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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 1550 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 889 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1073 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 756 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 286 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 855 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 696 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 623 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 584 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 271 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 550 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 536 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 644 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 272 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 275 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 253 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 265 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 801 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 603 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 259 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 540 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 600 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 650 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 640 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 566 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 606 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 588 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 707 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 592 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:36:38 PM 551 Views
Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 608 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 627 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 618 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 583 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 676 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 650 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 658 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 616 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 558 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 629 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 641 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 663 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 631 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 850 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 785 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 535 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 266 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 291 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 247 Views

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