If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
What super powers seem under-explored in fiction?
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Ability to speak every language fluently would be amazing.
Feels like AI is going to fix most of that limitation over the next few years.
Just because you’re right doesn’t make my dream smaller. I could speak Mongolian!
To be fair, I’m pretty retarded at learning languages, so I’m biased here. 😅
Same.
Though you'll miss the experience of thinking in the language, which has its own value
Russian Lit
Teleportation. It would be a game changer. Especially if anything you were touching could be transported with you. As long as no one was occupying the space you were teleporting to already. That would be messy.
Always being 2 steps ahead.
Because it means never being caught off guard, always making the right move, and staying in control of every situation.
Philip K Dick’s The Golden Man goes down this road. It was the basis for a very different story in a Nic Cage movie called Next.
In both, the character has the ability to see the future. Not one future, but all possible futures. It’s like being able to play out every chess move several moves ahead.
That’s god-like.
To be able to effortlessly orange pill!
Free time
the invisibility is cool, cause you can gain knowledge without being noticed
I recommend you watching the original “The invisible man”. I always thought that would be nice until I watched the movie. It would be extra hard being 100% invisible. You would still have to consider: dirt under your feet, dirt under your fingernails, the food you eat still being digested, watching out walking down stairs (hard to do because you can’t see your feet), …
The ability to make plants/trees grow really fast. Imagine a giant sequoia seed to behemoth in minutes… or seconds
Option #1 Hability to read and absorb knowladge like flash could run.
Option #2 JARVIS. Then I will go from there until I am able to create VISION
It's definitely not "under-explored" , but would be a Jedi.
To be able to harness the power of the universe/galaxy (depending on how you interpret) ? Hell yeah.
I don't want a superpower because it’d be too easy to abuse it. Superpower can mess everything, I’d rather keep things fair.
I created an entity called Mor in one of my science fiction scripts. Mor is the purest form of existence—its only defining trait is being purple. It has no physical form, no consciousness in the way humans understand. It does not experience time as linear or space as fixed dimensions. For Mor, past, present, and future exist at once; it is present everywhere, simultaneously.
Mor does not "move" because it is already everywhere. Concepts like distance, direction, and speed are meaningless to it. The reality humans perceive is just one of many possibilities for Mor. It exists somewhere between awareness and inanimacy, without needing a stable form. Any mind that perceives Mor struggles to comprehend its existence and begins to lose its grasp on reality.
Mor communicates with humans, but not in words—its language is intuition, presence, and raw existence. Humans can only sense Mor through dreams, forgotten memories, or fleeting moments of realization. A mind that fully understands Mor’s nature begins to transcend human limitations.
In my script, Mor visits Earth as a magnetic stone, drawing the attention of a scientist who unknowingly begins to research not just a physical phenomenon, but an entity beyond human comprehension.
If I had any superpower, I would be Mor.
Possessing and sharing Inner peace ✌🏼
Mass-mind control.
It unlocks all other super powers...
Unfortunately, it is not fiction.
The power to free humanity, through unbreakable cryptography?
Time Travel
to be able to control and manipulate the basic building blocks of the universe
why?
you ultimate engineer, the power to create and destroy
An Omega Level Super Power
Mine Bitcoin with my mind. I know that’s what you were looking for. What do I win?
Ability to sleep at will, “bank” the sleep, and then cash it in later
confident calm composed attitude with voice to get things done
The ability to alter probabilities in events and actions.
Mine a block every 10 minutes.
Use scratch-offs instead of fiat.
Every green light.
Bumped up to first-class, every time.
Cook an egg perfectly without fail.
Sovereigns recognize the inevitability of bitcoin for international trade, and capitulate.
Immortality and the power of Monetary Alchemy!
The ability to create or erase vast sums of wealth with a mere thought.
I can summon trillions into existence, inflating economies and fueling booms with a snap of my fingers. But just as easily, I can siphon liquidity, tighten the flow of money, and bring markets to their knees—making nations, corporations, and individuals unknowingly dance to my rhythm, bound by the unseen forces of interest rates and inflation.
This power also allows me to make people believe their money is safe while subtly eroding its value.
And should anyone challenge me, I can shift the financial landscape beneath their feet, ensuring that no rival escapes my grasp.
Time traveler
Traveling through space and time. Like Ciri in the Witcher.
Frozone from the incredibles is sick. You can do a lot being able to create ice at will. Cold drinks. Ice sculptures. Ice skating rink. Frozen fruit.
The ability to access Satoshis Bitcoin stash and distribute it equally to every person on earth, except Faketoshi of course. ✌️
As wonderful as it sounds, you know you'll almost certainly kill Bitcoin should you do so (on chain), right? Almost nobody would be able to pay for fees and move any money.
Well that would be the super power to distribute without killing Bitcoin.
There are approximately 7.9 billion people living on Earth.
1,000,000 bitcoin is equal to 100,000,000,000,000 satoshis.
100,000,000,000,000 / 7,900,000,000 = approximately 12,658 satoshis per person.
Or i could use the super power over Lightning ⚡
Energy bending that obeys the 1st law of thermodynamics.
These superheros out here throwing shit and catching on fire. WITH WHAT ENERGY?! HELLO?!
Ability to convince anyone of anything at any time
Could there be a sort of "reverse Cassandra" power?
You can see the future. You can see how "nothing is stopping this train" because of the actions of the individual actors involved.
But you have the super power to psychologically nudge those actors so that the "inevitable" future is averted.
Bene Gesserit control, but not Kwisatz Haderach prescience.
Remembering the name / backstory of everyone you've ever met
I don’t have a good understanding of explored but I do have an underrated super hero for you. Dr.Manhattan
The best super power would be one that is 'immune' to all other super powers. Something like in the book 'A Spell for Chameleon'
The power to heal/regrow wounds for others would be cool as heck. Don’t see a lot of nondestructive powers all that often.
If I had a superpower it would be holding “the key to the city.” However, it would be hard to beat Conan O’Brien’s Flaming C character.
I'm invisible to bartenders and to automatic doors, I can turn beer into pee, my nose cracks and I control movement of my ears.
I think I'm good.
Mind control.
I could single-handedly change entire political system is just by talking to people and asking them questions, working my way up the chain of command
Rhett Caan from Rick and Morty was extremely OP.
The ability to take one being’s consciousness and move it into the body of another creature. To generate empathy for the other creature’s plight.
What if one of them was a psychopath, and it ended with them being killed because feeling there lack of empathy inspired terror?
My wife has always said hers would be "being able to absorb all the knowledge and wisdom of a book just by being near it"
Yes she buys a shitload of books that she never reads
Indestructibility. Would be fun to just jump off a mountain and roll down with no injuries.
Metamorphosis would be a cool power to explore. sort of like Darwin from X-Men. you have no predefined power, just go through transformations to adapt.
Some might prefer teleportation, but I’d take a more practical twist: the power to snap my fingers and instantly be in bed, fully ready to sleep. Imagine driving home late at night, one snap, and you’re tucked in. The car’s parked, clothes are put away, teeth brushed - good to go. Assuming you don’t delete too much time.
To be able to see the books of all private companies worldwide hah. The Balance sheet bandit.
Have to 2nd this 😹
indestrucible is the objectively correct answer
it’s just a fact
The super power I want the most is the ability to make people shit themselves telepathically
Watching J Powell give the FOMC meeting would be WAY more entertaining
You cut me off, well guess what, your car is going to be way more smelly
Arguments wouldn’t last half as long
Of course I would keep this power secret
Being the exception to the rule.
infinite number of possibilities.
Oh that might be fun...
the ability heal others at the cost of taking on their malady for a time.
The ability to turn other’s reality into higher or lower dimensions. Higher for friends, lower for enemies
Hypnotism.
To hypnotize people with too much money to invest in my dream of turning 1000 acres into the most productive silvopasture on earth over the course of 7 generations and therefore eschewing high time preference in favor of getting back to generational investments.
The ability to let any muscle of any person twitch as you want.
"Why do you slap yourself?"
"What do you mean?"
BAM
Teleporting would be pretty op. Would be incredibly useful and timesaving traveling.
I think the ability to understand and use many different languages is a superpower; in fact, the ability to use one language well is an underrated superpower. Many underestimate how much can be achieved with precise and persuasive words used in a clear and concise manner.
The only super power the world needs is "Stopping Socialist Assholes from destroying the world".
Patience
Contentment
Ability to control others’ emotions
Because when a person experiences pure joy, sadness, anger etc., nothing else about their circumstances really matters.
'emotions’... it's just a figure of speech
you'd be able to control absolutely nothing 🥱
Expanded critical thinking. The more I exercise my critical thinking, the more it opens possibilities to change my current paradigm for the better. It allows me to overcome obstacles, break free from group-think, and achieve more than I ever thought I could while trapped in the normal rat race. Bitcoin gave me this freedom. Thank you, God, for bitcoin!!
The ability to print Bitcoin. Because, duh. Under-explored superpower? Common sense. Seems nobody's got that one.
Immortality… the ultimate nihilism…. Nothing matters and nothing has any value
ability to completely disable friction at will in targeted local areas
The ability to turn off thoughts.
Wisdom
A magic hammer.
The power of The Mule from Foundation series was interesting. Far more powerful than one would initially predict
Emotional intelligence and spatial awareness
Superhuman intelligence is under-explored because it's very hard for authors to imagine or portray.
There's a couple of good examples... but that's about it.
Changing what people think
print Bitcoin of course
Teleportation. Anywhere, instantly.
A British super hero
Pretty sure it's this, because it bears endless fruit and is most rewarding:
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time travel / loops might be a good fit for you. Exploring consequences of different superficially good choices
Mind-reading. Are your thoughts safe? Are they even yours? Professor Xavier probably already knows your 12 or 24 words. gg
