There is no greater super power than mind control

[David Bray]

The ultimate ability is the manipulation of physics

Close. The ultimate superpower is manipulation of reality. You can do literally anything.

But if you manipulate reality you are manipulating physics.

True. But if you're manipulating physics, you're not necessarily manipulating reality. Reality morphing just takes the awesome power of physics alteration and takes it up a notch. It affects body, mind, world etc.

 

[Amphoteric]

No need for power t have all powers. The BEST super power would be Infallibility. If you cant be wrong you could simply say I can fly and you would be able to because you cannot be wrong. you could basically do whatever you want because you would be god. and THAT is check and mate!

I give you a week before you create a paradox that destroys the universe...

Just say "This statement is a lie"

 

[hopeneverdies]

You would also freeze to death as I assume all particles would stop and as physics has taught us, particles which are not moving are effectively at absolute zero, which would kill you! Huzzah for time manipulation!

Note: I think thats correct but I could very well be wrong.

I very, very briefly mentioned that being able to manipulate time like that also had the added bonus of being able to manipulate space. But nice job on noting the fact that if you couldn't, you would freeze to death, I never thought of that.

Although if you managed to follow any of that mess, congrats because I was confusing myself thinking about it.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Well being able to influence people's minds has always been my favorite super power (beyond the obvious omnipotence or something like it). Being able to make people do as you want is definately a big reason why, but you can always be more subtle. You can make people believe you're standing 1 foot to the left of where you really are, so if you're in a fight you're fine. Or you can make them hallucinate different things that aren't there or wipe their memory. When you can begin to change everyone's perception of reality, then you're set in society. Sure you're not invincible, but you can prevent a lot of things that would harm you very easily.

 

[loc978]

See if I had mind control powers I would make everyone ITT agree with me the second they hit the reply button

Unless of course one of them had time control powers... then halted time, warped space-time to place themselves next to you 15 minutes ago, chloroformed and hog-tied you hanging in your closet... then warped back home before unfreezing time.

 

[moretimethansense]

Hands down, mind control is strongest super power. Sure, you can't fly or control the weather, but you could just mind control those superhumans who can to do whatever you want. Think about, most of our problems in our lives and their solutions involve other people. Mind control would basically give you a cheat code for life:

- Unemployed and poor? Mind control someone to give you a job. Or just forget the job and mind control bank executives or rich people to give you money
- Unlucky in love? No girl or guy could resist you with mind control. A related question: would mind controlling someone to have sex with you be rape? Because technically they would consent, even if you put the idea in their head
- Doing poor in school? Turn those D-pluses into As just by looking at the instructor
- Tired of shitty games and moves? Mind control the best development houses to make exactly what you want
- etc.

You would be invincible for all intensive purposes, because anyone who wanted to arrest or kill you could be mind-controlled to love you instead. And before you mention Magneto's helmet, who says we have to play by X-men rules? Really, the only way you could stop a person like this would be with a cruise missile or nuclear bomb - basically he or she would have to be completely unaware that a threat was even present.

I don't know if it's been said already but you are so very, very wrong about this.

Mind controll won't stop disease, poison, a speeding bullet, a wayward drunk driver, need I go on?

And besides there is a far greater power, the power to alterr and control reality, if you can bend the very cosmops to your will mind control is simply a parlor trick, a parlor trick mind you that you can stop working at any time it suits you.

 

[Guy32]

I always thought that mind reading was an extremely underrated power. I justified it's usefulness using most of the same arguments that you did.

His arguments dont work for mind reading. Sure, you can read the mind, but not control it. So... thats bascially you saying, "hey, that sniper a mile away is gonna kill me. I should stop him."

Only it would be more like " Hey, that sni- ARG!" and hten you die. assuming they're even in your radius.

I meant more along the lines of it being a cheat code for life. If youre having trouble in a relationship, or at work, or just want to impress someone, you just read their mind to know what the best possible thing you could say is.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I always thought that mind reading was an extremely underrated power. I justified it's usefulness using most of the same arguments that you did.

His arguments dont work for mind reading. Sure, you can read the mind, but not control it. So... thats bascially you saying, "hey, that sniper a mile away is gonna kill me. I should stop him."

Only it would be more like " Hey, that sni- ARG!" and hten you die. assuming they're even in your radius.

I meant more along the lines of it being a cheat code for life. If youre having trouble in a relationship, or at work, or just want to impress someone, you just read their mind to know what the best possible thing you could say is.

Most people dont know what will impress them until it does. Or they're being sacrastic when they think about it.

 

[Zach Steadman]

Time manipulation, sooooooo much better. Get in a fight? Punch with a fist moving at light speed. Suck at games? Triple reflexes. Stuck in a test? Pause time to think instead of just straight up cheating, you might learn something. "Think fast"? Ok. Computer shit slow? Encase individual components in a time slow bubble to have infinite performance. And of course, see hot girl, no-one's the wiser... and now there's a good question, if no-one's the wiser, how morally wrong is it really? Pause time to think.

Not to mention the Physics Behind a Punch at the Speed of Light: F=ma therefore a 65kg person traveling at 3.00x10^8 m/s(Speed of Light for those not in the loop) = 19500000000N of Force, that's 65,000 atomic bombs.

That would kill whoever is throwing the punch. The body would break because 19500000000N have to come from somewhere. Shit going the speed of light to 0m/s it theoretically nanoseconds of time would splatter every major and minor and back up and understudy organ you have against the bones and skins that are no longer there.

This is all theoretical speaking anyways, after all The Flash can punch at that speed because he's protected by the "speed force"(magic hooplah!). I was stating the ridiculousness of the idea of punching someone at that speed. If you have time manipulation, it would be much easier to accelerate the time field around your opponent so they turn to dust instantly.