If you could instantly gain one REALISTIC ability?

[bluepilot]

The ability to understand maths and chemistry

All the little numbers run around the page escaping my comprehension and plotting my doom

I'm so dumb

 

[madster11]

Yeah i'll take a significantly better memory, thanks.
A memory that's, say, 30-40% better would make my life so, so much better.

Alternatively, i'll be cool with some better vision. Something like 20/16 or 20/14 would be nice.

 

[Gunner 51]

THe ability to think of and invent new and exciting technology which I can sell on. (Not that I'll be selling it all on, y'know - to maintain that competitive edge.)

 

[Wintermoot]

the ability to easily pickup any language (both human and programming)

 

[Cazza]

Awesome flexibility and balance. Then I would become a ninja.

 

[The_Critic]

100% use of my brain would be nice.

 

[StormShaun]

Eternal life.

Don't say it isn't realistic, those jellyfish have it.

Those jellyfish cheated god, now they must pay for their hubris.

Big stupid jellyfish.

Actually they got ***** slapped...they have no brain and you can see through them.

But they get their revenge...they always do when you go swimming.

Damn Jelly Fish.

For me it would be awesome fighting skills with every kind of weapon and reflexes...hey it's realistic.

I would become a living Batman! Except with a cooler name and such.

 

[JoJo]

Either being able to draw awesomely or speak Chinese. Both would technically be possible for me to learn now but realistically I don't have the time or will-power to put in years of effort to get proficient at them.

 

[Proverbial Jon]

To be able to play the piano with at least moderate competency. It is my dream.

 

[Nikolaz72]

Have good charisma. Being able to hold speeches and sway minds.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

The ability to understand anything I choose, really really fast.

It would make studying so much easier. :s

 

[bz316]

I'm going to grad school soon to continue study engineering, but there are so many things I want to learn if I only had the time. So I'd go with simultaneous PhD-level mastery of genetics or something on top of my engineering skills.

 

[bz316]

100% use of my brain would be nice.

You already use 100% of your brain (that 10% or fractional brain use idea is a widely discredited myth). So congrats, you have your desired ability!

 

[Aprilgold]

Eternal life.

Don't say it isn't realistic, those jellyfish have it.

To quote an awesome song, "Who wants to live forever?" To outlive everyone you love, to have no possible way to die, to outlive the end of the world as we know it? Not thanks! I mean, what if, for the sake of argument, a meteor struck the earth and caused you to get blown into space? You'd be hurtling through space forever with no hope of escape!

OT, I think I'd like superhuman hearing. It would make listening to music infinitely more pleasurable.

Can't jellyfish die though?

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Either natural camoflauge or being a god. And don't say that becoming a god is unrealistic, I'll be damned if some punk ass thug and his father are the only ones up there.

 

[Danzavare]

A brilliant singing voice. Then my need for spontaneous musicals can be fulfilled~!

If not that, I'd want to be a really fast runner. Then I could finally say goodbye to my days of missing trains and being late to classes.

 

[LadyTiamat]

Crazy hacking skills.

This, cause i would have some fun (though not dangerous) with it like make a virus like in ghost in a shell SAC and pilfer small amounts of money from people's transactions and get rich.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

A photographic memory which would essentially make every academic superpower achievable...

 

[Thistlehart]

I'd opt for being a polyglot. Why choose just one additional language when you can have them all?

 

[esperandote]

Being extremely good programming. I would make a fortune.