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Topic	Choose a superpower.
Zeus 10/17/18 9:02:19 PM #63:	Sahuagin posted... Zeus posted... Or you could just guess right each time. is that not what I said I thought you were implying that you'd actually learn the material rather than just get it right. VixYW posted... Zeus posted... And skill is nothing more than a poor substitute for luck. People train countless hours to do something consistently that, if probability worked in your favor, you'd manage to do consistently anyway. Darts or bowling are great examples. You can practice, practice, and practice, but if you were absurdly lucky you wouldn't need that practice. But that only applies to physical abilities, I guess. If you need an specific knowledge to do something, and you don't have it, luck won't simply implant it inside your head. At best, you could get away with not knowing by having someone teaching you or doing it for you. Not really true, you can get things right accidentally as well. After all, complex things could come down to a series of guesses. darkknight109 posted... I meant to write "people they know" there instead of things. If you possessed Donald Trump, for instance, you could talk to his lawyer and immediately find out what shady deals he's been involved in. "Hi Michael, could we go through all the illegal stuff I may or may not have done. I want to get a better scope of the crimes I might or might not have committed." Like that, right? =p darkknight109 posted... Depends if you knew what you were looking for. For instance, again using the Donald Trump example, you could possess him and order the release of his tax returns. If he was doing something really illegal, you certainly wouldn't be able to find it in his tax returns. His tax returns would just be potentially embarrassing, since they'd either show that he doesn't pay much in taxes or has exaggerated his wealth. darkknight109 posted... Again, you don't need a superpower to do that. If you want to design video games, you can do it right now. Except not really, no. If you wanted to see something get made, you'd have to learn how to do the stuff yourself, pitch the idea to a company, or hire people. The first is tedious and unlikely to be successful. The third requires a lot of money, meaning you'd have to convince somebody to fund it. And the second is going to be a crapshoot unless you get lucky. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:910710461] in Choose a s... [t:77102984]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sahuagin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Or you could just guess right each time.</quote> is that not what I said</quote> I thought you were implying that you'd actually learn the material rather than just get it right. <cite>VixYW posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>And skill is nothing more than a poor substitute for luck. People train countless hours to do something consistently that, if probability worked in your favor, you'd manage to do consistently anyway. Darts or bowling are great examples. You can practice, practice, and practice, but if you were absurdly lucky you wouldn't need that practice. </quote> But that only applies to physical abilities, I guess. If you need an specific knowledge to do something, and you don't have it, luck won't simply implant it inside your head. At best, you could get away with not knowing by having someone teaching you or doing it for you.</quote> Not really true, you can get things right accidentally as well. After all, complex things could come down to a series of guesses. <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>I meant to write "people they know" there instead of things. If you possessed Donald Trump, for instance, you could talk to his lawyer and immediately find out what shady deals he's been involved in. </quote> "Hi Michael, could we go through all the illegal stuff I may or may not have done. I want to get a better scope of the crimes I might or might not have committed." Like that, right? =p <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>Depends if you knew what you were looking for. For instance, again using the Donald Trump example, you could possess him and order the release of his tax returns. </quote> If he was doing something really illegal, you certainly wouldn't be able to find it in his tax returns. His tax returns would just be potentially embarrassing, since they'd either show that he doesn't pay much in taxes or has exaggerated his wealth. <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>Again, you don't need a superpower to do that. If you want to design video games, you can do it right now.</quote> Except not really, no. If you wanted to see something get made, you'd have to learn how to do the stuff yourself, pitch the idea to a company, or hire people. The first is tedious and unlikely to be successful. The third requires a lot of money, meaning you'd have to convince somebody to fund it. And the second is going to be a crapshoot unless you get lucky. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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