Active Users:478 Time:19/09/2025 06:28:56 AM
On gateways Sidious Send a noteboard - 18/12/2011 07:17:09 AM
You stated in the sub-thread above that Androl's gateway talent disproves Logain's gateway comparison as strength evidence.

Well, it does not. Look at the context.

Yes, there exists some form of gateway talent, just like Berowin's shielding talent. But channelers' own comments prove to us that this is rare enough that gateway size in general is very strongly associated with channeler strength.

And in particular, Logain's comment tells us that in the Logain/Rand case, it is stronly correlated.

Logain is a leader of the Ashaman who has direct experience of the strengths and gateway sizes of hundreds of male channelers.

And clearly, based on his experience with such a large number of channelers, strength and gateway size is correlated in such a vast majority of cases that Logain feels Rand's gateway size is a very strong indication of his comparative strength.

And furthermore, Logain only makes this comment AFTER sensing Rand's full strength, and commenting on the fact that this indeed is Rand's full strength.

Hence, AFTER sensing Rand's full strength, he still states that their comparative gateway sizes are in correspondence with their strength difference.

Logain himself makes this evaluation, having both their comparative gatway sizes and comparative strengths at hand to make this comparison. And he STILL is comfortable that the one is in correspondence to the other.

So definitely in this instance strength is related to gateway strength, and quite accurately too, and judging by Logain's confidence in the obviousness of the correlation, also in the vast majority of other instances, gateway size is perfectly correlated to strength.





I don't think its perfectly correlated at all. Firstly, we know that it's a Talent, which means that by definition channelers display varying aptitudes with the weave. Forgetting even outliers like Androl and Berowin who show extreme forms of the Talent, we have seen that Aviendha makes smaller gateways than Elayne despite having very similar strength in the Power. If we knew nothing about the two channelers, we would mistakenly assume that Elayne is stronger in the Power than Aviendha.

I do agree that there is a strong correlation between the two. Logain has obviously seen enough Ash'aman weaving gateways. He makes the biggest gateways and he's also the strongest Ash'aman. Rand makes a bigger gateway and is also stronger. However, we don't know if Rand's is proportionately more. Rand may be 5% stronger than Logain but because he has a strong Talent, his gateways are 20% larger in area. Conversely, Logain may have a weak Talent. Most Aes Sedai can only make a gateway large enough to put their arms through, but they aren't a hundred times weaker than Rand. The relationship is not completeley linear.

The stronger you are in the Power, the bigger your gateways. There is no doubt of that. But you can't extrapolate strength from a gateway. If Demandred saw Androl from a distance he might think that he is very strong in the Power, but it is a poor assumption which I don't think he'd make in the first place.

And because we're discussing strength in general, remember that it takes roughly as many women to hold Rand and Logain. Their power must be close, especially because Logain tried to break free and five women almost lost the shield.
Wheel of Time board admin
Fan of Lanfear
This message last edited by Sidious on 18/12/2011 at 07:20:19 AM
Reply to message
Underestimating Forsaken strength - 11/12/2011 05:57:22 AM 2010 Views
Ah, my favourite topic makes a return... - 11/12/2011 07:45:29 AM 913 Views
Re: Ah, my favourite topic makes a return... - 11/12/2011 10:25:03 PM 919 Views
Yes, you are probably correct - 12/12/2011 06:26:07 AM 1051 Views
Re: and some of the information given to us is flawed - 12/12/2011 07:38:59 PM 844 Views
The real question is - What percentage of her full strength did Nynaeve achieve by Book 4? - 12/12/2011 08:31:30 PM 875 Views
I find that unlikely - 12/12/2011 09:28:07 PM 848 Views
Easy question for you: Based on the evidence, what percentage of her strength was Nynaeve at in tSR? - 13/12/2011 07:09:56 AM 905 Views
Well.... - 13/12/2011 01:12:48 PM 872 Views
Well there we have it - 13/12/2011 01:36:45 PM 886 Views
Re: Well there we have it - 13/12/2011 02:06:14 PM 920 Views
Re: Well there we have it - 13/12/2011 02:12:10 PM 858 Views
Alivia may not even be stronger than Nynaeve... - 14/12/2011 03:14:06 AM 937 Views
That wouldn't surprise me actually *NM* - 14/12/2011 07:46:47 AM 468 Views
Where would you place Egwene though? - 14/12/2011 09:13:46 AM 842 Views
Re: Where would you place Egwene though? - 14/12/2011 12:53:49 PM 815 Views
Bonfire next to a candle indeed. Hehehe... - 14/12/2011 05:50:34 PM 997 Views
- 14/12/2011 06:56:40 PM 782 Views
The same "step" you refer to seperates Egwene from normal Aes Sedai according to RJ... - 14/12/2011 07:14:55 PM 803 Views
Yes! And...? - 15/12/2011 02:53:37 AM 826 Views
Yes I would agree with that - 14/12/2011 08:24:35 PM 965 Views
Alivia with an angreal > > > Cyndane - 14/12/2011 08:50:41 PM 764 Views
No - 14/12/2011 09:10:34 PM 845 Views
That makes no sense. - 14/12/2011 09:13:48 PM 909 Views
Correct. - 14/12/2011 09:43:53 PM 853 Views
Re: Correct. - 15/12/2011 05:54:37 AM 845 Views
So many instances of logical laziness in that post... - 14/12/2011 10:01:45 PM 1280 Views
Re: So many instances of logical laziness in that post... - 15/12/2011 06:16:01 AM 789 Views
Only slight diffence I have is regarding general AS strength - 30/12/2011 04:45:49 PM 849 Views
I think it was just Aes Sedai hyperbole - 15/12/2011 09:51:00 PM 710 Views
And entirely based off your shared assumption. - 14/12/2011 05:15:51 AM 910 Views
Actually that's a lot of logical assumption. *NM* - 13/12/2011 01:28:00 PM 410 Views
But... - 14/12/2011 03:06:15 AM 709 Views
And - 30/12/2011 05:07:13 PM 808 Views
Yes - 13/12/2011 04:16:40 PM 968 Views
Re: Yes - 13/12/2011 04:47:17 PM 872 Views
Nah. Beyond the realm of possibility. Sorry, - 13/12/2011 05:12:40 PM 931 Views
There are a number of comments from Q&As that shows that this is possible and more complex. - 13/12/2011 08:23:49 PM 897 Views
None of which I disagree with, but a far cry from women being weaker just due to believing it... - 13/12/2011 08:39:40 PM 817 Views
But that is my point: it wouldn't be merely force of will. - 13/12/2011 09:40:17 PM 797 Views
What Rand is doing... - 14/12/2011 03:43:08 AM 909 Views
That would make sense given Min's vision - 16/12/2011 04:37:56 PM 720 Views
Wait.. I DIDN'T write that! - 14/12/2011 03:02:04 AM 814 Views
Reply to your question of - "Why use Logain gateway comparison as evidence:" - 17/12/2011 03:08:19 PM 915 Views
You're basically saying "correlation equals causation"... - 18/12/2011 06:18:47 AM 858 Views
On gateways - 18/12/2011 07:17:09 AM 887 Views
Might assume that Elayne is stronger in the Power than Aviendha. - 19/12/2011 02:40:46 PM 1076 Views
I suspect he knows that... - 19/12/2011 05:53:00 PM 796 Views
Nope...some maths problems in your post. - 19/12/2011 07:41:29 PM 826 Views
But 64 square feet is not Elayne's maximum... - 20/12/2011 02:46:50 AM 790 Views
But Shielding is also relative. - 27/12/2011 09:35:11 PM 2045 Views
Re: Underestimating Forsaken strength - 22/12/2011 05:24:53 PM 833 Views

Reply to Message