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I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM

I think the strength levels work in powers of ten...
- 1 in 10 - Moiraine strength
- 1 in 100 - Egwene strength
- 1 in 1000 - Nynaeve strength
- 1 in 10 000 - Graendal strength
- 1 in 100 000 - Lanfear strength

Nor do I think it makes sense that there's such a vast difference in numbers from Lanfear to Graendal.

While Lanfear strength women are surely rarer than Graendal strength women, they cannot be that much rarer given the bell curve distribution. As we move towards the upper echelons (and the lower) the curve is getting flatter, and closer to zero.

Its more likely one in 100,000 for Lanfear, 1 in 95,000 for Grandal and 1 in 90,000 for Nynaeve (assuming the old list is still true).
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Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 02:53:22 PM 1513 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 874 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1060 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 743 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 279 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 845 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 682 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 611 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 572 Views
I find it unlikely that a super strong channeler would end up being unimportant to the plot *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:54:43 PM 266 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 541 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 522 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 633 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 267 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 269 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 246 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 259 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 786 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 590 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 252 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 527 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 583 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 635 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 627 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 551 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 593 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 575 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 690 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 581 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 596 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 617 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 657 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 642 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 602 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 545 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 603 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 630 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 649 Views
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This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 837 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 773 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 522 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 260 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 283 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 243 Views

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