What Superpower would you have?

Started by Mindset7 pages

Originally posted by LeonBuco666

9.Genius-level intellect(you would have the intellect of the likes of reed richards, BUT only capable of inventing things that is possible with the tech of today
That doesn't mean anything.

If you had Reed level intellect the tech of today isn't a limitation, because you would be coming up with more advanced tech in like a week.

Originally posted by Mindset
That doesn't mean anything.

If you had Reed level intellect the tech of today isn't a limitation, because you would be coming up with more advanced tech in like a week.

plausible

Originally posted by h1a8
The average person don't understand genetics. It takes years of learning just to be competent with it. And even then I'm fairly sure no one knows how to alter the dna to create a superbeing. Maybe they do, but that knowledge isn't widely available.
I'm a biologist and while my field of expertise is ecology, not genetics, my grasp of it is sufficient and could be expanded by more focused study. I never made any mention to superpower development.


Do you have any concrete examples of events contradicting observable physical laws? I mean Reed doesn't always state the details of how he created something or achieved something.

Einstein was once thought to be a crackpot. His theory contradicted Newton Laws. But we see that Newton Laws were incomplete. [/B]

faster than light travel; timetravel; perpetual movement machines; etc.
it's not just the misused scientific concepts or the thermodynamic and relativistic constraints he rapes on a semidaily basis either. most of his inventions are purely imaginary and dont even make sense.

Originally posted by LeonBuco666
plausible
No, it's a certainty.

Reed is about 100x smarter than anyone who has ever lived.

Originally posted by Mindset
No, it's a certainty.

Reed is about 100x smarter than anyone who has ever lived.

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And Doom is unquantifiably smarter than anyone who has ever lived.

Originally posted by Mindset
No, it's a certainty.

Reed is about 100x smarter than anyone who has ever lived.


No its plausible
He may be far smarter than anyone on the planet, but real world tech of today has its limits, its plausible(most likely though)

Originally posted by 753
I'm a biologist and while my field of expertise is ecology, not genetics, my grasp of it is sufficient and could be expanded by more focused study. I never made any mention to superpower development.

faster than light travel; timetravel; perpetual movement machines; etc.
it's not just the misused scientific concepts or the thermodynamic and relativistic constraints he rapes on a semidaily basis either. most of his inventions are purely imaginary and dont even make sense.

Faster than light travel is possible according to some theories. One tenure Physicist from Oxford I believe wrote a book about it. Recently they measure some particle to move faster than light. Was that a couple of years ago?

Time travel to future is possible. To past, maybe not. With string theory there are infinite parallel universes. So that traveling to the past would mean traveling to a parallel universe instead.

Perpetual motion is most likely impossible (mainly because of friction or drag forces). But where did the energy that the universe is made of come from? Was it always there? If so then why did it have to be that amount? Why couldn't it have been infinite (if it isn't) or nil?

TBH, I don't recall any perpetual motion machines or any violating of thermodaynamics. We don't know the nature of how he achieve ftl travel so he may not have raped relativity.

There is another theory of the universe that can't be proven false (doesn't mean it is true either). It can explain why the speed of light is constant (without the relativity consequences). Here it is:

YouTube video

Originally posted by LeonBuco666
No its plausible
He may be far smarter than anyone on the planet, but real world tech of today has its limits, its plausible(most likely though)
What limits are there specifically?

Originally posted by h1a8
Faster than light travel is possible according to some theories. One tenure Physicist from Oxford I believe wrote a book about it. Recently they measure some particle to move faster than light. Was that a couple of years ago?
the existence of particles that constantly move faster than photons has been demonstrated, but this doesn't make ftl travel any more possible for us, beacuse it's not possible to accelerate matter beyond c.


Time travel to future is possible. To past, maybe not. With string theory there are infinite parallel universes. So that traveling to the past would mean traveling to a parallel universe instead.

the twins paradox? it would take some extreme acceleration to retard aging appreciably for the process to be considered an actual trip into the future, maybe more than is feasible, though I wont bother looking into it.


Perpetual motion is most likely impossible (mainly because of friction or drag forces). But where did the energy that the universe is made of come from? Was it always there? If so then why did it have to be that amount? Why couldn't it have been infinite (if it isn't) or nil?
what prevents it are the first 2 laws of thermodynamics.

as I understand it, the total energy content of the universe is finite and the same as it was in the hypercondensed state immediately prior to early expansion, i.e. the big bang.


TBH, I don't recall any perpetual motion machines or any violating of thermodaynamics. We don't know the nature of how he achieve ftl travel so he may not have raped relativity.

There is another theory of the universe that can't be proven false (doesn't mean it is true either). It can explain why the speed of light is constant (without the relativity consequences). Here it is:

YouTube video [/B]

he probably created one. whatever.

Originally posted by Mindset
What limits are there specifically?
well, there is no tech today we no off, that could protect us from going faster than light, if we did, we'd simply disintigrate
We cannot alter DNA to make our minds or bodies stronger in any way with the tech of today
Space travel to other galaxies, solar systems etc are..... Not reachable, hell we cant even get out of our own solar system.
There are many other limits but i will be here all day

Even if you can't do things like make dimensional portals or FTL starships, Reed level intellect should be more than enough to advance our tech by a few hundred years.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Even if you can't do things like make dimensional portals or FTL starships, Reed level intellect should be more than enough to advance our tech by a few hundred years.
comic book universal laws differ a lot from real world universal laws
A few decades, yes
Half a century? Maybe
A century, certainly not
FTL is beyond the confines for the human body, no tech, not material can with stand going the speed of light, never mind faster, as our bodies would simply de-organise itself on a molecular level
Any kind of space travel which involves leaving our solar system with today current tech are very unlikely, your "spaceship" would most likely need to move at light speeds to get to the end of the solar system before the crew on board are dead, the only other way i can think of is if you said a couple million people up there in one big as ship, but no 1.the ship would be unable to leave the atmosphere because it would be far to big, hell i couldn't see it leaving the ground, two, it takes billions of dollars & pounds to send satellites into orbit, a spaceship that vast, that much material(metals etc) food, fuel etc its just not possible

Originally posted by LeonBuco666
well, there is no tech today we no off, that could protect us from going faster than light, if we did, we'd simply disintigrate
We cannot alter DNA to make our minds or bodies stronger in any way with the tech of today
Space travel to other galaxies, solar systems etc are..... Not reachable, hell we cant even get out of our own solar system.
There are many other limits but i will be here all day
This post doesn't really have anything to do with my point.

None of those have to do with Reed level intellect allowing you to easily advance tech way beyond where it is now.

Originally posted by LeonBuco666
comic book universal laws differ a lot from real world universal laws
A few decades, yes
Half a century? Maybe
A century, certainly not
FTL is beyond the confines for the human body, no tech, not material can with stand going the speed of light, never mind faster, as our bodies would simply de-organise itself on a molecular level
Any kind of space travel which involves leaving our solar system with today current tech are very unlikely, your "spaceship" would most likely need to move at light speeds to get to the end of the solar system before the crew on board are dead, the only other way i can think of is if you said a couple million people up there in one big as ship, but no 1.the ship would be unable to leave the atmosphere because it would be far to big, hell i couldn't see it leaving the ground, two, it takes billions of dollars & pounds to send satellites into orbit, a spaceship that vast, that much material(metals etc) food, fuel etc its just not possible

Using "real world universal laws" none of the powers listed in the OP would exist, yet they are for the purposes of this thread, so some leeway is obviously being granted.

Originally posted by Mindset
This post doesn't really have anything to do with my point.

None of those have to do with Reed level intellect allowing you to easily advance tech way beyond where it is now.

Exactly, if Reed had been around in the early 1900's, we'd have had things like cell phones and the internet by 1920 if not sooner.

Originally posted by h1a8
Wrong. There are satellites that can see you anywhere. So what good is TK if you are not going to use it to lead a happier life or achieve your goal in life?

If anyone sees you and reports it then the government will watch you.

Remember TP is limited to 6ft. There could be someone behind you more than 6ft away that you can't detect.


Nope. Believe it or not, your every actions aren't being monitored by some super satellite. We'd have a lot less criminals out there if they were.

How will they know you did it? Why would anyone in real life believe them? How will they prove what they saw?

The sensing is limited to 6ft, not the mind reading. There is no particular reason you'd have to watch your back unless you led a dangerous life before you got the powers. Even in that case, the powers would only help.

Originally posted by Mindset
This post doesn't really have anything to do with my point.

None of those have to do with Reed level intellect allowing you to easily advance tech way beyond where it is now.

it could advance tech yes, but not "in like a week" it could advance tech with at least 2-3 years research
For one i see him having a hard time inventing AI
Artificial intelligence, thats acts like a human is simply, not possible, not even remotely currently. As you would have to program it to talk, i don't know how you would even program it to think like a human without it malfunctioning, to feel emotion, to know when somebody has insulted it or complemented it.
It would take decades of research, and billions of dollars to even get the first basic ape-like behaviour, which is then pointless as apes are one stupid and two fight for food, water and are solely based on who is most dominant
There is a limitation

Originally posted by LeonBuco666
it could advance tech yes, but not "in like a week" it could advance tech with at least 2-3 years research
For one i see him having a hard time inventing AI
Artificial intelligence, thats acts like a human is simply, not possible, not even remotely currently. As you would have to program it to talk, i don't know how you would even program it to think like a human without it malfunctioning, to feel emotion, to know when somebody has insulted it or complemented it.
It would take decades of research, and billions of dollars to even get the first basic ape-like behaviour, which is then pointless as apes are one stupid and two fight for food, water and are solely based on who is most dominant
There is a limitation
No, in a week, and that's lowballing.

Do you know who Reed is?

I don't know why you keep bringing up random things that no one has mentioned...

Originally posted by Mindset
No, in a week, and that's lowballing.

Do you know who Reed is?

I don't know why you keep bringing up random things that no one has mentioned...


No, not in a week
Of course not i just liked how reeds first a second name came together nicely, of course i do
You asked for limitations, specifically, there i have mentioned 3 or four specific limitations
Please, enlighten me on how reed could advance tech "in like a week"
What tech specifically?
Because reed level intellect can still fit into the universal laws, the other have been placed to defy universal laws thats why others have been arguing about which power would get you killed & shit
But yes, please enlighten me

The costumes alone for the Fantastic Four would be a huge boon for mankind.

Yes, a week.

It seems like you do just like his name, you obviously aren't aware of what he can do. Reed could solve the limitations in the interface between bionics and synapses in a week.

I asked for tech limitations that would disallow you from advancing it.

You have been enlightened, now get out of my face.