If Brainiac 5 is a 12th Level Intellect...

Originally posted by janus77
what the hell differentiates out these "levels"? sounds rather stupid, it's not martial arts...

Majestic is probably at least around Brainiac 5's, if not higher. Guys got feats on par with Reed or just about anyone...

Originally posted by janus77
what the hell differentiates out these "levels"? sounds rather stupid, it's not martial arts...

Processing power/raw computational ability is the primary factor.

Let's say you're a superhero scientist working on some invention, and for some reason you need to calculate where every planet and astroid in the solar system will be in 7 years time. You can either A, take their current readings and pump them into a computer, wait for it to process them, etc. etc., or B, if you're a 12th level intellect, look at the current readings and plot it in your head as easy as you do 8+8=?.

The higher level an intellect, the easier the technical side of things is (a lower intellect may still be more creative, but a high end one has major advantages).

I think in comics, a high affinity towards science gets overrated somewhat.

In real life terms, the generals and leaders of the world are rarely, if ever, intelligent in the same way scientists are.

Reed? Over 9000!

Originally posted by Omega Vision
I didn't want to offend anyone by not including their favorite smart character.

dur

All of them are inferior to Brainiac's intellect, except for Galactus and Dr. Manhattan.

Galactus is obviously superior.
Dr. Manhattan, quite possibly.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
All of them are inferior to Brainiac's intellect, except for Galactus and Dr. Manhattan.

Galactus is obviously superior.
Dr. Manhattan, quite possibly.

No Kid Omega?

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
High Evolutionary is his superior, he once started to scan the entire universe

Originally posted by Omega Vision
How did that turn out though?

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
he realized it would take 1million years to calculate the universe
thats a near infinite amount of information

Also where "calculating" the Universe is concerned, what exactly are you supposed to be calculating?

i dont have the comic any more but he was trying to become all knowing by scaning/calculating everthing in the universe which im not sure exactly what that means but he realized after a bit that it would take him 1 million years to complete so he stopped

^ This one time I thought I could eat a whole box of cereal in a single sitting -- but once I saw how much cereal is actually in a box, I knew it was too much for me.

Moral of the story: saying you can do something impressive doesn't amount to much unless you actually do it.

Originally posted by Galan007
^ This one time I thought I could eat a whole box of cereal in a single sitting -- but once I saw how much cereal is actually in a box, I knew it was too much for me.

Moral of the story: saying you can do something impressive doesn't amount to much unless you actually do it.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
All of them are inferior to Brainiac's intellect, except for Galactus and Dr. Manhattan.

Galactus is obviously superior.
Dr. Manhattan, quite possibly.