Why time control is the best super power.

“I can agree with your definitions of best”. I am glad to know that Curreylo accepts my definition of best and that we can proceed with that as a basis on which to judge ‘time control’ against all other possible super powers. The definition states that the ‘best’ super power would that the one that both maximized human well-being and causes the least amount of harm. I offered cases against each of those criteria against the resolution that ‘time control’ was the ‘best’ super power. I would like to point out that while Curreylo offered a rebuttal to the second point, in regards to the safety of ‘time control’ and potential paradoxes, he failed to offer any rebuttals to my argument that ‘time control’ does not maximize human well-being. I will have to assume then that my argument stands, and that ‘time control’ has been shown to have the potential to not maximize human well-being. This on it’s own would already mean it is not the ‘best’ super power by the definition which we’ve both agreed to. I will now respond to each of his rebuttals. 1. The Time Paradox IssueCurreylo said: “When I stated my definition of "Time control" I said "When you traveled back in time you would retain all your knowledge but your physical form would be reverted back to what it was at the time you decided to travel back to." By this I mean you literally reverse time. For example if MrDelaney were going throughout the day and decided he wanted a PBJ for lunch then later he decided that he actually wanted to eat a burrito for lunch then when he traveled back to lunchtime everything he did that day would be unwound and made as if it never happened.” I feel that my argument may have been misunderstood. I will attempt to clarify it here. The key point that opens the door to a time paradox is the fact that “you would retain all your knowledge.” As mentioned in the previous round, our world is a web of cause and effect. Let us look at a clearer example. Once again: Point (X) in time ----- (one week passes) ---- Point (Y) in time Given the natural laws of our universe something can only happen at (Y) if something occurred at (X) to cause it into existence. And, the opposite can be said. Given the natural laws of our universe nothing that happens at (Y) can ever cause something to happen at (X), because that point has already been lost to time and ‘cause and effect’ is a time based principle. In other words, under our normal natural laws (X) can cause (Y), but (Y) can never cause (X). Time travel, by it’s inherent nature, inverts the relationship between cause and effect. Let’s assume that at (X) Curreylo takes a test and fails because he has not studied, and as a result is unable to graduate. He then spends the next week studying, gaining all the knowledge he needs in order to pass the test. At point (Y) he “rewinds” time to (X), but retains all his new knowledge. With this new knowledge, that he gained in the future, he now passes the test with flying colors and graduates. So, looking at the entire series of events it is clear that he passed the test at (X) because of the knowledge he had gained by (Y). In this case (Y) is the cause of (X). The only reason he had the knowledge when he needed it to take the exam at (X) was because he gained it afterwards at (Y). A week later he reaches point (Y) again. In order to pass the exam which he already took he would need to go back to (X) again. If he does not travel back to (X) then he will not have passed the test, because it is only through the new knowledge he took back with him at (Y) that he was able to pass. The new knowledge was a direct effect of the time travel. If he does not travel back in time, he will not have the new knowledge to pass. Thus, he will have failed the exam which he already passed, and he would have graduated from the school that he did not graduate from. This is clearly a paradox. The consequence of such a paradox could possibly cause time to collapse upon itself. I stand by my assertion that any super power that could cause time to collapse upon itself, and potentially destroy the universe as we know it, is clearly neither maximizing human well-being nor causing the least amount of harm.In order to avoid this paradox Curreylo must take the exam and then, a week later, rewind time to take the exam again, over and over for an eternity. I can't speak for Curreylo, but spending an eternity taking an exam does not sound like a super power that is maximizing human well-being or causing the least amount of harm.But, it is either that or destroy the universe as we know it.Clearly, 'time control' is not the best super power. 2. Healing I will remind readers that my burden in this debate only forces me to show that ‘time control,’ as described by Curreylo, is not the ‘best’ super power. I am not required to prove an alternate but did so merely to illustrate the possibilities. I feel that I have cast enough doubt on the power of ‘time control’ to reasonably conclude that it is not the ‘best’ super power. That said, Curreylo says that healing is inferior to ‘time control’ in that there is no way to save someone from death. That alone may be true. However, our debate is not about one specific aspect of a power, but which is the ‘best’ super power of ALL. While ‘healing’ may not be able to bring one person back from the dead, it also does not hold the power to destroy the entire universe. I ask, which power do you feel is the ‘best’ super power? The one that could easily collapse the fabric of the universe, but could possibly bring someone back from the dead? Or the one that could not bring someone back from the dead, but would never cause any harm whatsoever to anybody. Remember, we have agreed our definition of best is that which maximizes human well-being and causes the least amount of harm. It is clear that healing surpasses ‘time control’ by that definition overall, regardless of whether there are specific instances where one would be preferable to the other. ‘Time control’ is not the best super power.