A World of Supers [Powers/Supers] - Page 3

AlexanderHowl · 09-19-2019, 08:30 PM

Let us imagine that, starting at 1000 AD, a cumulative 0.1% of people every year manifested supernatural powers across the globe. By 1500 AD, 39.4% of people would have manifested supernatural powers, meaning that super humans would probably be dominant over normal humans. By 2000 AD, 63.2% of people would have manifested supernatural powers, meaning that it would be a world of supers.

Let us further assume that a world of supers would be a world where super humans possess supernatural abilities, where normal humans manifest cinematic abilities, and where the 'average' person is 250 CP. How would you have had history diverge with such a change? What major events would have been prevented or occurred?

For example, in my conceptualization of the changes, the Northern Song Dynasty of China under Emperor Zhenzong would have quickly embraced the existence of super humans and used them to accelerate his consolidation of power. With his focus on Taoism in his court, the super humans would have been seen as chosen of the gods of China and would have been accorded great respect. The super humans would have prevented the weakening of the Northern Song and, when Mongols attempted to invade the Northern Song in 1279, the Mongols would have been crushed by the millions of Chinese super humans (22.2% of the population at that time). Genghis Khan would be a minor footnote in Chinese history, just another barbarian super human chieftain that attempted and failed to conquer China.

09-19-2019, 08:30 PM	#1
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	A World of Supers [Powers/Supers] Let us imagine that, starting at 1000 AD, a cumulative 0.1% of people every year manifested supernatural powers across the globe. By 1500 AD, 39.4% of people would have manifested supernatural powers, meaning that super humans would probably be dominant over normal humans. By 2000 AD, 63.2% of people would have manifested supernatural powers, meaning that it would be a world of supers. Let us further assume that a world of supers would be a world where super humans possess supernatural abilities, where normal humans manifest cinematic abilities, and where the 'average' person is 250 CP. How would you have had history diverge with such a change? What major events would have been prevented or occurred? For example, in my conceptualization of the changes, the Northern Song Dynasty of China under Emperor Zhenzong would have quickly embraced the existence of super humans and used them to accelerate his consolidation of power. With his focus on Taoism in his court, the super humans would have been seen as chosen of the gods of China and would have been accorded great respect. The super humans would have prevented the weakening of the Northern Song and, when Mongols attempted to invade the Northern Song in 1279, the Mongols would have been crushed by the millions of Chinese super humans (22.2% of the population at that time). Genghis Khan would be a minor footnote in Chinese history, just another barbarian super human chieftain that attempted and failed to conquer China.