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I've always thought that my chosen superpower, if I could have one, would be as to tell by looking at someone what they honestly think about me. Do they think

by LandR 7y ago

I've always thought that my chosen superpower, if I could have one, would be as to tell by looking at someone what they honestly think about me. Do they think I'm cool, weird, ugly, creepy, friendly etc. I would never hsve to ask if someone is only pretending to like me or put up withe because they want something out of it. Life would be so much easier, meeting people would be so much easier.

rajlego 7y ago
I’d love being able to do that too but imagine if both of us had that same power. If we both have no prior experience with each other, it would either be wonderful (if both of us really have nothing we want to hide) or horrible (because instead of overthinking what the other person is thinking we’ll have to think about what we respectively think).
ghostbrainalpha 7y ago
I think you would be shocked by how little this power would be used. Most of us drastically over-estimate how much other people are thinking about us. I think 99% of the time you used this power you would find that people, know who you are, think of you as generally ok, with a slight positive association just for remembering your name, but no other significant opinions about you one way or the other. By the time people actually develop strong opinions about you as a person, your superpower would no longer be necessary to learn what those opinions are. Maybe a few times a year you would catch a hardcore "faker" though. So that is kind of cool.
- Invictus0 7y ago
  Perhaps this person wants to use this superpower to gain a deeper understanding of their closest relationships?
derjames 7y ago
I had this exercise at some point while at high school and in the psychology class. Everyone had to hang a blank paper on their backs. Then the professor asked to start chasing the other peers and write in their papers what you thought about him/her in the most honest way. Since the paper was on the back it was very difficult to see who was writing what. At the end of the exercise I was in shock. I could not believe what the people around was thinking about me. The stuff they wrote was not in line to what I was thinking of myself. It was very hard. After about 25 years I am still recalling that episode. Interesting exercise nonetheless.

by LandR 7y ago

rajlego 7y ago

I’d love being able to do that too but imagine if both of us had that same power. If we both have no prior experience with each other, it would either be wonderful (if both of us really have nothing we want to hide) or horrible (because instead of overthinking what the other person is thinking we’ll have to think about what we respectively think).

ghostbrainalpha 7y ago

I think you would be shocked by how little this power would be used. Most of us drastically over-estimate how much other people are thinking about us. I think 99% of the time you used this power you would find that people, know who you are, think of you as generally ok, with a slight positive association just for remembering your name, but no other significant opinions about you one way or the other. By the time people actually develop strong opinions about you as a person, your superpower would no longer be necessary to learn what those opinions are. Maybe a few times a year you would catch a hardcore "faker" though. So that is kind of cool.

Invictus0 7y ago
Perhaps this person wants to use this superpower to gain a deeper understanding of their closest relationships?

derjames 7y ago

I had this exercise at some point while at high school and in the psychology class. Everyone had to hang a blank paper on their backs. Then the professor asked to start chasing the other peers and write in their papers what you thought about him/her in the most honest way. Since the paper was on the back it was very difficult to see who was writing what. At the end of the exercise I was in shock. I could not believe what the people around was thinking about me. The stuff they wrote was not in line to what I was thinking of myself. It was very hard. After about 25 years I am still recalling that episode. Interesting exercise nonetheless.