# Telepathy: Men or Women? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904 "2014-06-29T01:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/1 "2014-06-29T01:13:41Z")
Despite installing adblock, a mysterious magical popup appears on your browser. READ THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR DESIRED GENDER Do you select Men or Women? Why? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/2 "2014-06-29T01:16:29Z")
None. I’ve got enough useless noise cluttering my mind as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/3 "2014-06-29T02:34:53Z")
What if you had to choose or the annoying popup would bug you for the rest of your life short of giving up modern technology. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/4 "2014-06-29T03:04:03Z")
It’s been my experience that women aren’t all that good at hiding their thoughts. Although I wouldn’t be getting my money’s worth, I’d still go with women. Men’s thoughts tend to not interest me enough to wanna know. Although there’s poker… Ask again later. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/5 "2014-06-29T03:09:36Z")
Women. If they’re going to not be interested in me, it would be better to know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/6 "2014-06-29T06:03:00Z")
I’m a straight male and choose males, because they’d likely be more useful in a business setting, and in a relationship, I’d want to be on an equal footing. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/7 "2014-06-29T13:04:18Z")
Who needs an app? The only thing keeping out the clear messages from others is our distraction with our own stamp on the situation. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/8 "2014-06-29T14:59:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > It’s been my experience that women aren’t all that good at hiding their thoughts. In my experience, women in general are better at communicating and showing their feelings. They will let you know that you’ve hurt them and tell you exactly why. But when it comes to expressing opinions, men in general are experts. Especially harsh opinions. A woman will do the polite thing and come up with a white lie to spare your feelings. A man will speak his mind and then apologize when he notices your hurt feelings. So if I was forced to choose whose mind to read, **Namkcalb**? I would go with the man. I know there would be a lot of sex stuff that I’d have to tune out, but I am guessing I’m not going to find too many discrepancies between what a guy says and what he thinks. So in that way, it wouldn’t be too distracting. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/9 "2014-06-30T11:01:00Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’m a straight male and choose males, because they’d likely be more useful in a business setting, and in a relationship, I’d want to be on an equal footing. That and it’ll take away a lot of the mystique and allure away from your beloved. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/10 "2014-06-30T14:19:53Z")
Back when I was single, I’d pick women in a heartbeat, for the obvious reason. Hopefully one can turn it off, though! Today? I’d give it a pass. If other people have as many odd ideas pop into their heads as I do, no way I’d want to hear them! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/11 "2014-06-30T14:37:09Z")
Men. I find men more threatening than women are, and so the mind-reading would be useful for self-defense. I’d get an earlier warning on when to leave a situation. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/12 "2014-06-30T20:40:36Z")
Men. Many more men play poker, enter into business negotiations, etc. than women ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telepathy-men-or-women/691904/13 "2014-06-30T22:19:07Z")
Men, for business negotiations as above. But only if I could turn it off, otherwise I think I’d rather die than listen to the mundane thoughts of random men all damn day.