beriukay comments on Open Thread, November 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: beriukay 05 November 2012 06:24:24PM 1 point [-]

Can anybody think of a good use for being the only person in the world with Lactokinesis (Telekinesis, but only with dairy products)? I saw a TV show where a guy turned into a psychopathic murderer because nobody thought his power was cool, and since then I've spent a bit of my idle time trying to think of a way to maximize money or fame with the ability.

The problem is scalability. Even if you could do something like super-ultra pasteurize milk, or speed up milking processes, or cure lactose intolerance... you can only do it one unit at a time, and it's really domain specific. Not like Magneto.

Comment author: Alicorn 05 November 2012 08:59:00PM 4 points [-]

Make yourself a set of tools out of cheese. Now you're a regular telekinetic by proxy (with a weight limit).

Comment author: gwern 05 November 2012 08:02:17PM 4 points [-]

Assassinations. Everyone likes ice cream and milk chocolate.

Comment author: PECOS-9 06 November 2012 06:09:00PM *  3 points [-]

Depending on the specifics of how it works (how much dairy can you move at once and with what force?) it could be a good source of free energy. That is, unless using the superpower takes an equivalent amount of energy, so that our hero would have to eat a lot of food, meaning no free energy...

If the power is strong enough, you could make a ton of money pushing satellites into orbit, or just transporting goods around the world on a cloud of floating cheese.

Comment author: Emile 05 November 2012 10:18:16PM 2 points [-]

Yoghurt sculptures.

I'm sure there would be some medical uses to be able to manipulate gouda someone has ingested. Perform the Heimlich Maneuver from inside!

Give stomach-aches to your enemies! Only works if they're French.

Wait, can you use it on milk that's still in a cow? How about still in a woman? There may be some opportunities for porn.

You could paint pieces of emmental and have them fly around you to form camouflage or design clothes/armor.

"It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's ... The Big Cheese! Gliding from rooftop to rooftop with his Cheddar cape, he fights crime with his boiling camembert and his maroilles grenades. He has never killed a man, but has humiliated many! As seen in "Kaptain Kraft Strikes Again", "The Mystery of the Missing Munster", "The Busty Babes of Beaufort".

Comment author: drethelin 05 November 2012 10:43:46PM 1 point [-]

Most of these things are easiest to monetize by becoming a professional celebrity. Go on tv, do shows, get endorsements from milk corporations etc. People will probably also pay to study you.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 November 2012 02:24:30AM 13 points [-]

Win that million dollars from James Randi for demonstrating a psychic ability.

Comment author: MixedNuts 05 November 2012 10:46:01PM 1 point [-]

You might get depressed by the freak show, like Captain America.