There is no greater super power than mind control

[Daverson]

Mind control is great and all, but it only helps when people don't notice it. Lets assume that, given the limited capacity of any brain, you're going to have a limit on how many individuals you can control, a reasonable guessimate would be something like, 5 people under complete control, or about a hundred people under some kind of suggestive control, maybe you'd just have to establish this link once, drop in the suggestion, then leave them to their thing. Maybe at the apex of your power-trip, you could establish complete dominance over a single city (I assume that what you'd do, otherwise, what else would you use it for other than persuading people to do stuff, you can do that with good oration...)

Now, unlike in the movies, the government, and the army aren't stupid, so once they work out you're some kind of mind controller, rather than sending some dudes to stop you, they'll send their robotic pal, TALON-SWORDS. Mind controlled minions tend to be a lot less effective after they've been shot. Maybe they'll take pity, and use some kind of non-lethal ammunition on them, giving you at least a chance to fight back, but it's more likely they'll cut their losses and just kill everything that moves.

(SWORDS- Your robotic pal, who's fun to be around! [http://www.botjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/talon-swords.jpg])

(And if you think you've got that one sussed out, there's stuff like the ULB [http://www.botjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/060712c_lg.jpg] and, of course, the MQ-9 Reaper [http://doctorbulldog.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/mq-9_armed.jpg])

Also, if the psuedo-science surrounding mind control is to be believed, a psionic blocking device could easily be created at home with through wire gauze or tin foil.

Best superpower is magentokinesis (control over magnetic fields, and by extension of this, electricity). Mind control is for people who aren't able to bring people to their way of seeing things without it. I don't think a lot of people really recognize the potency of this ability:
-The ability to short-circuit any electronic device.
-The ability to neutralize any generator. (nb, aside from batteries, almost all power sources rely on converting rotational movement of magnets into a electrical field)
-Protection from Energy Weapons (except sonic weapons, but I'd wouldn't classify them as energy weapons, and yes, you can bend EM beams with magnets.)
-Protection from lightning strikes (because, let's face it, if you're going to try and take over the universe, eventually you're going to piss off either Jesus, Zeus, Thor (the God, not the superhero, though they may be the same person? I'm not really into comics... I'll know when I see the movie ^^), or someone with a lightning gun)
-Limited protection against Projectile weapons (depending on the projectile in question, though a powerful enough magnetic field can effect stuff we wouldn't classical believe to be magnetic, such as frogs [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1vyB-O5i6E])
-With enough practice, the ability to reprogram magnetic and solid-state storage devices (so, Hard Disks, Floppy Disks, magnetic tape and USB pens)
-Flight ("It levitates bullet trains from Tokyo to Osaka. It levitates my desk, where I ride the saddle of the world. And it levitates... me!" ... ok, this is elaborated on with Magneto, but it's worth being on the list anyway, 'cause, come on, what sort of superhero/villain can't fly?)
-Limited control over the human mind. (magnetic fields have been proven to have an effect on the human brain)

It's like the best bits of all other superpowers combined! Without any of that magic or technobabble most superpowers need to kick-start them.

 

[theklng]

History manipulation is taking what's already happened and changing it to your desire.

sounds like time manipulation, except you call it something different.

 

[aaliya]

That was right which he meant this was... Don't you think so?????

 

[GavmatexD]

Brain Control is better xD " Dinner for schmucks " what a movie

 

[David Bray]

The ultimate ability is the manipulation of physics

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

 

[Meestor Pickle]

but you could just mind control those superhumans who can to do whatever you want

Assuming there ARE superhumans for you to mind-control.

I'm pretty sure immortality would be the greatest superpower. For obvious reasons. Mind control me all you want, YOU'RE. GOING. TO DIE.

Doesn't mean someone cant chain you to the bottom of the ocean and forget you or something similar.
But itd depend on the mind control, can you only do one person, do you need to touch them\is there a range etc.

I still think telekinesis you be awesome. Gah! The fridge didnt close fully and I...Just...Sat...Down

 

[Scarim Coral]

What it true that it's very powerful when you put it that way but what happen if someone created Magneto helmet (the helmet prevent any mind/psychic related thing from entering his mind). Also although it?s unlikely but what happen if that person who you trying to manipulate has huge amount of will power or is able to resist the mind powers in some way or another?

 

[Atmos Duality]

No, the ultimate power is to rewrite the Universal Function.
It's the laws of all physics and interactions, which include how the brain functions.

the thing about rewriting the universal function is that none of us are smart enough to consider or even understand the almost infinite amount of factors that make up the universe and altering any of them in any way may have catastrophic results.

But random entropy is fun!

 

[kickassfrog]

If everyone on Earth had powers, the greatest power would be power immunity.

 

[Booze Zombie]

If I sent a robot army after you, I wouldn't have to fear any form of mind control.

 

[Lunar Shadow]

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.

 

[Continuity]

Dr Manhattan

That is all I have to say, now just tell me where I can pick up my super power please.

 

[Red Right Hand]

what the fuck is history manipulation? don't you mean time manipulation?

mind control isn't even close to being the best way of manipulating. how about being able to control atoms? quarks? potential control of tachyons, granting you the powers of fate? and you think that mind manipulation will dominate?

try harder.

EDIT: also, by the time we are able to attain immortality, we would be highly modular beings. since you are by definition immortal, you could make heavy changes to your body to create the best circumstances for living in the distant future.

Time manipulation seems to be more of controlling the rate at which time moves around you while your own rate of passing through time remains unchanged, manipulation of space so that you don't suffocate and actually being able to move objects is an added bonus. What I mean is if you were to say stop time, you've reduced the rate at which time moves around you to zero X units/X units or X units squared. However, you will still be able to move around at the same pace as before. Or let's go the opposite route and speed up time, everything around you is moving at a faster pace because you've increased the rate at which time flows around you while your passage through time is still the same as before.

The problem with time manipulation is that if you stop time or slow down time too often, you'll die before a lot of people you know because you couldn't change the rate at which you yourself pass through time. So while you stopped time for an hour to do something, when time starts again, you'll have aged one extra hour compared to everyone else.

History manipulation is taking what's already happened and changing it to your desire.

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.

 

[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.