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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 1583 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 932 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1109 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 798 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 302 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 887 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 720 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 656 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 615 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 287 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 581 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 573 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 686 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 287 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 289 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 270 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 282 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 841 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 634 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 278 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 571 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 634 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 683 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 674 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 602 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 642 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 624 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 740 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 637 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 648 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 594 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 659 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 686 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 883 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 821 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 567 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 278 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 304 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 261 Views

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