“So I took one a them ah…”
“Scale models of the Eiffel Tower?”
“Yeah! And I jammed it in my ear. Just to see what would happen.”
“I hate it when that happens!”
Nonsense! Even _I_ can manipulate weather, and I don’t even claim to have any superpowers! Well, mostly by messing with butterflies, but still… huh…? Oh come on, you never did say “in a controlled manner”…!
Rejoice! For all our efforts (co2/ch4) are contributing to the sheer randomness of the whole system. The joys of adding energy to a chaotic system = more chaos
The way I read it, Tip isn’t assuming a superhuman, he’s just using it as an example to get Shelby to admit weather control is at least possible, since Shelby knows about superhumans.
Unfortunately, Shelby knows more about superhumans than Tip, and what he knows is that they’re mostly useless.
Mad scientists are, in point of fact, superhuman. They are cabable of feats of science that normal humans cannot even begin to imagine. However, not all superhumans are Mad scientists. Hence Shelby’s disbelief that such a thing is possible.
Helen and Dave famously said that Mad scientists are not limited by “the possible”. But actually, they are. The difference is that Mad scientists simply ignore it when anyone says something is impossible, and proceed to prove that whatever it was is, in fact, possible.
Well that’s an interesting thought. Do Good mad scientists qualify to join AG-I, or are they excluded due to Walton’s being a recognized DSM-5 disorder? In short, if your superpower is classified as a disease, do you still count as a super?
I don’t see why not. After all, if they’ll accept mutants who are barely human at all any more, why not accept any superhumans? The Institute utilised Mad scientists – evil ones – so why not AG-I?
Car washing controls birds more than weather. Mowing and hanging laundry is nearly infallible in attracting rain, unless it is needed. Weather is the feline of phenomena…
Leaving your umbrella and jacket at home is also a good way to ensure rain. Conversely, carrying your umbrella – the bigger the better – is a good way to ensure sunshine.
Well, she may be incompetent, but she can follow instructions, provided they are simple and concise. Plus she is strong and can fly. So she’s probably more useful on the ship than she would be on some other mission.
Robert Nowall: They’ve tried sailing away, but she has a phenomenal homing ability.
For what it’s worth, people have been trying to manipulate the weather in this world for decades. As they aren’t mad scientists, it’s not all that effective.
More seriously, this does seem to be a curious point from Shelby to draw the line at. Might this count as a hint that “reality blindness” is starting to hit all the exotics as well? And if so what form will it take with each of them? Will H.T. eventually start thinking there’s no such things as humans? Will the undead see only fellow undead? o_O
Interesting that Tip — after their last excursion aboard the Habakkuk — could still think of AG-I as “the cream of humanity”.
Unless, of course, it’s like a pail of freshly squeezed milk, where the cream needs to be scraped off to make the rest of it tolerable. Yes, the cream has its uses, but most of them involve a considerable amount of work.
Scientifically absurd is correct. This is the work of MAD SCIENCE.
Did Dave build a weather controll machine out of the mail sorter again?
“So I took one a them ah…”
“Scale models of the Eiffel Tower?”
“Yeah! And I jammed it in my ear. Just to see what would happen.”
“I hate it when that happens!”
I know what you mean…
ASSIST ME MANDALAY! I’VE COME AFLAME AGAIN!
Apparently this is the reward I get for years of screwing with super-science. In short, I pissed in God’s eye, and he blinked.
Nonsense! Even _I_ can manipulate weather, and I don’t even claim to have any superpowers! Well, mostly by messing with butterflies, but still… huh…? Oh come on, you never did say “in a controlled manner”…!
And to think… some people make a big flap about it.
If uncontrolled weather manipulation counts, then collectively, humanity is depressingly effective at it…
This may explain why the weather is so unpredictable. We actually have too many weather manipulators at work.
Rejoice! For all our efforts (co2/ch4) are contributing to the sheer randomness of the whole system. The joys of adding energy to a chaotic system = more chaos
Tip seems curiously uninformed of just what mad scientists are capable of. Being teleported cross-country with clothes hangers wasn’t a clue?
Tip is the one arguing that weather control is possible.
Yes, but he’s assuming only a superhuman can do it, not a mad scientist.
The way I read it, Tip isn’t assuming a superhuman, he’s just using it as an example to get Shelby to admit weather control is at least possible, since Shelby knows about superhumans.
Unfortunately, Shelby knows more about superhumans than Tip, and what he knows is that they’re mostly useless.
Mad scientists are, in point of fact, superhuman. They are cabable of feats of science that normal humans cannot even begin to imagine. However, not all superhumans are Mad scientists. Hence Shelby’s disbelief that such a thing is possible.
Helen and Dave famously said that Mad scientists are not limited by “the possible”. But actually, they are. The difference is that Mad scientists simply ignore it when anyone says something is impossible, and proceed to prove that whatever it was is, in fact, possible.
Well that’s an interesting thought. Do Good mad scientists qualify to join AG-I, or are they excluded due to Walton’s being a recognized DSM-5 disorder? In short, if your superpower is classified as a disease, do you still count as a super?
I don’t see why not. After all, if they’ll accept mutants who are barely human at all any more, why not accept any superhumans? The Institute utilised Mad scientists – evil ones – so why not AG-I?
The easy way to manipulate the weather is to wash and wax your car.
Or put the laundry out on the line to dry. One or the other.
I believe having a picnic is another method!
Car washing controls birds more than weather. Mowing and hanging laundry is nearly infallible in attracting rain, unless it is needed. Weather is the feline of phenomena…
Leaving your umbrella and jacket at home is also a good way to ensure rain. Conversely, carrying your umbrella – the bigger the better – is a good way to ensure sunshine.
That’s why I call ‘em “sunsticks”.
I wonder whose idea it was to keep Goose Girl aboard.
Well, she may be incompetent, but she can follow instructions, provided they are simple and concise. Plus she is strong and can fly. So she’s probably more useful on the ship than she would be on some other mission.
Keep your friends close, and utterly random characters closer?
Robert Nowall: They’ve tried sailing away, but she has a phenomenal homing ability.
For what it’s worth, people have been trying to manipulate the weather in this world for decades. As they aren’t mad scientists, it’s not all that effective.
Yay! Goose Girl is back!
And with extra Shuffleboard Puck.
Well, we hope she brought an extra one, because we’re not gonna want to use that one any more.
It, too, shall pass.
That’s what I’m afraid of…
*innocently*
Maybe they should ask Panoptica if she could do a mind scan to locate a superhuman of that sort. ^_~
More seriously, this does seem to be a curious point from Shelby to draw the line at. Might this count as a hint that “reality blindness” is starting to hit all the exotics as well? And if so what form will it take with each of them? Will H.T. eventually start thinking there’s no such things as humans? Will the undead see only fellow undead? o_O
Interesting that Tip — after their last excursion aboard the Habakkuk — could still think of AG-I as “the cream of humanity”.
Unless, of course, it’s like a pail of freshly squeezed milk, where the cream needs to be scraped off to make the rest of it tolerable. Yes, the cream has its uses, but most of them involve a considerable amount of work.
Good thing for him he didn’t say it was impossible. We’d never be rid of Walske then.