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Krydel4

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  1. On 1/21/2024 at 8:20 PM, valiantman said:

    If your superpower is manipulating probabilities, then it's as all-or-nothing as you want it to be. Why would I set something to 72% if I want it to happen?

    That's why I said it was more reality warping like Scarlet Witch. Probability by its very nature is never a zero or one it is in between. But as a wise man once said it's impossible to put a Cadillac in your nose.

  2. On 1/21/2024 at 4:30 PM, valiantman said:

    I don't remember who posted it, but "the power to manipulate probability" is the single greatest superpower, and not only would kids thinks it's lame, adults do, too.

    But think about it... if you had the ability to manipulate probability, you could make things than have a 0% chance of happening turn into 100%.

    Do you want to go in a store and find no other customers but yourself? Odds are very low of that happening, but wait, no, the probability just went to 100%.

    Do you want to sleep all night without getting up to go pee pee (as someone said earlier)... odds just went to 100%.

    Don't forget the classic superpowers... what are the odds you can fly?  Well, it's now 100%.

    What would be the odds of dying from multiple gunshots? Pretty high, right?  Nope, it just went to 0%.

    What are the odds you could do anything you want and not be seen, even by video cameras?  Well, that's 100%, too.

    The power to manipulate probability is the single greatest superpower and both kids and adults would think it (sounds) lame.

    What are the odds you read this whole post? I'm going to go ahead and set that one at 20%.

     

    Unfortunately, that's not how probabilities work, it's not all or nothing. Reality/dimensional manipulation perhaps where you could shunt yourself into another universe where the store is empty, or you didn't have to pee that night maybe.

     

    On 1/21/2024 at 4:36 PM, Ken Aldred said:

    Scarlet Witch, I think? 

    She falls under the Reality manipulation banner.