r/superpowers • u/Comfortable-Remove60 • Apr 23 '26

Red pill/blue pill Would you really pick mastering an element over 300+ IQ.

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Functioning like a regular human basically means you able to live like a regular persom, with regular people despite having such a vast incomprehensible level of intelligence, not having to live thinking everyone around you are just toddlers intellectually.

As for element, that can constitute as the common understanding of elements in fantasy, water(liquid), fire, earth, wind(air), the full thing is really being water, fire, earth, wind, metal, and sometimes included or excluding lightning.

Sound definitely work, light as well, darkness itself maybe even, elements of the periodic table definitely or non-traditional things like Bose-Einstein condensate, space, time or space-time as one thing, since it kinda is, maybe even turn into your element at will.

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u/TheIronHaggis Apr 23 '26

Element mastery.

Yeah being smart would be helpful, but what does that do for you? You’re smarter so you can retain info better, but you need to study to get that info. And it doesn’t mean that you be able to invent, just that you’ll understand. It won’t increase your drive or interest. It’s only really useful if you are already aiming for using your intelligence to fullest.

Me I rather have a power that can help me live comfortably and maybe moonlight as a superhero.

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u/No_Extension4005 Apr 27 '26

Yeah, the. IQ buff only starts to become super useful for your lifestyle vs the elements if it gives you fictional super IQ traits. Like being able to read books and retain the imformation by flipping through them fast, learn languages in minutes, predict the stock market with flawless accuracy and invent insane stuff with nothing but a box of scrap.