Comments on: Would you rather… http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/ Code and musings by Ben Watson Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/comment-page-1/#comment-60612 Eric Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:25:50 +0000 http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/#comment-60612 If you can read minds you don't have to be the genius, you just have to find the genius and read their mind If you can read minds you don’t have to be the genius, you just have to find the genius and read their mind

]]> By: George http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/comment-page-1/#comment-60516 George Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:00:37 +0000 http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/#comment-60516 Read minds. Keep doing that and you can be the smartest person in the world :-) Read minds. Keep doing that and you can be the smartest person in the world :-)

]]> By: Yana http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/comment-page-1/#comment-60342 Yana Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:27:09 +0000 http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2008/09/11/would-you-rather/#comment-60342 That is hard. Both are asking to know too much, in their own way. My instinct is to go with being a genius in every field (if EVERY is what you mean by ANY). Knowledge is power. Though I think too much of it can make one nuts. Reading minds might be useful, but destructive and fear-inducing. Especially since it may be that you can read minds all day, but don't have an iota of power to change them. THAT knowledge might not necessarily be power. That is hard. Both are asking to know too much, in their own way. My instinct is to go with being a genius in every field (if EVERY is what you mean by ANY). Knowledge is power. Though I think too much of it can make one nuts.

Reading minds might be useful, but destructive and fear-inducing. Especially since it may be that you can read minds all day, but don’t have an iota of power to change them. THAT knowledge might not necessarily be power.

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