This is a question that's always bothered me.
How come Superman has amazing superhuman powers, and yet he's no more intelligent than the rest of us?
Why hasn't he got super-human intelligence?
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Important science question that has me stumped.
by mistermack » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:20 pm
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Audley Strange » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:25 pm
Depends who's writing him. Often he has.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Tero » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:28 pm
He's taking some dumbing down pills so he can fall in love with mere earthlings.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Feck » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:31 pm
Because his brain is set up to deal with all his super speed and extra powers and not for higher cognitive functions . DUH !
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by mistermack » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:35 pm
Feck wrote:Because his brain is set up to deal with all his super speed and extra powers and not for higher cognitive functions . DUH !
Wot, like a greyhound? Faster but dumber? I can see where you're going there.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Feck » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:40 pm
mistermack wrote:Feck wrote:Because his brain is set up to deal with all his super speed and extra powers and not for higher cognitive functions . DUH !
Wot, like a greyhound? Faster but dumber? I can see where you're going there.
Sort of but remember greyhounds have to leave extra room in their heads for all that Awesome
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by mistermack » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:44 pm
Audley Strange wrote:Depends who's writing him. Often he has.
Next you'll try to tell me he's a fictional character.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:58 pm
Clark and Lois get married. Lois gets pregnant. Super baby kicks in the womb. 
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Rum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:32 pm
And why doesn't Batman squeak and the Flash..er...flash!?
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:34 pm
Rum wrote:And why doesn't Batman squeak and the Flash..er...flash!?
Thor is always kinda achy.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Horwood Beer-Master » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:33 pm
mistermack wrote:This is a question that's always bothered me.
How come Superman has amazing superhuman powers, and yet he's no more intelligent than the rest of us?
Why hasn't he got super-human intelligence?
Maybe the rest of his species do, but he's some kind of kryptonian retard.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Gallstones » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:45 pm
It is relative. Superman only seems to have superhuman powers because he can do things humans can't do by virtue of having a body that evolved on a planet with greater gravity. He is normal for his home planet. Gravity does not cause a selection for intelligence.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:50 pm
mistermack wrote:This is a question that's always bothered me.
How come Superman has amazing superhuman powers, and yet he's no more intelligent than the rest of us?
Why hasn't he got super-human intelligence?
Because he did not go to school on Krypton. He was raised by two ignorant Kansas Creationist farmers and attended the Smallville public school system.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Delvo » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:55 pm
Because everything he does has to be written by human writers, who are by definition not superhuman. Writing for a character whose intelligence greatly exceeds your own is a bit of a problem; such an individual would by definition have to be able to think of things that you can't think of to write that the character thought of them.
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Re: Important science question that has me stumped.
by Tero » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:35 am
What about Star Trek? It sounds nearly intelligent, Picard generation.
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