4th October 2005, 10:12 PM
It doesn't matter what Batman says, we can't ever actually do all that stuff.
And if you actually think the tech he uses can exist... well...
Wait, are we even using the same definition of "real world"? I mean the REAL world, not the "real" comic book world.
Perhaps we should have a good starting point in what we define as super. Super, as far as heroes go, to me, is any hero that uses abilities we can't use in OUR world, ever. Batman is fake, what he SAYS can exist is meaningless.
By the same token, Goku isn't a super hero. In that world, ANYONE can fly or become super strong, it's just that all those abilities are usually latent until someone trains.
And if you actually think the tech he uses can exist... well...
Wait, are we even using the same definition of "real world"? I mean the REAL world, not the "real" comic book world.
Perhaps we should have a good starting point in what we define as super. Super, as far as heroes go, to me, is any hero that uses abilities we can't use in OUR world, ever. Batman is fake, what he SAYS can exist is meaningless.
By the same token, Goku isn't a super hero. In that world, ANYONE can fly or become super strong, it's just that all those abilities are usually latent until someone trains.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)