Talk:Beforelife Manipulation/@comment-24729606-20190223021603

I must admit this is a fascinating ability and one to which I will devote a great deal of thought. I also imagine that this would be a power or ability that (were it or for that matter even a surfeit of the powers described on this wiki) real powers would be one that VERY few of us would not jump at the change to get. For one thing this would give one the ability to shape not only the human population but (in theory at least) the population of the entire planet. for example one could use this power to influence and/or direct evolution at ones whim and near if not complete impunity. at the same time this power, ability, or whatever one choses to call it would also put into the hand of whoever or whatever obtains or is given it the potential to do what science has been accused of for nigh on half a century and that is meddle with forces that we cannot, should, and hopefully will given gain dominion over. after all if human history teaches one anything it is that humanity rarely makes wise or even intelligent decisions when in possession of great power. whether this holds true for sentient life in general is something that (unless we accept fictional accounts as authoritative) we cannot know unless or until sentient life elsewhere in the galaxy or the cosmos at large makes sustained contact with us. should that happen I for one look forward to whatever may result and (whatever the results themselves end up being) hope that humans prove that they are not so bound up in their notions of their centrality to the cosmic order that they cannot adapt themselves to realities to the contrary.