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[–] 32 points 10 months ago (7 children)

My answer to this question is always teleportation, including my clothes and anyone I’m touching (and their clothes). And the ability to not appear inside solid objects. No more traffic. No more passports or visas. No more long multi-hour drives or long haul flights.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Have fun figuring out the point of reference of your new powers. It would be hillarious if it was not the nearest grvitational well. Earth moves, the sun moves, our galaxy moves. Watch it be not the most obvious thing, and you teleport into empty space.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    This flaw in teleportation logic hinges on the assumption that there is an absolute reference frame- which as far as I'm aware there isn't. There is real science behind teleportation, and from what I've seen the frame of reference of the origin is what determines the endpoint. If you COULD manipulate the frame of reference as well, you could teleport a small rock an inch forward, but with the frame of reference of a near lightspeed object to create a crazy projectile.

    Basically, you'd still need to follow the rules of conservation of momentum and energy, or it could be broken.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    …and that always comes up as a response. Ok fine, I’ll add another line to the fine print: The ability to teleport at the exact place I want to be. If you want to counter that still, then make it places I’ve been to before. It will limit my destinations, but it still saves me time and effort. I’ve never been to France, but I’ve been to Germany, so that still reduces my travel from almost a day of flying and layovers to a train ride.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    at least in x-men they have limitations to that, where they also have added ability to sense where they are teleporting is filled space or not. not in the comics but blink the portal creator can sense dimensional distorstions too.

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