cab21 Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 if someone invented a mind reading machine, and got information people intended to keep private, is that theft and the initiation of force?
Songbirdo Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 What would hacking into a computer system of a company and viewing their database of proprietary information be considered?
dsayers Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Thoughts are not actions and therefore of no nobody's concern but the person who has them. So I would say, to read somebody's thoughts against their will would be theft, albeit of something completely worthless to others.
Pepin Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 It is the same as someone going through your journal or computer files without consent. The contents of the mind are property just as a computer is since they both meet the same criteria as: homesteading, exclusive use, and so on.
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