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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 1634 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 991 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1175 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 836 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 327 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 937 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 764 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 696 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 669 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 304 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 620 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 616 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 732 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 309 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 311 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 307 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 313 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 883 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 698 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 300 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 637 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 691 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 729 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 720 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 654 Views
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Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 699 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 794 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 692 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 699 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 731 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 781 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 750 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 710 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 659 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 709 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 758 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 760 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 931 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 894 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 612 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 295 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 336 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 292 Views

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