I was having this discussion with a 7-year old boy and I wanted to reopen this age old question. Here's my top 5:
5. Flight - honestly very overrated. If you're interested in flight because you think it would be fun, pay the $200 to go skydive. If you are interested in the fast travel aspect, there are better ways to do that (super speed and teleportation). Plus, everyone would soon find out you have this power and either fear you or bother you. Would be fun, but not the best.
4. Mind Reading - This one would certainly come in handy in social settings. You would no longer have to wonder if that girl likes you or what your best friend is hiding from you. Also, you'd become infinitely wealthy from knowing exactly what card your opponents have in poker. The biggest con to mind reading is that virtually all suspense would be removed from you life. It could potentially become boring.
3. Teleportation - The ultimate fast travel tool. If used right, you may be able to keep it a secret which would make it very fun; however, one slip up and it's public knowledge. I do think it would feel adventurous to go to the Eifel Tower at nighttime. I think this one would stay exciting for awhile, but if you ever get caught, it could definitely be viewed as dangerous.
2. Invisibility - If someone asked me what the best superpower is, I would tell them invisibility. Realistically, it's the best one since the last one is ridiculously powerful. There are so many cool things you could do with invisibility. I could only imagine the pranks you could pull on friends and what an amazing magician you could be. Even if people found out, it's not like they could do much. You can just turn invisible and get on a plane to another country. Would be by far the best in my opinion if it weren't for...
1. Manipulate Probability - So stupidly overpowered it's unfair. Not only can you always win horse bets, but since you can change ANY probability, you could just make the probability that you are invisible 100%. You could also live forever by changing the chance of death to 0%. There are so many things you could do with this one, one might be lead to believe that you would get bored. But then you could just change that probability to 0%. This one is just too good.
I want to hear what y'all think! There's plenty that I didn't put on this list. You can share your top 5 or just 1 or 2 that you think are cool.
5. Flight - honestly very overrated. If you're interested in flight because you think it would be fun, pay the $200 to go skydive. If you are interested in the fast travel aspect, there are better ways to do that (super speed and teleportation). Plus, everyone would soon find out you have this power and either fear you or bother you. Would be fun, but not the best.
4. Mind Reading - This one would certainly come in handy in social settings. You would no longer have to wonder if that girl likes you or what your best friend is hiding from you. Also, you'd become infinitely wealthy from knowing exactly what card your opponents have in poker. The biggest con to mind reading is that virtually all suspense would be removed from you life. It could potentially become boring.
3. Teleportation - The ultimate fast travel tool. If used right, you may be able to keep it a secret which would make it very fun; however, one slip up and it's public knowledge. I do think it would feel adventurous to go to the Eifel Tower at nighttime. I think this one would stay exciting for awhile, but if you ever get caught, it could definitely be viewed as dangerous.
2. Invisibility - If someone asked me what the best superpower is, I would tell them invisibility. Realistically, it's the best one since the last one is ridiculously powerful. There are so many cool things you could do with invisibility. I could only imagine the pranks you could pull on friends and what an amazing magician you could be. Even if people found out, it's not like they could do much. You can just turn invisible and get on a plane to another country. Would be by far the best in my opinion if it weren't for...
1. Manipulate Probability - So stupidly overpowered it's unfair. Not only can you always win horse bets, but since you can change ANY probability, you could just make the probability that you are invisible 100%. You could also live forever by changing the chance of death to 0%. There are so many things you could do with this one, one might be lead to believe that you would get bored. But then you could just change that probability to 0%. This one is just too good.
I want to hear what y'all think! There's plenty that I didn't put on this list. You can share your top 5 or just 1 or 2 that you think are cool.
