I find it kind of funny how people deny that reading peoples minds is possible. Like right now for example, anyone who would currently deny that reading minds is possible is likely offended by the seemingly arrogant statement that I find their thought funny.

To a certain degree, mind reading is most definitely possible, without a doubt. If that's not true, then all other things I know are as likely to be untrue. Reality as we know it isn't very likely to be how we perceive in the first place though, so lets not go there, for now.

Where we should go is the explanation of mind reading. Mind reading is basically the use of predictions, hypothesis, and perhaps a few other things. For example... If you know someone is from a certain area, the dialect is different there and there are different meanings associated with the same words, even if in the same language, so you can predict their thoughts based on the thoughts likely associated with the words.

I'm not going to go too into this for now, because it's quite entrapping, especially if marveling at the small details.

I am going to give you one more example though; Most people who read this will likely have doubt instilled in their minds already, because the common perception of mind reading is that it is not possible, that it's a sham. However, mind reading per say is not so much "knowing word for word" what someone is thinking. It is possible to estimate the exact words someone is thinking, but it is extremely difficult (difficulty level judged by amount of knowledge necessary). Perhaps "intuition" is a factor, but I'm not exactly sure where "intuition" comes from, it's possible that it's knowledge we possess though don't currently have a means for explaining, but our subconscious uses it for us. I'm not very sure about that just yet.

Oh, what the heck, I'll give another example... The shorter I make this article, and the less examples I give, the more likely more of my fellow people will think I'm trying to avoid answering the questions (and often assume that I don't know what I'm talking about). I possibly know (or do assume) this because from my observations through my life of thousands or millions of people depending on how personal the level, that is the general reaction for those who are suspicious (which they typically are of things they consider a sham).

If those kind of assumptions (eg. that people will find things suspicious which their local or general society deems impossible), then you're already doing some mind reading. If you can make these kind of assumptions and be right 99 times out of 100, then it seems it would be a sham to state it's impossible to refine it to a higher level to know more thoughts.

I don't claim to be the master of mind reading. I just do it and recognize is for what it is, rather than some magical experience. If you can tell what one is thinking, even if by using society as a grounding point or ones personal convictions, doesn't that constitute mind reading? Even if not always knowing the specific words they're thinking?

Those who ask rhetorical questions, because they can guess what the answer will be are likely exercising mind reading.