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    Superpowers are abilities uncommon to the average human. There are many different types of superpowers though most are physical, mental, technological, or mystical. Powers can be inherited from parents, bestowed by a higher power, acquired by exposure to an outside force or passed to them by others.

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    #1  Edited By mgrman5

    Would you want Super Strength, Super Speed, of Psychokinesis( and I don't mean Telekinesis). I would choose Psychokinesis cause you can simulate super strength and you have the added ability to fly.

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    #2  Edited By hydrabob--defunct

     Psychokinesis?

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    #3  Edited By Valtot
    @hydrabob:
    i thought phychokinesis was long range telekinesis where you dont see the object though theres lots of different things for it but most of the time its just plain telekinesis
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    #4  Edited By mgrman5

    No psychokinesis is an umbrella term used now for telekinesis, plus the other kinetic abilities, so yes a psychokinetic can do everything a telekinetic can, but a telekinetic can't do everything that a psychokinetic can. Like how Crystal from the Inhumans can use pyrokinesis, geokinesis, hydrokinesis, and arokinesis; all of those powers are just under one term psychokinesis.

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    #5  Edited By mgrman5

    So yeah psychokinesis is a fun power you can fly, have super strength, shoot energy blasts telekinetically or of another kind, and you can even amp your own body to give yourself super speed, similar to what Psylocke does. Its like the swiss army knife of powers. But it is rare that someone will have all the psychokinetic abilities at the same time, maybe two or three like Crystal or Storm.

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    #6  Edited By Shadowdoggy

    well, that's not entirely true 
    psychokinesis is the ability to affect things without physical contact 
    telekinesis is defined as the ability to move things with sheer power of thought 
    the biggest difference is that psychokinesis is a much older term 
    telekinesis is just more specific 
    elemental manipulation doesn't necessarily fall under the category of  "psychokinetic"  
    but there are overlapping qualities in both terms
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    #7  Edited By karrob
    @Shadowdoggy said:
    " well, that's not entirely true psychokinesis is the ability to affect things without physical contact telekinesis is defined as the ability to move things with sheer power of thought the biggest difference is that psychokinesis is a much older term telekinesis is just more specific elemental manipulation doesn't necessarily fall under the category of  "psychokinetic"  but there are overlapping qualities in both terms "
    Thats what  I was thinking. But giving the telekinetic they can produce a wide range of effects. Such as Nate Grey
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    #8  Edited By mgrman5
    @Shadowdoggy: 
       
    Actually the term telekinesis is older than the term for psychokinesis, telekinesis was coined in 1890 by Alexander Aksakof and the term for psychokinesis was coined in 1914 by Henry Holt. Now telekinesis is defined as the ability to move objects from far away using your mine true, but the use of psychokinesis varies depending on if you are using the more modern usage or the older definition. The older definition is just as the definition for telekinesis the ability to objects with your mind. But scientist today have tweak that concept a bit. The modern definition coined by Eric Davis is that in general psychokinesis is the term that can be used to describe a variety of complex mental force phenomena; like hydrokinesis, or pyrokinesis, it also includes telekinesis.  
    It is essentially an Umbrella Term for the specialties of PK. It is also true that it is not necessarily better than a person with water manipulation or energy manipulation because there are some differences, but a PK user can still simulate the same effect and may be able to do it better. For example Pyro vs. the Human Torch, Pyro can not emit the fire he can only control it with the psychokinetic side, but the Human Torch can emit his fire and control it the energy manipulation side.
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    #9  Edited By Theworldbreaker

    Super streangth, prefrebly planetary/star level like Gladiator or Drax the destroyer

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    #10  Edited By mgrman5
    @Theworldbreaker:  I didn't know Gladiator can move planets, but regardless super strength is pretty cool. I just prefer PK its more versatile and with enough power you can move planets as well.
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    #11  Edited By Theworldbreaker
    @mgrman5:
    well its said he's ripped planets from orbit, and he has flown into a star and made it go nova with just his raw streangth (Drax the destroyer did something simuler by tossing the core of a star out of anger of loosing a fight with Thanos)
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    #12  Edited By Andferne

    Out of the choices above. Give me Super Speed any day of the week.

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    #13  Edited By mgrman5

    Yeah super speed is really choice especially if your someone like the Flash you wouldn't be able to get hit and your opponent wouldn't know what hit them. And it as domestic applications as well because you can use it to travel or play jokes on your friends, and even use it to win at sports. But I still like PK its too fun and has a cornucopia of uses, also you can fly with it, so that a plus.

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