Technopathy vs Telepathy vs Telekinesis vs Magnetism

Started by Silent Master19 pages
Originally posted by Omega Vision
Why wouldn't they? Contrary to popular opinion not all bankers are amoral douchebags.

Which they would be if they gave out your personal account info without a court order.

Telepathy could make things pretty easy/fun IMO. Being able to Jedi Mind trick people into giving you free stuff would be tops.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Which they would be if they gave out your personal account info without a court order.

I don't know if those rules apply when you've stolen money.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
I don't know if those rules apply when you've stolen money.

How would the bank know it was stolen?

Originally posted by Lunacyde
Telepathy could make things pretty easy/fun IMO. Being able to Jedi Mind trick people into giving you free stuff would be tops.
exactly. you would have no need to work or do anything really.

Walk into a bank and ask for money.
Walk into a clothing store, pick what you like and ask for a 100% discount.
Walk into a restaurant, eat and convince the staff you own the joint.

repeat with pretty much anything.

Originally posted by Silent Master
How would the bank know it was stolen?

They'll know the money comes from the corporation. The corporation will report theft. Someone's neurons will fire.

Originally posted by marwash22
exactly. you would have no need to work or do anything really.

Walk into a bank and ask for money.
Walk into a clothing store, pick what you like and ask for a 100% discount.
Walk into a restaurant, eat and convince the staff you own the joint.

repeat with pretty much anything.


Yep, that's what I've been saying this whole time. You can do alot of things with any of these powers, but telepathy is probably the easiest. You don't really even have to plan anything out.

The only drawback would be if you got one of the "unwanted noise" interpretations of telepathy.

Big corporations make thousands of transactions a day, why would the bank think I stole the money?

Originally posted by StyleTime
Yep, that's what I've been saying this whole time. You can do alot of things with any of these powers, but telepathy is probably the easiest. You don't really even have to plan anything out.

The only drawback would be if you got one of the "unwanted noise" interpretations of telepathy.

even then, in every form of media i've ever seen that type of telepathy manifest, all it takes is practice/training to learn how to block out the unwanted thoughts/sounds.

Telepathy is the way to go, imo.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Big corporations make thousands of transactions a day, why would the bank think I stole the money?

I'm assuming your plan is to steal a massive amount.

Big corporations don't make large transactions to private individuals every day.

If your scheme is to make big bucks and nothing grander than that then telepathy is better than technopathy.

Even if you have aspirations that are on a global scale, Telepathy is still the best option. All it would take is one television/radio broadcast and you could literally make yourself king of the world.... that is, if your telepathy works via the sound of your voice.

If the money is split between several banks and accounts, the amounts that each bank has a record of wont seem unusual which means they'll have no reason to report it.

Besides, that was only one way to make money, there are still things like going to a casino and making a few mil that way. and using technopathy means you don't have to deal with the moral issues involved in controlling someone's mind.

Originally posted by Silent Master
and using technopathy means you don't have to deal with the moral issues involved in controlling someone's mind.
lulz. You played the morality card? You're still cheating and stealing... technopathy is no more moral than mindraping.

Originally posted by Silent Master
If the money is split between several banks and accounts, the amounts that each bank has a record of wont seem unusual which means they'll have no reason to report it.

Besides, that was only one way to make money, there are still things like going to a casino and making a few mil that way. and using technopathy means you don't have to deal with the moral issues involved in controlling someone's mind.


You're still transferring money out of the company's account without their consent. No matter how well you apportion it and mix it up there will be a trail left. That's the weakness of electronic theft.

Because there's nothing immoral about theft...

Originally posted by marwash22
lulz. You played the morality card? You're still cheating and stealing... technopathy is no more moral than mindraping.

I wouldn't go that far. Mind raping is pretty heavy on the scale of evilness. It's just theft is wrong no matter how you accomplish it, so to say that you not actually directly harming someone's body makes it right is just silly.

you don't even have to control someones mind with TP...you'd be amazed how much valuable info you could glean from someone.

IMO, Yes it is, with technopathy you're just stealing, with telepathy you're stealing and taking away someone's free will.

And no, I wasn't playing the morality card; I was just explaining why I personally didn't pick TP.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
You're still transferring money out of the company's account without their consent. No matter how well you apportion it and mix it up there will be a trail left. That's the weakness of electronic theft.

Because there's nothing immoral about theft...

Which is why I told the computer to erase the trail afterwards.

Originally posted by Silent Master
IMO, Yes it is, with technopathy you're just stealing, with telepathy you're stealing and taking away someone's free will.

And no, I wasn't playing the morality card; I was just explaining why I personally didn't pick TP.


But you are playing the morality card.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Which is why I told the computer to erase the trail afterwards.

Erase the trail and you lose the money. They're just meaningless numbers if they don't come from an account (the corporation in this case).

Originally posted by marwash22
even then, in every form of media i've ever seen that type of telepathy manifest, all it takes is practice/training to learn how to block out the unwanted thoughts/sounds.

Telepathy is the way to go, imo.


I agree. Even the drawback isn't usually that much of a drawback.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
They'll know the money comes from the corporation. The corporation will report theft. Someone's neurons will fire.

I really thought this was funny. You win post of the week. 😂
Originally posted by Silent Master
If the money is split between several banks and accounts, the amounts that each bank has a record of wont seem unusual which means they'll have no reason to report it.

I actually think a technopathy is a cool power and a good choice. It's just that it would require too much planning/effort, at least initially, for similar benefits to the others.

Planning? It's more like scope, if I can interact instinctibly with computers and learn their information I'm essentially the richest and most dangerous man in the planet by default. Heck, I may as well hold every satellite and atomic reactor in my hand.