# Telepathetic or Tele-Path To World Peace?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathetic-or-tele-path-to-world-peace/528322>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathetic-or-tele-path-to-world-peace/528322 "2010-02-09T20:19:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathetic-or-tele-path-to-world-peace/528322/41 "2010-02-11T20:39:24Z")

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Life goes on.

We’d find a way to cope. Yeah, people would probably die. People would probably have dramatic shifts in quality of life (both up and down).

We figure out how to cope.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathetic-or-tele-path-to-world-peace/528322/42 "2010-02-12T14:10:34Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> And I think **tdn** is wrong. The entire world would be subject to break outs of insane mass murder sprees. Because you’re thinking it. And he’s thinking it. And that other guy is going to kill you before you kill him. Then everyone is panicking, and reacting, and in short order, we’re all killing each other in a sea of broadcasted murderous thoughts and paranoia.

Hmm… I don’t normally go around with murderous thoughts on my mind. Do most people?

I mean, other than at the DMV?

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathetic-or-tele-path-to-world-peace/528322/43 "2010-02-12T16:38:41Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Hmm… I don’t normally go around with murderous thoughts on my mind.

Me neither, in fact quite the opposite. Like what would happen if I were attacked type thoughts and how vigorously I’d try to defend myself. I wonder, if people knew that about those around them, might they be less aggressive.

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