Discussion Which mental ability?

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Which would you want to have the most? (Top 3)

  1. Accelerated Thought

  2. Parallel Thinking

  3. Advanced Comprehension

  4. Superior Memory

  5. Connected Mind

  6. Self-Emotion Manipulation

  7. Thought Visualization/Audiolization

  8. Rapid Calculation

  9. Alter-Ego Creation

  10. Exceptional Social Awareness

  11. Sleep Minimalization

  12. Dream Mastery

  13. Mind Zenith

  14. Other (post below if you have an idea)

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  1. Cosmic_

    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

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    Which of these mental abilities would you have?
    Doesn't have to be strongest, just which would you want to have.

    Please try to think of the powers at a level where they aren't broken. For example, base your judgement/standards of Accelerated Thought on some non-OP speed like 4 times and not 200 times faster.

    Based the powers at just at the nearly level of inhuman or sorta superhuman or pretty much super genius, nothing higher than that.

    I would still however love to see how they powers can be abused, become op, creatively used and what they would be like if they were to become godly instead of just inhuman.

    Faster thinking and reaction speed.
    Multi-tasking and simultaneous thinking/focus.
    Faster learning and better understanding things.
    Be able to recall and remember nearly anything.
    Be able to have genius creativity and connect many ideas together.
    Incredible manipulation, alteration, switching, and control of your own emotion and mood.
    Become able to clearly hear, see, and manifest your thoughts and ideas in your head as if your mind was a canvas/document/instrument/file/etc.
    Capable of calculating at incredible speeds.
    Able to create, control, and switch alter egos that have different personalities.
    Super high EQ and able to greatly sense intent, lying, and emotional state of others.
    Able to nearly completely eliminate sleep and still get all the benefits.
    Can have/activate long, constant, and clear lucid dreams with perfect control.
    Always be at peak mental state/health/vigor/focus.
     
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  2. Khatulistiwa

    Khatulistiwa An Egg Eternal

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    Advanced Comprehension, so i can actually learn Chinese/Japanese/Koreans quickly :blobneutral:
     
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    Amadeusgrim Well-Known Member

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    Alter ego imo is the best one. Alter ego can be as smart as fuck with all other abilities
     
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  4. Frozen ink

    Frozen ink Legally had harem『Cathulu』Power of Love & Evil』

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    the ability to make people see tentacles in the corner of their eyes and even feel it when they close their eyes but never to ever see them or touch them back desu
     
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    otaku31 Well-Known Member

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    Advanced Comprehension seems broken.
     
  6. Cosmic_

    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

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    I felt a lot of these powers could have hidden pluses such as Mind Zenith which would allow you to not get hangovers, maintain judgement when drinking, or still be at peak mind for an exam despite a lack of sleep(tho physical fatigue still exist). Self-Emotion Manipulation also would allow fear immunity to a degree as well as it'd be great for a sloth since it can drive up their motivation. Alter Ego Creation is also good since although it lacks some of the benefits of Self-Emotion Manipulation, it can change personality which emotion changing can't, which could allow making an alter ego that's confident, funny, motivated, and passionate at things that I am not.
     
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    KazuXSora Well-Known Member

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    Of course superior memory.Then i would surpassed and become the next Einstein.
     
  8. Cosmic_

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    Not really. You'd be that guy in school that just get's it, but never needs to study, sure. It could allow you to become a master of many since it's not limited to any field, but that'd take time and it'd technically only makes you learn better. You'd still lack in creativity, memorization, etc. Plus you'd need the motivation, passion, time, and resources to invest in learning. Sure, you have the potential to reach the peak of whatever talent you have, but it doesn't give you all the talent. You could just turn into a jack of all, master of few.
    Einstein had more going for him then memory tho. He had the comprehension, creativity, knowledge(which superior memory can get you with time), and most importantly the brain that could connect and realize different ideas together. You'd need Advance Comprehension, Connected Mind, and Superior Memory. Unless you are already smart, have the education, and only need the genius brain of Connected Mind.
     
  9. redleaf97

    redleaf97 Lurker

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    Have you ever watch limitless? its like all the above
     
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    Superior Memory would only be great if I was born with it, if that's not the case then I would prefer Advanced Comprehension.
     
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    Btw, sleep minimalization is by far the worst power ever. You should change that to sleep maximization, or better yet, hibernation.
     
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  12. Simon

    Simon [The Pure One's Chief Steward][Demon Beast]

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    If I take parallel thinking, I don't want it to come with multiple personality.
     
  13. Cosmic_

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    Looks like it got cancelled. I'll still check it out tho.
     
  14. Zaye

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    Parallel thinking, so I can binge read my backlog and clear em up
     
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    Miserys_End 「Lv1 Pretend Person」I'm the preson i pretend to be

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    Advanced comprehension
    Parallel thinking
    Superior memory

    Adv comp to learn many things quickly, and think up new ways to apply said knowledge.
    Parallel thinking to do both above activities simultaneously
    Superior memory to retain and orgnize said information and new possibilities while discarding useless or unuseable
     
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    I would want alter ego creation
    Mostly so that I can be brave when needed and motivated sometimes whitout giving up being a potato sometimes
    Because life is easier if you know how to say no and such
    I dont feel that thi is the most useful skill but i want this one ^^
     
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  17. Cosmic_

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    You wouldn't get multiple personalities tho as it's not like different egos working. It's more like just being able to do multiple mental tasks at once. So it'd be like in the background working. Not like an office in your head with chibi little people working and interacting.
    Here's my planned details.
    This ability is usually in novels a part of the skill: Accelerated Parallel Thought. The must have ability for multi-tasking. You essentially are able to think, process, and focus on multiple things at once.

    Note/Suggestion: You might have a maximum of thinking/focusing on 4~6 things at a time. A bit more difficult to explain than Accelerated Thought. This ability is different from just thinking multiple things due to how there is no decrease of efficiency/ability when dividing focus. Humans can't really parallel think to these degrees as some thoughts overlap. You might pat your head and rub your belly, but not draw a counterclockwise circle with your toe and a 6 with your finger.

    You can also be paying perfectly attention to 3 different voice chat conversations, listen to one Youtube research lecture in the background, and play fortnight on your computer, all at the same time. Different from Accelerated Thought as it's time saving through multitasking. It also allows multi focuses on one task like a translator could have one consciousness/mind/awareness focus/thinking on rereading, editing(better wording), one on proofreading error, and one on checking translation accuracy, and it'd all be done with peak devotion to assigned role.

    You could draw a picture with your left hand, type an original story on your phone with your right hand, read a novel on the computer in front of you, while playing the piano with your feet.

    Note that you're only doing as good as if you were doing each one by themselves so your piano/drawing would still suck just as much when not multitasking. Also note that you only have one pair of eyes so if you need to look at the keyboard/piano keys/paper to do things, multi-tasking will be as if you were typing/drawing/playing blind or by "feel" since you're reading the computer. You'd still be limited by your body.
     
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    I think Mind Zenith is the worst. Myself at peak state is still mediocre AF :blobsweat_2:
     
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    superior memory usually comes with the problem of remembering exact details you don't want to remember tho

    minimal sleep is nice for ppl who feels like only having 2/3rd of their life to do something is not enough
     
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  20. Simon

    Simon [The Pure One's Chief Steward][Demon Beast]

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    Okay so I'll want Memory Thief, Mental Mimicry (Limited to coping 1 power for a short time), Psychometry.