Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> The series _is_ about demigods. They were born with demigod powers, >> not much unlike the Jedi or Sith that were born with >> midichlorians :-P > > Only if Tom Orley is a demi-god. > Tom Orley's "powers" are nowhere near the demigods of Heroes. > >>> To aspire to greatness is not in any way a >>> bad thing, nor is wishing for a greater reach. The history of the >>> human race is a story of such aspiration. >> >> Yes, but unless it's possible to extend the greatness to all, >> we are dealing with a high caste of demigods doomed to rule the >> world. > > AFAWKSF (as far as we know so far) the genes for the Heroes powers > are a natural occurance and must be fairly widespread thoughout the > general population in order to have the numbers of meta-humans seen. > It seems that those superpowers were "triggered" by some recent event. Except for Claire the cheerleader (and maybe her mother), none of them had superpowers before 2006.
> Someone else can likely do the maths involved, but you have at least > 50 or so on the Suresh list (almost all in the US) and at least that > many not on the list (for varying reasons). > Like MiB (and 9/11), NY seems to be an attractor of freaks. > Then you have to account > for those with the genes as recessives. Somewhere along the line you > have to guess at the number of genes one needs to have a superpower. > It is like 6 or 8 for eyecolor (IIRC) so something as complex as > superpowers should require more. So I figure it averages out that > most people would have at least one copy of one of the genes > necessarry to have a power, even if it is one of the goofy useless > ones (like Zane's). > Zane? I don't remember this name (BTW, I can hardly remeber the names of them all - better be Hiro-like and call them by the superpowers). >> Tom Orley is no demigod... and his enhancements are available to >> other people in his generation or the next. > > Just like on Heroes<G> > No, because Tom Orley was enhanced by Science, and the Hiros were born with the superpowers. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
