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Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. Shannow Send a noteboard - 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM
It simply means those people are more rare. Just look at Logain, Taim, Nynaeve, Alivia and Sharina ... These people are all modern Age and as gifted as any of the Forsaken. They all seem to be as intellectually gifted as well, the entire main cast are all a match for any of the Forsaken and I'm fairly certain in real life someone like Charlemagne or Queen Elizabeth or a dozen other major world leaders are an IQ match for any world leader of today.

Sure there are more people of genius IQ or extreme OP strength in a dramatically large population, but that doesn't mean those people cannot exist in a smaller population.


That's just the author's bias. In reality, a 20 year old Egwene should be nowhere close to politically savvy enough to mix it up with a 300 year old Mesaana.

That's just silly.

You and DomA would call it the Pattern spinning out remarkable individuals when it needs them. I call it a poor writing technique, no better than Eddings's Prophecy that makes Garion invincible despite all odds.
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[Mik's Warp] - Demandred is.....*click to find out* - 05/11/2012 01:06:42 PM 3356 Views
There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... - 05/11/2012 02:10:07 PM 1818 Views
Nah.. forget that - 05/11/2012 08:29:53 PM 1677 Views
Re: Nah.. forget that - 05/11/2012 10:07:46 PM 1530 Views
Re: There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... - 06/11/2012 12:40:54 PM 1708 Views
I'm not saying it's not a well-reasoned theory; it is. - 06/11/2012 06:02:36 PM 1738 Views
I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located - 06/11/2012 11:01:28 PM 1654 Views
Re: I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located - 07/11/2012 09:42:00 AM 1886 Views
I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it - 07/11/2012 04:48:17 PM 1551 Views
Re: I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it - 07/11/2012 08:36:34 PM 1797 Views
There has been a lot of waste in WOT..... - 06/11/2012 06:26:56 PM 1463 Views
LIKE! *NM* - 09/12/2012 02:37:49 PM 1377 Views
Whoops *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:27:06 PM 881 Views
Plausible, albeit antilclimactic *NM* - 05/11/2012 06:32:38 PM 1004 Views
Unless Mat is Demandred, at this point it will be anticlimactic. *NM* - 06/11/2012 04:02:38 AM 888 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:53:30 PM 903 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:53:31 PM 901 Views
You've tried too hard... - 05/11/2012 07:53:41 PM 3435 Views
Will be so disappointed if the Shadow's greatest (non-crazy) leader is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 05/11/2012 08:57:59 PM 1649 Views
I doubt Mat will kill him personally but - 05/11/2012 09:24:48 PM 1462 Views
I don't know - 06/11/2012 02:01:41 AM 1501 Views
My prediction of how it plays out... - 06/11/2012 07:12:15 AM 1529 Views
I don't think that's likely - 06/11/2012 06:04:55 PM 1540 Views
LOL ... it will be a saying in the next Age - 06/11/2012 10:36:04 PM 1429 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 06/11/2012 11:21:21 PM 1505 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 07/11/2012 08:14:28 PM 1588 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 07/11/2012 09:05:07 PM 1709 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 08/11/2012 05:52:16 PM 1503 Views
It sounds like we're at the same stage of vision of the AOL - 08/11/2012 07:48:17 PM 1482 Views
Statistics refute some of that... - 09/11/2012 07:35:59 AM 1461 Views
We're not talking about the same things... - 09/11/2012 11:31:12 PM 1437 Views
It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. - 09/11/2012 11:43:26 PM 1608 Views
Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. - 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM 1526 Views
You seriously believe that? - 10/11/2012 04:17:09 PM 1509 Views
Mat has grown quiet a bit since those days - 06/11/2012 01:55:48 AM 1619 Views
You're putting the Evil on a pedestal. - 06/11/2012 03:12:38 AM 1360 Views
No, just desperately trying to raise the stakes a bit... - 06/11/2012 07:00:59 AM 1531 Views
That's essentially what I was saying - 06/11/2012 03:35:45 PM 1635 Views
hmmm - 06/11/2012 10:27:00 AM 1849 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 06/11/2012 08:45:02 PM 1644 Views
Mat is essentially the man (men) who wrote the books Demandred studied - 06/11/2012 10:42:40 PM 1420 Views
Exactly... - 06/11/2012 11:45:36 PM 1621 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 06/11/2012 08:45:29 PM 1651 Views
I didn't try hard at all; Demandred found me... - 06/11/2012 03:31:41 PM 1699 Views
My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk - 06/11/2012 10:54:50 PM 1563 Views
Re: My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk - 07/11/2012 12:07:02 AM 1724 Views
Well, it instantly gives the Shadow access to attacking every coastal city... - 07/11/2012 10:32:23 AM 1588 Views
Exactly! - 07/11/2012 10:54:14 AM 2179 Views
If he married Nynaeve and Moiraine he'd have his wives at Rand's side in the Pit too.... - 07/11/2012 03:28:38 PM 1601 Views
I find that approach unnecessarily convoluted. Just hit them with 1 billion Trollocs and crush them. - 08/11/2012 07:00:36 AM 1532 Views
Not likely he has that many... - 08/11/2012 03:00:32 PM 1459 Views
May I ask some practical questions? - 08/11/2012 05:28:41 PM 1450 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 08/11/2012 10:35:38 PM 1517 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 12:09:15 AM 1489 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 03:11:59 AM 1472 Views
LOL ... Seems more than a little far fetched *NM* - 10/11/2012 06:17:34 AM 862 Views
Well you asked for an explanation - 13/11/2012 10:23:41 PM 1431 Views
fair enough *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:31:52 AM 803 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 07:15:58 PM 1486 Views
Exactly! - 11/11/2012 07:38:46 AM 1494 Views
Good practical questions... - 09/11/2012 07:24:14 AM 1510 Views
He doesn't need the SF for that - 09/11/2012 03:00:34 PM 1289 Views
Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about - 09/11/2012 02:57:16 PM 1334 Views
Re: Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about - 09/11/2012 09:03:14 PM 1466 Views
I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. - 09/11/2012 11:57:34 PM 1403 Views
Re: I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. - 10/11/2012 10:08:04 PM 3010 Views
I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage - 11/11/2012 07:45:19 AM 1493 Views
Re: I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage - 12/11/2012 02:57:08 PM 1534 Views
Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing - 12/11/2012 04:11:50 PM 1585 Views
Re: Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing - 12/11/2012 06:01:33 PM 1671 Views
Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain - 12/11/2012 06:51:24 PM 1718 Views
Re: Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain - 12/11/2012 09:30:57 PM 1483 Views
Not to belabor the point - 12/11/2012 10:56:39 PM 1378 Views
Re: Not to belabor the point - 13/11/2012 12:46:21 AM 1412 Views
I think you are way off base on the economics - 13/11/2012 01:24:35 AM 1338 Views
Re: I think you are way off base on the economics - 13/11/2012 03:48:40 PM 1446 Views
no reason to *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:35:55 AM 819 Views
I don't see the problem... - 07/11/2012 10:52:49 AM 2317 Views
This is preposterous - 07/11/2012 04:15:11 PM 2031 Views
Who? - 06/11/2012 07:29:46 PM 1436 Views
Paah, he's clearly on the Isle of Madmen to the south. - 10/11/2012 03:28:26 AM 1856 Views

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