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Real
Created on: December 19, 2008
Mind reading can be a real thing but not necessarily in some supernatural or technological manner. Much of reading what is on someone's mind is common sense and has been done since the beginning of time. There are various ways to read what someone is thinking.
1. The current conversation and the given situation lend much to what a person is thinking. If I ask my daughter if she'd like to go to any number of burger joints for lunch and she turns down all of those offers but suggests chicken instead, I can figure out that she is not in the mood for burgers right now.
2. Voice inflection tells much about what a person is thinking as well. When I ask a co-worker if she would mind doing a particular task and she responds, "I guess" with a less than enthusiastic tone, it is apparent that she would rather not do the task despite her actual response to the question.
3. Body language speaks volumes about what a person is thinking. Crossed arms and an evil glare from the top of my teenager's eyes while I am lecturing her makes it quite clear that she thinks I have no idea what I am talking about and that I am totally not relating to her.
4. People who are very close to each other, such as "soul mates", often find themselves saying the exact same thing at the exact same time. This happens for many various reasons. If the pair are trying to decide what recreational activity to do for the day, and they haven't done one of their favorite things in quite some time, there may be a resounding, "Let's go thrift store shopping!" from both of them at the same time. If, while thrift store shopping they often had chinese food for lunch on their shopping route, one may suggest it while the other says, "That's just what I was thinking."
5. Some people are just ridiculously obvious. This would actually fall under body language. If I am waiting in line at the grocery store all dressed up for a Friday night date and a man nearby is looking me up and down and grinning, I know with great certainty that he is having some sort of sexual thought.
Reading minds is not rocket science in most situations. There are technological advances that aid in the process of determining if someone may be lying, but delving into the minds of someone you are in no contact with is not possible and not meant to be possible. If we have no other privacy in this world we have our private thoughts. However, when in any form of communication with another person, our thoughts are an open book to an observant person who is paying attention to our body, our voice, and the given situation.
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Fake
Created on: August 20, 2008
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 mind reader can read on the inside based on their observations and perceptions as to the initial looks and how well presented their subject human being are at the meeting. It is fake as if I were trying to read someone else mind I would score lowly as I would have little or no idea as to how well you are, or what you do for a living. With this in mind, I would have little doubt as to saying that mind reading is not real, it is indeed false state of mind.
Generalisations of people during these meetings can be made as having visited a mind-reader and also having attended one hour counselling sessions with different types of people, they all had no idea of who I was, as well as other social and personal characteristics. In attending these sessions with the mind reader all I received was vague generalisations surrounding my childhood, and what I was looking to do. Some of the ideas that were brought up in the mind-reader sessions proved largely bogus and where they were close the results were that it could be similar for most other people based on a similar perceived personal characteristic level and on certain traits. For me I give little or no currency and credit towards mind readers, counsellors are different in that they want to get to know a person and find out what is wrong and find steps to help an individual. Whilst even the counsellor will likewise make generalisations he will help to find a working solution or help in being able to talk about a persons problems. The mind-reader is there in a largely or entirely non subject qualified taking vulnerable peoples cash in an attempt to do what exactly?
I ask myself a question if say I did knowingly have a problem, I would find the time and effort to attempt to find out if a stranger thought that he or she knew the problems I was facing completely useless. The mind reader thinking that he or she knows aspects about my life, the study is plain witch craft. I would obviously tell the truth in this review and as an impartial reviewer hold no ideological grounds other than trying to be truthful about my views and opinions.
Areas where the mind reader will do well is where obvious signs of voice tones in fear or something going wrong might work to their advantage. Also by the free flowing questions that are posed by the mind readers which seem to sound open but which are indeed closed also adds to my suspicion though the mind reader success or failure is judged by the individuals facial expression and short feedback process. There are those people I see walking down my local street everyday some people have a positive and feel good factor glowing on their faces, that would not lead me to say "hi you look well", and there are those who seem sad or have a neutral expression, how am I to know which is a happy or sad person deep down, and there is no way of knowing what each person does for a living, or if something has happened in their life good or bad.
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