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You seriously believe that? darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 10/11/2012 04:17:09 PM
It simply means those people are more rare. Just look at Logain, Taim, Nynaeve, Alivia and Sharina ... These people are all modern Age and as gifted as any of the Forsaken. They all seem to be as intellectually gifted as well, the entire main cast are all a match for any of the Forsaken and I'm fairly certain in real life someone like Charlemagne or Queen Elizabeth or a dozen other major world leaders are an IQ match for any world leader of today.

Sure there are more people of genius IQ or extreme OP strength in a dramatically large population, but that doesn't mean those people cannot exist in a smaller population.


That's just the author's bias. In reality, a 20 year old Egwene should be nowhere close to politically savvy enough to mix it up with a 300 year old Mesaana.

That's just silly.

You and DomA would call it the Pattern spinning out remarkable individuals when it needs them. I call it a poor writing technique, no better than Eddings's Prophecy that makes Garion invincible despite all odds.


Pattern aside, Mesaana is a woman thousands of years out of her own time. Egwene is a prodigy of her time and has had the benefit of having many influential women mold her. Mesaana's 300 years are practically meaningless in the politics of WoT ... She has less experience than Egwene in many ways. We heard some of this from Aran'gar who mused that the other Forsaken don't know these modern people. Mesaana's mistakes revolved around her force fitting things to her way of thinking with no regard to modern realities.

Think about how lost you would be if you were sent back in time to Ancient Egypt. Sure some of your life experience would give you some wisdom and your knowledge of technology may even make you seem like a god to these "primitive" people, but trying to insert yourself into their political machinations you'd be hopelessly out of your depth. Even a PHD in ancient Egyptian studies would be out of their depth.

Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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fair enough *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:31:52 AM 522 Views
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