Would you rather have the ability to read minds, or the ability to have people always believe your lies?
410121
Having people believe my truths would be a good place to start.
526373
There are no moral absolutes.  Anyone who tells you they always tell the truth is offering their next lie to you. I think what is important with a question of honesty, are motivations.  I think offering the truth most of the time can be shown to be the proven necessary course for most human interactions.  Without a trust in honesty, society fails.  But there are times when a falsehood could be considered.  The question then must be asked, why?  Do you lie for selfish self serving reasons?  Or are you lieing for perhaps something greater than yourself?  A stupid example, say a roommate or lover was irresponsible the night before and got tanked.  After they sober up you might discuss the behavior without beating them up about it.  But I'll call that boss everytime and explain that she is really ill and can't make it work.  Sure, the question of true alturism can always be raised, and such propositions can always be questioned from a perspective of relativity, but my emphasis would be, that circumstance can be considered in any variety of thought experiments within which the right thing to do could be to lie. Is it a lie for yourself, or are you attempting to help someone or something?  That said, lieing does suck.  Crush my heart but please tell me the truth, I've lived long enough, I can handle it.
681573
The same way they can still believe the official Kennedy assassination story. It's easier, and more comforting, and doesn't require them to think dark thoughts or go to dark places, so they can carry on living their lives in the warm embrace of ignorance provided for them by the state.\n\nI've actually had conversations with people about this and when you get to a certain point, they've said to me "I'm not ready to believe my government is lying to me about this, because I want to be able to sleep tonight". They don't want to know, and that's a great help to believing even the most improbable fictions - the truth is too dark and painful to accept.
630822
If you just memorize the Lie I've seen that my friends still accidently have a twitch to the other side so it still looks as if their lying, When they started believing the lie though that is when the shift started going to the memory and sensory side. You have to memorize the lie and begin to convince yourself of it deeply otherwise you can still tell if the person your talking about is still lying to you
156425
no way, i lie all the time and nobody ever notices-a good liar will never let you know that they are lying unless they want you to know
164389
Yes, everyone is capable of lying, it's whether you chose to or not is the concept here.
1111886
No.  It's advantageous to be truthfull most of the time.  This has been proven out in studies, game theory, and most of our ordinary lives.
402172
psychic reads minds,psychologist tells how it functions.
116364
If you believe in reading minds, and many will slam you for such a belief as you have no doubt seen, then anything is possible.\n\nHowever if you cannot read or write i believe it would have no effect on whether or not you could read minds. The thoughts would be in your mind more as a voice than written words, so it would pose little hindrance to you.\n\nP.S. never stop believing just because the narrowminded tell you you're wrong. The unenlightened will always try to keep the rest of us down.
376582
Not really. I think that there is a difference between giving half truth or lieing though. I think most of the time people lie because they do not want to hurt others. But what they do not realize is that the other person will usually find out that they were lied to and that hurts a lot worse then the truth.\nIt is best to tell the truth and just get it over with no matter how hard it is to say. Even if you half it or sugar coat it. At least be honest. And you have to be honest with yourself too before you can be honest with someone else. And being true to yourself is one of the most important qualities a person can have.\nI have taught my daughter I would rather her tell me the truth and she will get in less trouble then that than if she lies and I find out she is lying.
1065011
One's truth may be another's lie.
65345
Because you have to pick whose lies sound the best.
681410
I'm more inquisitive than possessing any major cognitive ability. I wouldn't even compare myself against someone with a learning disability unless your ego is insecure.
974463
What's the point?  Most people would lie.
520241
Depends on the person. A closeminded person -willfully- ignores evidence that are contrary to personal beliefs, while an openminded person will integrate them into their belief system, granted that the evidence is justified. However people have a natural tendency to resist new ideas and evidence.
800515
There is a whole science to reading a persons body language whether it be the way they stand or the way they do anything.  It can tell you what they are thinking, if they are lying or not or what kind of attitude they have.  It's a lot of fun.
82046
are people supposed to read minds plus answer questions.