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| Jul 14, 2020 at 16:24 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | What does it mean to beat Stephen Curry in threes? | |
| Jul 14, 2020 at 15:47 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | This does not address any of the 3 assumptions given by the OP. While the things about "slicing time" could contribute to a good answer, you should probably expand this to address how the background of both combatants would apply to the scenario. | |
| Jul 14, 2020 at 14:08 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | @stevenjackson121 Psi strength might be like vampires, where even the weakest can supernaturally bench a quarter ton. Strength would still matter -- a hulking normal could arm-wrestle an average level 3 Psi, but such a person would be rarer than 1 in 10,000. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 22:00 | history | edited | slobodan.blazeski | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 13, 2020 at 21:27 | comment | added | stevenjackson121 | For that matter, 3x strength gaps exist in humans naturally (plenty of people with 300+ lb bench presses, and plenty who can't bench press 100 lbs), so a psionic whose only power is tripling a weak base strength (100 lbs -> 300 lbs) has literally no advantage whatsoever against a normie with a 300 lb base strength in any competition. This answer could be improved by focusing on a typical psionic instead of the most powerful kind of psionic one might encounter. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 21:22 | comment | added | stevenjackson121 | Only "some" psionics have reaction speed advantage. If that subset of psionics overlaps with the subset that have stronger powers (6x or greater strength for example), then I'd give the expert swordsmen (who trains against psionics regularly) great 1v1 odds against a "typical" psionic with "only" 3-5x strength and no reaction advantage. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 15:57 | comment | added | Mad Physicist | That approach is generally good when you want to fight anyone reliably | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 1:45 | comment | added | Nelson | Strength is not speed. Weight lifters do not make good fencers. In a sword fight, you only need one stab. If the psionic happen to get in a lucky hit, he'll just cleave the opponent in half. | |
| Jul 12, 2020 at 23:25 | comment | added | Shalvenay | You might wish to bring up John Boyd's work on OODA loops as well -- it sounds like your quote is coming at something similar from a different angle | |
| Jul 12, 2020 at 19:13 | vote | accept | regetex580 | ||
| Jul 12, 2020 at 9:30 | history | edited | slobodan.blazeski | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 12, 2020 at 9:21 | history | answered | slobodan.blazeski | CC BY-SA 4.0 |