Current Events > Couldn't Thanos just use the glove to double the galaxy's resources *spoilers*

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ViralMoose posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

ViralMoose posted...

of the comics

Eventually he'll realize that this isn't the comics, right?

Well what makes you think the gauntlet can't create matter, we've only seen the complete gauntlet do one thing.

The point is not whether it could or not. The point is that Thanos is pretty much insane. The plan he was running on individual planets would never work on a universal scale.

The Universe is vast. Life is not. Even if something outrageous like 50% of all stars in the Universe were inhabitted, it would leave tons and tons of resources which can be easily converted and spread using the stones.
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ViralMoose posted...

The gauntlet isn't just a convenient way to hold all the gems at once. Getting the gems together like that gives the user power greater than the sum of its parts.

Likewise the movie never states it's like a genie who grants wishes when the powers are combined. Removing half of the population is a much easier task to accomplish. That's why Thanos goes for it.

Like how would he decide what is and isn't a resource during his snap? Where do the doubled resources go?

I think the explanation of the gauntlet giving Thanos a way to combine every single power of each stone at once fits the movie fine anyway. But the powers are vague enough that it doesn't really matter. Even if Thanos could do it that doesn't fit why he's doing it. He wants to prove to himself that his plan of wiping out half of the population is beneficial and would have worked on Titan. He wants to feel redeemed.
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Darmik posted...

Likewise the movie never states it's like a genie who grants wishes when the powers are combined. Removing half of the population is a much easier task to accomplish. That's why Thanos goes for it.

Like how would he decide what is and isn't a resource during his snap? Where do the doubled resources go?

This is like asking how Thanos can determine the difference between sentient and non-sentient life when he kills half of them. How could he tell that Groot was conscious and not just a plant? If he kills half of all things that are alive, including all plants and animals, then he'd have killed half of all the resources along with half of the galaxy's population, and he'd have accomplished nothing. The answer is he just can, because the gauntlet gives the user omnipotence.

ViralMoose posted...

This is like asking how Thanos can determine the difference between sentient and non-sentient life when he kills half of them. How could he tell that Groot was conscious and not just a plant? If he kills half of all things that are alive, then he'd have killed half of all the resources along with half of the galaxy's population, and he'd have accomplished nothing. The answer is he just can, because the gauntlet gives the user omnipotence.

Even with omnipotence figuring out where everything would go and how planets would take advantage is a lot harder than just deciding "Is this species on the potential kill list? Y/N"
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Darmik posted...

ViralMoose posted...

This is like asking how Thanos can determine the difference between sentient and non-sentient life when he kills half of them. How could he tell that Groot was conscious and not just a plant? If he kills half of all things that are alive, then he'd have killed half of all the resources along with half of the galaxy's population, and he'd have accomplished nothing. The answer is he just can, because the gauntlet gives the user omnipotence.

Even with omnipotence figuring out where everything would go and how planets would take advantage is a lot harder than just deciding "Is this species on the potential kill list? Y/N"

How about "Is this planet on the potential save list? Y/N

And then he doubles that planet's food germination/growth. It seems no less complicated then locating and molecularizing a random sample of 50% on each and every planet.

ViralMoose posted...

the gauntlet gives the user omnipotence.

But it doesn't. And that was clearly demonstrated.
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Knowledge_King posted...

ViralMoose posted...

the gauntlet gives the user omnipotence.

But it doesn't. And that was clearly demonstrated.

How? He only used the gauntlet for one thing at the very end

Smashingpmkns posted...

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?

This is usually how legs work, yes
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ViralMoose posted...

How? He only used the gauntlet for one thing at the very end

Thor's non-omnipotent hammer overpowered the gauntlet and proceeded to almost fatally wound him. That's not omnipotent.
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EnragedSlith posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?

This is usually how legs work, yes

Well played.
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You don't need to create matter to make more resources, just manipulate it. Though if IG thanos is that weak then he wouldn't have everyone clamoring about how he "he's above the concept of death and eternity" or whatever
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People use resources exponentially and population growth with it, so halving the population is different than doubling resources

The stones can't make more matter, they can only alter what is there. Also the reality stone doesn't seem permanent either, since the effects go away when Thanos leaves the area via space stone.
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