http://www.outquib.com/debates/view/what-would-be-the-most-beneficial-superpower A debate about how well just one super-human power could better your life. Feel free to choose one not listed. en-us Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:04:40 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/582
People can also argue that you can teleport to other universes and worlds. It's not untrue, teleportation is the "movement of objects or elementary particles from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, without traveling through space." (taken from Google definitions). Without traveling through space. So that must mean some kind of wormhole or portal is opened from that point where the teleporter is standing to the place where the teleporter wants to go. So why not open a portal to another dimension, or create a wormhole to another universe?

I won't go as far into it as to say that you can teleport (using the wormhole/portal theory) to another time as well, because wormholes DO have the capability to do that. Then it's basically saying the same thing as time travel.

Another aspect of time travel and teleportation comes to mind. What if you can master it to such a degree that you can stop time in one area, accelerate time in another, slow it down in another, and etc.?
What if you can teleport objects, not only yourself, and actually fly (by teleporting yourself very quickly an inch or two ahead of yourself, thereby "floating" in the air and "flying" to the place you want to go, although if you can teleport there's no need)?

Also, things such as super strength, super speed, freezing capabilities, premonitions aren't needed with teleportation and time travel. So if you choose either one, they essentially do the same thing, but just with different methods.

Reply to post ]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:19:37 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/582 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/525
Although this hinges on the ability to act quickly in mortal situations.

Reply to post ]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:47:51 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/525 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/368
Daily life, I'd have to go with flying. Although it does require you bundle up a little more than otherwise, and no more wearing skirts.

As far as crimefighting goes, I'd go with telepathy, with some caveats. You could read opponent's moves before they made them, pinpoint where someone is just by thinking about them and isolating their brainwaves, and depending on your power set and how well you can train, you could make people think they're hearing things, or seeing things. Telepathy is a big, big power.

However, if I were a superhero, I'd want to be like Negative Man/Woman from the Doom Patrol. I love the idea of going out of body to fight evil. I think I wouldn't want Negative Man's distance limitation, though, and it'd be cool to be able to change forms. (Like have a hand turn into a mace or hammer.)

Reply to post ]]> Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:39:45 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/368 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/366
Reply to post ]]> Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:17:41 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/366 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/349
Reply to post ]]> Wed, 2 Jan 2008 01:08:08 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/349 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/144
Reply to post ]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:53:59 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/144 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/141
Reply to post ]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:58:37 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/141 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/132
Reply to post ]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:35:23 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/132 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/128
(I bet you'll think twice before calling the superpower of my dreams 'simplistic' again eh :)

Reply to post ]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:31:54 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/128 http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/127
Reply to post ]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:28:05 GMT http://www.outquib.com/debates/posts/view/127