Most would become supervillains if given superpowers, study says.

I'd most likely got the Hulk route, and just want to be left alone. Of course, if the puny humans keep harassing me the gloves are off

an interesting point brought up in another thread we had on the topic, people tend to look at superheros as glorified pro wrestlers, i'd say that in the curent world, if soemone were suddenly given superpowers and nobody else was, fighting would likely make a very small part of what you could do. putting out wildfires, saving sick people(as pork mentioned) getting those chilean miners out, rescuing the people cut off bu the pakistani floods, that, depending on your powers, is more likely what you would be doing.

As for how super-powered people would act? my guess is that they would be similar to rock stars, selfish, but venial. without a clear ideology, i don't see people genociding for fun, far more likely they will bang some models, imbibe great quantities of drugs and maybe make some really stupid recorded phone calls on tmz, but supervillains? id say the quantities of people who would go that far wouldn't be a great deal different.

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Here's a question: in Iron Man 2, Tony is being ordered to turn over the armor to the military for the "good of the people". Nice party line from the Senator, but the point is this:

Is Tony Stark being evil for withholding the armor from the govt. and military? Since he was captured and his heart damaged thus requiring constant life support he has changed his outlook on the world and the future. He wants to make a better world, and he sees the armor as a tool to that end but also believes based on past misuse of his weapons that the govt and military will misuse the armor. He also is being accused in the movie of being "selfish" for no longer making weapons for the military.

Are the reasons for keeping the iron man armor out of the military correct? Imo, yes. An army of Iron Men would easily become corrupted and could conceivably take over

Is Tony wrong to stop making weapons for the military, knowing that he was the best munitions maker the military had seen in years, thus risking American military lives due to them having sub par weapons from Justin Hammer or other companies?

Is he the one with the right to make that choice instead of say, putting it to a public vote? He built the suit so yes.

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With great power comes great responsibility.

I think everyone here would agree with that.

Who is that responsibility to?

Thats were we disagree.


You could say to the majority of people. Which majority? The ones you like? The ones you deem as worth saving?

In the end, you are going to find the the great responsibility that your power gave you is to yourself.

To thine own self be true.



I know what I would end up doing and it would involve a lot of death and bloodshed. We as a people and society have sunk too low for it to be any other way. Portions of mankind have become a cancer on the rest of the world and must needs be cut from the flesh to save the whole. It will not be nice. It will not be pretty, but it will have to be done. Being nice and overly civil on crime and criminals and such are part of the reason society is spiraling down the toilet. Too many people looking the other way and letting things get worse as its not their concern have led us to the point where someone will have to make it their concern and we will be reinforced by one sad fact of humanity from the dawn of time.

Violence has solved more problems than peace ever has.

Another mini-Tyrant, I see

didn't know light yagami played coh.

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Sociologist has shown over and over again that when presented with a situation to do bad things with the belief there will be no consequences (e.g., they think no one will ever know they did it), the majority of people chose to to bad things.

Super Powers enables people to do bad things mitigating the consequences (especially if you have powers like Invisibility).

Lesson: Yes, you register super beings who have abilities to ignore consequences.

It looks like several people here are lucky they probably never will gain super powers. I'd be their Lex luthor and take them down hehe.