RichardKennaway comments on Superintelligence 8: Cognitive superpowers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 November 2014 09:55:52AM 1 point [-]

For a fictional example on the Batman rather than Superman level of superpower, Miles Vorkosigan in Bujold's The Warrior's Apprentice. Everyone he runs into becomes a component of his schemes.

Comment author: Lumifer 07 November 2014 05:34:37PM 1 point [-]

At the non-superpower levels, many successful political orators (and demagogues) would qualify.

And another fictional example would be Aes Sedai from the Wheel of Time series.