o...read more

  • 20 of 56

    by Lea Terry

    If I were to watch a performance of someone who claimed they could randomly read peoples thoughts, anyone, anywhere and at anytime, I would be skeptical. I say this despite my o...read more

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    by John Devera

    One simply cannot read another person's mind. That is to say that it is impossible to telepathically penetrate another person's thoughts. What IS quite possible is cold readin...read more

  • 2 of 30

    by Brigid Bishop

    Mind reading is not simply improbable, it is impossible. Charlatans that profess to have mind reading abilities are truly just very adept at reading people in general. The...read more

  • 3 of 30

    by T J Neale

    Can a mind be read like a book or thoughts heard as if they had been spoken? There is no conclusive evidence to support such claims. Scientific interest in mind reading and r...read more

  • 4 of 30

    by Randy Scott

    Mindreading is an art form that has been going on for ages. Both kings and paupers have had their minds read by psychics. Today psychics continue to read minds and they continue...read more

  • 5 of 30

    by Phedre de Feuillide

    Houdini himself never found one spiritual medium or mind reader that he considered to be the real deal. That's good enough for me. The most famous magician of all time spent y...read more

  • 6 of 30

    by Costas Chryanthou

    Mind reading is not a science it is highly superficial and based on the mind readers instincts that is perhaps the most likely root of this activity. For one I believe that a mi...read more

  • 7 of 30

    by Ted Sherman

    What! Mind reading a fake? Next you'll tell me that TV wrestling is fake. Or, diet pills are a rip-off. Or, Barry Bonds built up all those muscles naturally. Or, George W. Bush ...read more

  • 8 of 30

    by Carl Murray

    IS MIND READING REAL OR FAKE As some other people have pointed out on this site and indeed on these pages and argument some if not all of us can mind read to certain degrees ...read more

  • 9 of 30

    by Barbara Stanley

    Anyone who believes in and practices the statues and laws written in The Holy Bible, knows that only Jehovah God can read a person's mind. Satan is the ruler of the earth. He ...read more

  • 10 of 30

    by Sagebomb

    Over the past few years, I have managed to convince many people that I am psychic. I even had one girl convinced that I could enter into her dreams from remote locations, succes...read more

  • 11 of 30

    by Morgan Johnson

    I know what you're thinking. Who am I to claim something is fake just because I've never experienced it. That was right, wasn't it? Probably. Mostly what I just demonstrated ...read more

  • 12 of 30

    by Sean Curtis

    It's certainly fun to imagine that mind readers exist. Or maybe it's a little scary to imagine - can some stranger really tap into my thoughts without my knowledge? Either way, ...read more

  • 13 of 30

    by Ava Zevon

    Educated guess? Yes. I believe anyone can make an educated guess at anything. Everyone in this world is trying to express themselves in some way, every day. Anyone with one ...read more

  • 14 of 30

    by Scott Knickelbine

    I bet you already know why I think mind-reading is fake. Despite hundreds of studies spanning more than a century, no one has ever been able to document telepathy in controll...read more

  • 15 of 30

    by Scott Heritage

    I think mind reading in the true sense of the word is all fake, and in the current scope of human ability, not even possible. I do believe however that people adept at decepti...read more

  • 16 of 30

    by prime-Hm

    I don't think that mind reading is a true thing. How can a person guess what I am thinking right now? In many cases your facial expressions and your body language might support ...read more

  • 17 of 30

    by Lelly Homas

    Spiritual trickery has been around since the beginning of time. Why does it still exist in these modern ages. Why do some people convince others that they can read their thought...read more

  • 18 of 30

    by Terra Votaw

    There is no way a person can actually "read someones mind". A person can't just take one look at you, and find out about your life. It is not possible and there is no proof...read more

  • 19 of 30

    by Nick Norton

    What if a person came up to you, gave you some insight into yourself and you believe they read your mind. Well let me just say that is absolute crap. Nobody can read your mind. ...read more

  • by Jack Buno

    ILLUSIONS, DELUSIONS, CONFUSIONS ILLUSIONS, DELUSIONS, CONFUSIONS Illusions are those imaginings that we create in our minds that come from our int...read more

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