I feel like this is making a claim that sounds reasonable denotation wise in order to imply something misleading connotation wise. Sure, I can’t exercise my intelligence to get unbounded outcomes over others, but that’s often because I expect to be stopped by those close to me in intelligence. Consider a sociopathic Einstein running a ward full of people with down syndrome with zero other oversight. Sure, his influence isn’t literally unbounded, but he doesn’t find it difficult to shape their behavior or kill them if he wants, regardless of their actions against him. Having wildly divergent physical capabilities that can’t be understood eg ‘has infrared cameras and can thus see in the dark’ can be used to extend the metaphor.
I feel like this is making a claim that sounds reasonable denotation wise in order to imply something misleading connotation wise. Sure, I can’t exercise my intelligence to get unbounded outcomes over others, but that’s often because I expect to be stopped by those close to me in intelligence. Consider a sociopathic Einstein running a ward full of people with down syndrome with zero other oversight. Sure, his influence isn’t literally unbounded, but he doesn’t find it difficult to shape their behavior or kill them if he wants, regardless of their actions against him. Having wildly divergent physical capabilities that can’t be understood eg ‘has infrared cameras and can thus see in the dark’ can be used to extend the metaphor.