Poll: Would you be scared if telekinetic people existed?

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bigfatcarp93

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I never really thought about it, but yeah. Cause it would be like trolling on the web: people could kill anonymously. Someone with TK could just scoop up someone off the street with their mind and drop them to their death. And as the internet has proven, anything people can get away with, they will. I guess it would be a bit like cancer: you could just die any time, having done nothing to deserve it, and having no way to save yourself.

So, yeah, that would scare me.
 

FalloutJack

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Well, if it's like Looper, then no.

Even if it wasn't, it's still no.

Anyone gifted with telekinetic power has to have a stage where they're really bad at doing anything right. If they're planning me any harm, it won't happen that way for years. By then, I'm sure I can do something about it.
 

AsurasEyes

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Has no one here seen Chronicle? Give a human the power to fuck with other people, and they'll exploit it. Frankly, I'd prefer if people who could rip me in half by looking at me very intensely didn't exist.
 

AngloDoom

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No, I'd just be incredibly envious if I wasn't one of them.
If I was one of the few with telekinetic abilities, that's when I'd start getting scared.
 

Joccaren

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Not really.
In this world most people are already stronger than I am, yet I am not scared of them. Why would I be scared of the fact that they have just one more advantage?
Plus, if I had that power, it would be a nice equaliser for me. It would suit my laziness perfectly, and if I got into trouble I might be able to use it to save myself, dependent on the limits of those powers.
 

Starik20X6

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There really should be an "only if I'm not one of them" option, because that's honestly how I'd feel.

I mean, I know I would use my powers for good (sickeningly goody-two-shoes as I am) but I can't say that for anyone else, especially after reading some of the responses here. But if some powered butt-wrench is going to be starting shit, I'd want to be able to stop them.
 

kommando367

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No, but that would be one hell of an apocolypse. Debris flying in one direction and bullets flying in the other.
 

Smiley Face

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No more than other people. I mean, assuming that this telekinesis has reasonable limits, it's just another weapon - there's not much of a reason to be more scared of a telekinetic than of someone who's far stronger than you, or has a weapon of some sort. Only difference is that, assuming it's powerful enough, it's the ultimate advantage, but the degree of the advantage only matters if you have any interest in gaining the upper hand, which isn't really my thing.
 

Dwarfman

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Scared? Or jealous? If telekinetics did exist and I wasn't one of the gifted I doubt I would be scared, but jealous? Absolutely.
 

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Froggy Slayer said:
Simple question, I'm just wondering if you would be more worried if a large enough (lets say 0.5%) amount of people had developed telekinetic abilities.
someone was watching looper....

Depends on the strenght of the abilities.
if its jsut barely enough to keep coin afloat i would be all like "ok take all worlds scientists and make sure that everyone has this, i need to reach my remote without moving".
if its crush bridges with your hand then id be scarred shitless, so many morons have so much power.....
i voted no, i would fined telekinetics cool and would love to be one.
 

teebeeohh

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Everyone who voted no should watch akira.
If the ability is powerful enough to reliably move a remote around a room it's strong enough to move a scalpel.
Now I don't mean we should all panic and build sentinels but vigilance is never wrong.
And the difference to guns is that you can separate people with violent tempers from guns, how do you separate people from their telekinetic superpowers? I mean short of keeping them sedated 24/7.
And I am still looking forward to this, telekenisis has always been my favourite power
 

Therumancer

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It depends on a number of factors.

I don't think that people simply having power is a problem. I also don't think that totally sociopathic behavior is the norm. People just generally don't 'screw stuff up' for the heck of it, people who think that is what they would do would probably be quite surprised at their own reaction to having the abillity to do it.

Of course the level of power DOES figure into this, if we're dealing with it on a fairly personal level, like being able to flip a car or something, that's probably not a big deal. If we're dealing with the power to say level buildings through raw force after having a bad day, that's another.

There is also the question of how willing these people are to live within society and it's laws. I missed the big registration thing, but understand I've always felt that was a double edged question. Typically comics and such explore it from the perspective of racism and try to present regulation as a bad thing, with any attempt to regulate super powers or abnormal abillities as being something that will lead to abuse or extermination, I don't quite think that's the case. Before it got de-railed by people wanting to make a real-world liberal analogy (superhuman Gitmo!) I think Civil War (Marvel Event) was raising some interesting questions here, though it got away from that and turned into a very loaded right/wrong equasion and forgot what it was originally supposed to be about. I personally do not think registration would be a bad thing, and going along with it would do a lot to demonstrate a willingness to live within society. I've always found a lot of arguements in comics to be fairly ironic, that the superhuman mutants (or whatever) that are supposed to be good guys and make noble speeches about living in peace with humanity and such, also frequently make a big point out of putting themselves above any kind of law or regulation (which does waffle at times). Something justified by the existance of some rather unlikely psychpaths always working behind the scenes.

In short, I would expect there to be some degree of regulation and registration as a matter of common sense. I'd be wary if there was resistance to it on a massive scale, as I pretty much feel anyone not willing to work with society and put themselves above it is kind of making a point about things being as bad as possible.

I tend to think in the final equasion things like registration wouldn't be that big a deal honestly. People with powers like telekinesis are liable to want to use them in the private sector, and operate publically, rather than becoming vigilantes and criminals out of hand like in popular fiction. After all if someone is willing to pay you millions of dollars to manipulate hazerdous materials at a safe distance, raise things from the ocean floor, or whatever else (depending on power level) why would you need to rob banks, or hide from the goverment. You could do quite well letting everyone know what you were and selling your talent as a professional.

There are already a lot of people far, far, more powerful than me, and I could die at a moment's notice from a number of things without any kind of superhumans or telekinetics around. Adding one more thing like that doesn't paticularly bother me, especially if it works with the rest of society.

I'll also admit, I'd be jealous, it's human nature. I'm jealous of a lot of people that have things/talents/whatever that I do not, BUT I don't let Jealousy rule me. To be honest for all of the envy, I also tend to feel happy for people that are doing well. It's one of the reasons why I'm not especially bitter about the rich, their tax breaks, and other things. Sure, I wish I was rich too, especially if I was basically born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I'm not going to hate on people for it. To invoke my ire it comes down to what you do with what you have. As a result I tend to be fairly accepting of the antics of Paris Hilton (hey, she's rich, likes to party, and uses her money to enjoy life and be an irresponsible playgirl, I might do the same thing, she doesn't generally hurt anyone), but less so of people like high powered bankers who have more money than they, or the next 10 generations of their family could ever spend, and yet feel the need to exploit people brutally to make even more money. I don't feel people are under any obligation to be philanthropists, but I don't care for bastards who kick people while their down and trod on them because they can.
 

Misterian

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No, I actually think that would be awesome!

though that might depend on the potency of said telekinesis, would we be talking 'move only simple, static, objects with your mind'? or 'be able to stop bullets and throw them back with your mind'?
 

Not G. Ivingname

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What would stop them from grabbing each of my bones and ripping them apart from each other? Or squeezing every organ in my body into a '6 by '6 cube? What will stop them from ruling society as the superior race, or exterminate us "inferior" beings from the gene pool? What could I use to kill them? Unless I ambush them, weapon I have, gun, knife, bomb, could be ripped from my hand and used against me.

Unless a weakness could be found, or "muggles" had a huge numerical advantage, what would stop them?
 

Scarim Coral

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Probably not. I mean what is the worse thing they can do to me? Kill me with their teleknetic powers?
 

Souplex

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I would expect you all to be scared of me.
How telekinetic are we talking here? Lift a book, lift a person, lift a tank? Lift a person is kind of scary, lift a tank is very scary.
 

Hagi

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Nah, not really.

My guess would be that in an actually realistic scenario such people would be integrated into society in a controlled matter extremely soon.

Either their powers are minor in which case there's not much to set them apart anyway and there'll be some voluntary registration and a few "Oooh! Look at me! I'm special" societies but they'd remain a normal part of society.

Or their powers are major in which case you can be damn sure governments and businesses, will want to utilize that power for profit or the betterment of society. And neither of those are served by doing things that cause real fear and terror in the general populace.

Those people will still need to eat, to drink, to sleep, to have homes, to have friends, to have jobs, to have entertainment etc. And they can't provide all those things themselves.