• Pothetato@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Being able to just declare math formulas to act on the physical world is an intriguing super power.

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      8 months ago

      How would you even world build that in? Become a prominent mathematician and figure out all the uses?

      X is the objects mass and Y is how fast it is going, now there is a black hole next to your face.

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      7 months ago

      Katalepsis does exactly this for millions of words, and it’s (unfortunately) one of the best books I’ve read in my life.

    • Cactus_Head@programming.dev
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      4 months ago

      Paradox from Ben 10 does that which on itself a reference to Dr.who. If i remember correctly, its not that he got powers from being sucked into the time portal but that his mind expanded allowing him to travel among other stuff.

      from the wiki: Paradox was displaced outside of time, where he lost the ability to age and was unable to sleep or eat; just exist. He went insane for a while, but then got bored and regained his sanity. Gaining complete understanding of the space-time continuum, Paradox forgot his original name in the process