If everyone in the world could hear each other's thoughts, do you think it would be a peaceful world?

[HawkPerception]

Yes

No

[Chazmatazz269]

More than you might think.
People are exceptional at tuning out the mundane, especially other people. For example, despite several tiers of safety requirements for bright colors, reflective tape, strobing lights and motion alarms, people who work in industrial settings still manage to get hit by powered industrial vehicles by the dozens every year.
When you’re in a clamoring crowd, do you hear every voice? How often do you have to repeat yourself to someone you’re speaking directly to, even when you’re the only people in a given space?
We move through our lives picking up the minority of voices and ambient noise as it is. “Hearing” other people’s thoughts would be exactly the same as hearing their actual voices after a fashion. You wouldn’t even notice. If you noticed, you almost certainly wouldn’t care.

[dragoblack]

Humans are instinctually like monkeys, territorial, likes to hit & yell, and easy to anger. Reading eachother's thoughts would only cause humans to fight more. would be great for pets and insects though, since they would know our intentions, and they can communicate what they want.

[purplepoppy]

We can hear each others thoughts thanks to the fact we type them into social media every few minutes. It doesn't exactly seem to be leading to peace.

[Crimsyjo]

Haha brilliant answer!

[HawkPerception]

I'd like to disagree with that. People only share what they want to share on social media. They don't share everything and it's not 24/7. If you were able to hear all of the thoughts going through the head of your date, parents, friends, etc. at all times, and they could hear yours, you don't think that would change anything?

[purplepoppy]

Would you want constant conflict from people wanting to know why you think they're a knobhead or why you have inappropriate thoughts about them or their partner. Life works because we know what to share and what not to.

[HawkPerception]

Fair enough. Well elaborated

[avery58]

Oh nooo. Forget about world peace, most friendships and relationships alone would probably be destroyed 😂

[queenofcardio]

I think it would be chaotic..

Some people have disturbing thoughts

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

If anything, the world would be a matriarchy because we would finally recognize how much men objectively suck based on their thoughts. We’d all be even more judgy than we are already

[HawkPerception]

Wow...

[Crimsyjo]

We would all go insane or stop thinking lol. Neither option sounds very good?

I have enough problems dealing with my own thoughts racing around my mind!

[DryGermanGuy]

Sure thing, just imagine India and Pakistan listening peacefully to each other. 🙄

[exitseven]

No, people wo;d be killing each other if they knew what they were really thinking

[WonderingManII]

We would all go to war with each other for what we think about.

[sawno]

No, people aren't meant to handle that.

[Panthero80]

There would be so much fighting.

[Dongie]

Well, no. 🫩