Comments on: If You Could Have One Superpower… http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/ read. learn. sleep. soundly. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6417 Chris Mon, 04 May 2009 16:49:58 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6417 My second choice would be natural energy manipulation and adaptive healing. Like Goku from Dragonball Z. Shoot me in the leg, and when I recover, I will have adapted in a way that if you shoot me again, the bullet will not harm me. Jump off a cliff, and if/when I recover the next jump will not harm me. See, the trick is so push myself to within an inch of death, and when I recover, I can do the same thing over again with no negative impact. Add to this adaptive invincibility the ability to manipulate natural energy fields (the oriental concept of "chi") to the point where I can manifest a large ball of flaming light which I can control and throw at people and destroy planets with, as well as lift myself into the air to fly with (encompassing myself in a buffer bubble so I can flight at any speed safely) and I've got an awesome power. Shoot, maybe this should be my first choice... My third choice would be that I'd chose perfectly flawless DNA (with flawless cellular reproduction), with an accelerated immune system and cell growth/repair. Sure, I might have to eat more, but is that really bad? Plus I'd never get sick, and if I wanted to get all muscle-y, it'd probably be able to happen fairly quickly. So, in short, I'd like to be wolverine please (or Claire from heroes if you're more familiar with that). My second choice would be natural energy manipulation and adaptive healing. Like Goku from Dragonball Z. Shoot me in the leg, and when I recover, I will have adapted in a way that if you shoot me again, the bullet will not harm me. Jump off a cliff, and if/when I recover the next jump will not harm me. See, the trick is so push myself to within an inch of death, and when I recover, I can do the same thing over again with no negative impact. Add to this adaptive invincibility the ability to manipulate natural energy fields (the oriental concept of "chi") to the point where I can manifest a large ball of flaming light which I can control and throw at people and destroy planets with, as well as lift myself into the air to fly with (encompassing myself in a buffer bubble so I can flight at any speed safely) and I've got an awesome power. Shoot, maybe this should be my first choice…

My third choice would be that I'd chose perfectly flawless DNA (with flawless cellular reproduction), with an accelerated immune system and cell growth/repair. Sure, I might have to eat more, but is that really bad? Plus I'd never get sick, and if I wanted to get all muscle-y, it'd probably be able to happen fairly quickly. So, in short, I'd like to be wolverine please (or Claire from heroes if you're more familiar with that).

]]> By: brianmcculloh http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6416 brianmcculloh Mon, 04 May 2009 16:47:10 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6416 sounds like the whole dr. manhattan quandry to me... very good questions to be answered. i just figured out the ultimate superpower. it seems like the whole goal of everything is ultimately happiness, right? why are we choosing super powers here - to figure out which would be the coolest and most fun, right? well, if you could have unlimited intelligence as a super power, why not unlimited happiness? i think my ultimate superpower would be to have unlimited happiness in any situation. i don't even know if that makes sense though... sounds like the whole dr. manhattan quandry to me… very good questions to be answered.

i just figured out the ultimate superpower. it seems like the whole goal of everything is ultimately happiness, right? why are we choosing super powers here – to figure out which would be the coolest and most fun, right? well, if you could have unlimited intelligence as a super power, why not unlimited happiness? i think my ultimate superpower would be to have unlimited happiness in any situation. i don't even know if that makes sense though…

]]> By: brianmcculloh http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6415 brianmcculloh Mon, 04 May 2009 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6415 true, there are a lot of physics strings attached to flying. i was thinking about all the things that could go wrong with flying - the cold of high altitudes and heat of going really fast, the wind in the face, the g-forces involved with going really fast and then stopping/starting abruptly, etc. then i pondered how cool it would be just to be able to fly from my desk chair to the vending machine to buy a code and i realized just that superpower would give me unlimited joy. true, there are a lot of physics strings attached to flying. i was thinking about all the things that could go wrong with flying – the cold of high altitudes and heat of going really fast, the wind in the face, the g-forces involved with going really fast and then stopping/starting abruptly, etc. then i pondered how cool it would be just to be able to fly from my desk chair to the vending machine to buy a code and i realized just that superpower would give me unlimited joy.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6414 Chris Mon, 04 May 2009 16:41:16 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6414 Hrm... I would probably go for some sort of super intelligence. Like, maybe an IQ of at least 200+ but preferably in the 1000+ range. At least as much intelligence as is possible, meaning, nearly God-like intelligence. Reason being? I could do anything with that intelligence. Flight? Check. Invincibility? Check. Wolverine-like immune system? Check. Problems? I might just do nothing. If I had the amount of intelligence that God had, then maybe I'd decide that I should just live exactly like a normal human and not actually help "humanity" in any way. Cure cancer? Well, maybe there's a reason I shouldn't that I don't understand at my current intelligence level. Flight? Well, maybe I'd come to understand it's bad or something and that's why we can't do it. Perhaps, gaining that amount of intelligence I would forsake everything and go live in a stick built hut in the middle of the jungle... So, that begs the question of do I want to fully understand everything, or would I rather just have Tony Stark like intelligence? Maybe one would be more fun, but the other more eternally fulfilling? Hrm…

I would probably go for some sort of super intelligence. Like, maybe an IQ of at least 200+ but preferably in the 1000+ range. At least as much intelligence as is possible, meaning, nearly God-like intelligence.

Reason being? I could do anything with that intelligence. Flight? Check. Invincibility? Check. Wolverine-like immune system? Check.

Problems? I might just do nothing. If I had the amount of intelligence that God had, then maybe I'd decide that I should just live exactly like a normal human and not actually help "humanity" in any way. Cure cancer? Well, maybe there's a reason I shouldn't that I don't understand at my current intelligence level. Flight? Well, maybe I'd come to understand it's bad or something and that's why we can't do it. Perhaps, gaining that amount of intelligence I would forsake everything and go live in a stick built hut in the middle of the jungle…

So, that begs the question of do I want to fully understand everything, or would I rather just have Tony Stark like intelligence? Maybe one would be more fun, but the other more eternally fulfilling?

]]> By: brianmcculloh http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6413 brianmcculloh Mon, 04 May 2009 16:39:47 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6413 i'm doing it again too. wow i just noticed the little time indicator for each comment updates automatically w/o a page refresh - ajax style. i was typing and i saw one of the replies above switch from "3 minutes ago" to "4 minutes ago" right before my eyes. nice! i'm doing it again too. wow i just noticed the little time indicator for each comment updates automatically w/o a page refresh – ajax style. i was typing and i saw one of the replies above switch from "3 minutes ago" to "4 minutes ago" right before my eyes. nice!

]]> By: Chris http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6412 Chris Mon, 04 May 2009 16:34:22 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6412 Problem with flight being that you would either have to have some sort of limited invincibility, or something like that. Otherwise, you can't really go very fast. Sure, maybe about 20 to 30 mph at low altitudes without too much discomfort, but beyond that you will have to wear thermal clothing with some sort of wind-breaker quality to it, as well as a streamlined helmet... But heck yeah! Flight? Way awesome... Problem with flight being that you would either have to have some sort of limited invincibility, or something like that. Otherwise, you can't really go very fast. Sure, maybe about 20 to 30 mph at low altitudes without too much discomfort, but beyond that you will have to wear thermal clothing with some sort of wind-breaker quality to it, as well as a streamlined helmet…

But heck yeah! Flight? Way awesome…

]]> By: @Bradjward http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6410 @Bradjward Fri, 01 May 2009 00:53:26 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6410 Just had to reply to see the whole reply thing. Just had to reply to see the whole reply thing.

]]> By: brianmcculloh http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6408 brianmcculloh Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:47:37 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6408 I know. It's the only reason I'm replying to your reply. I know. It's the only reason I'm replying to your reply.

]]> By: brianmcculloh http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6409 brianmcculloh Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:46:22 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6409 Thanks for using my new comment system! I'll be honest, I voted both of your comments up just so I could push the little green thumbs-up button. Not that they're not deserving of being voted up... So, flying. That's pretty far up there for me. But I wouldn't stop there. I would expand that super power to include high speeds. I would want to be able to fly faster than the speed of light so I could go anywhere in the universe. So my power would officially be called "Way Faster Than Light Flying Power" or something like that. Thanks for using my new comment system! I'll be honest, I voted both of your comments up just so I could push the little green thumbs-up button. Not that they're not deserving of being voted up…

So, flying. That's pretty far up there for me. But I wouldn't stop there. I would expand that super power to include high speeds. I would want to be able to fly faster than the speed of light so I could go anywhere in the universe. So my power would officially be called "Way Faster Than Light Flying Power" or something like that.

]]> By: Emilee http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2009/04/if-you-could-have-one-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-6407 Emilee Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:26:36 +0000 http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/?p=958#comment-6407 This comment system does a very swanky fade from green to blue as my comment is posting. I like it. :) Very nifty. This comment system does a very swanky fade from green to blue as my comment is posting. I like it. :) Very nifty.

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