I voted to suspend the Law of Gravity, just like Rogues boobs are doing.

Karma.

Stop time. That way, you can move from one place to another and rearange things. It'd be pretty fun.

I just want to suspend the one where I make girls' clothes fall off, so that by the time they can do anything about it, it's too late -- I've seen everything.

@Gyrus: What kind of fun? Like helping your best friend win a DJ contest? 'Cause that'd be loads of fun.

The ability to become invisible has been my dream since junior high.

I don't want any of these complicated powers with all kinds of implications that I have to worry about.

Just the ability to fly please. Is that so much to ask for?

I have daily daydreams about being able to create objects out of thin air. Though I justify them with the law of conservation by saying its really only teleportation telekinesis: to transport raw materials from somewhere they're not needed and rearrange them into whatever I need.

@Gyrus: Or steal Scrooge McDucks fortune.

ooooohhhh - i would like to remove 'friction' from all matter -- then try to see how people would function in everyday society. It would be like drifting in outer space but without a form of propulsion -
hmmm, i guess it would just end up that everything just slip-slides down any and every incline to the lowest points on earth.-
on second thought - 'conservation of M-E' -> instant stuff all the time, everytime.

i don't think there's any biological basis which would suggest suspending the law of entropy would actually halt aging. however, even with a normal lifespan, suspending the increase of entropy required to perform work would actually open up a lot of the other possiblities listed here automatically.

@MilesFromNowhere: But if you ever achieve it, by all means, do not go back to junior high to use and enjoy it.

I don't know about these, but I'd settle for a helper monkey.

@moff:
@MilesFromNowhere:

I think both of you need to combine your powers; to be invisible AND make girls' clothes fall off? You could... dare I say it... RULE THE WORLD?!

@moff: You totally win this thread for the Patrick Stewart referance.

I'd change the value of Planck's constant to alter basic quantum wavefunctions of the universe and change probabilities based on my wishes, so that whatever scenario I thought of would come to pass, thus making me a god, and finally allowing me to meet Natalie Portman without having those silly little TROs issued.

I just want the ability to change the value of pi at will.

@larry_832: But you'd have to do that for every particle,,,,that's so tedious...

Of course, if it gets you into Natalie Portman's presence, it might be worth it.

@moff: Ah Patrick Stewart, such a funny man.

@aak7268: I think it's my favorite thing he's ever done, ever. Ian McKellen was so great, too.

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i want to be maxwell's demon.

I want to fly. As cool as creating and harnessing vast amounts of energy to blow things up and impress chicks... flight would still be the winner. Mainly because of how cathartic taking a flight would be.

"Honey I'm going out for a fly by. Want me to grab something on my way up?"

I want to suspend the "hot girls aren't attracted to me" law.

@Frozen-Tex: The hubris, the hubris!

@moff: I have changed my mind. It's my second-favorite thing he's ever done, ever, now that I remember his SNL erotic-bakery sketch.

"It's a woman going to the bathroom."

"Yes."

"I don't think my friends will find that very sexy."

"Well, I should like to meet these friends of yours!"

Telekinesis. Then you could "fly", throw up a protective shield, etc.

@tetracycloide: Have you read the series "Her Majesty's Wizard"? by Christopher Stasheff. He creates Maxwell's Demon... Incredible series.

@tetracycloide: Probably way more practical than being Laplace's demon.

I would suspend Murphy's Law, then walk into a casino.

I voted for conservation of mass energy so that I could defeat the Republicans and shut the Dems up all at once (no more need for fossil fuels) and in doing this be EVERYONES favorite superhero

@spacedcowboy: Everyone would still like Batman better. Batman is awesome.

I'd choose to kill the weak nuclear force. Think of the fun possibilities!

2nd law of thermodynamics. You're not just altering physics, you're defying math. In other words anything, no matter how unlikely, can happen, since at its heart the second law is just a statement of probabilities. Heat and cool things however you want (as long as you have somewhere to put the heat), create objects out of quantum foam (free antimatter anyone?) or walk through walls using the probability of every atom in your body quantum tunneling simultaneously. Or fly- every molecule of air below you decides to push you upwards. And for a finale, save the universe from its otherwise inevitable heat-death.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I agree to obey the law of gravity!

@metrophage: yes, as a matter of fact, i have and i also found it throughly enjoyable.

@braak: here's a philosophical question for you, could laplace's demon be aware of itself and if so what could it possibly do with the information it is privy too? i guess this is technically a physics question too since it's basically just another way of stating the uncertainty principle.

@moff: That clip was awesome.. what the hell is that from..

@docgratis I'm guessing that's a show called "Extras" judging from the number of commercials I've seen for it lately. New-ish project from Ricky Gervais

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@DocGratis: They're from Extras, the show Ricky Gervais did after The Office. The whole Patrick Stewart episode -- actually, the whole series -- is fantastic.

Where is the option for "talks to fish"?

I want the ability to communicate with corn. Or the power to, given enough time, turn any red light green. There would be no end to the power I would wield!

Honestly? Power to fly. That way, though I could certainly cause some trouble in the world, i couldn't really do anything that could change the course of history. I don't think I would like a power that could, if used for greed or other nefarious deeds, be used to harm the world populace.

Absolute power is too much for me.

You're missing Brownian Motion from the poll; I know that it's a physical phenomenon and not a law, but still. That shit just pisses me off.

Or what 92BuickLeSabre said, apparently. Sorry!

I now also require the power to hunt zenpoet down.

I voted for the speed of light as a constant, for practical reasons.

Does the Uncertainty Principle count?

@Jeff-Minor: 1.815 lightyears per hour - i clocked that intergalactic mo-fo...

Speed of light could be good, but I'll go with the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Then I'll build a perpetual motion machine and win at existence.

@92BuickLeSabre: I'll make it easy. I will be at the Backwards Bolivian Ping Pong tourny in St. Ives this weekend. You will just have to get through the crowd. Some guy with seven wives is always in the front row.

@zenpoet: Damn. If only I could fly.

@92BuickLeSabre: I always feel like Rosencrantz to your Guildenstern.

My scriven banter with you always seems to fall so embarrassingly short with your perfect vollys.

Nice return, good sir, nice return.