Comments on: Friday is a Good time to Stop and Ponder… …and die of exhaustion.

By: annie

annie — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:36:41 +0000

I have always thought I’d want to be able to make myself invisible. Maybe you’ll consider that a little mini-power…

But think about it. I could disappear to avoid embarrassing situations. I could eavesdrop (is that bad?). And most importantly, I could be helpful and generous ANONYMOUSLY. I would love that.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:30:26 +0000

If I could be a superhero it would be the one from that tv show where the guy had the car that could change into all kinds of different thing like a helicoper and then a boat and whatever. do you remember? The car would be surrounded by lots of cool blue lines and then it would be turned into something else. It was also like that game spyhunter.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:36:44 +0000

Hmmm, tricky question. If I had to pick just one superhero it would be hard not to pick the Silver Surfer because, of all the superheroes, he is the most invincible (that is to say, if all the heroes had a royal rumble, I think he’d be last man standing).

However, I’ve always thought the Surfer was kind of lame. I’ve always thought the the ability to omni-morph was the best superpower (precisely because, by being able to morph, you can achieve almost everybody else’s superpowers—i.e. want super-strength, morph into something super-strong; want to fly, morph into something that flies, and so on and so forth). So, at the end of the day, I’m afraid I’d probably choose to be Kevin Sydney (the Changeling/Morph).

For another interesting angle, by somebody who thinks telekinesis is the best power, see this post by Halden: http://inhabitatiodei.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/the-ontology-of-telekinesis/.