So one day I was watching a Superman film, then I saw Superman using his X-ray vision, a power that would be extremely useful, but does not make sense, and I am going to tell you why.
First, how most would interpretate how this power work, is his eyes can receive X-rays when our eyes are only able to see visible light, this would make a lot of sense, until you think about how does these X-rays come to Superman's eyes? Because even if he has this ability, it cannot work without actual X-rays going through objects. And if that is how it works, it also makes the Earth in the story a lot more scarier, as X-rays is extremely harmful and can cause cancer under long exposure, making the only way that the humans in the story can stay alive is that they are immune to X-rays, which would contradict a lot of things I won't go into here.
Or some of you may be thinking, maybe Superman can create X-rays! Well, that won't work either, as X-rays cannot bounce off objects like visible light. Furthermore, there is also the contradiction stated above.
Want to know the biggest problem in this logic? Superman is weak against X-rays, and that is a fact in the story. Superman gets his power from sunlight, but any other rays would be harmful to him.
So there you go, either the story of Superman is just a big fat lie or his X-ray vision isn't X-ray after all.
First, how most would interpretate how this power work, is his eyes can receive X-rays when our eyes are only able to see visible light, this would make a lot of sense, until you think about how does these X-rays come to Superman's eyes? Because even if he has this ability, it cannot work without actual X-rays going through objects. And if that is how it works, it also makes the Earth in the story a lot more scarier, as X-rays is extremely harmful and can cause cancer under long exposure, making the only way that the humans in the story can stay alive is that they are immune to X-rays, which would contradict a lot of things I won't go into here.
Or some of you may be thinking, maybe Superman can create X-rays! Well, that won't work either, as X-rays cannot bounce off objects like visible light. Furthermore, there is also the contradiction stated above.
Want to know the biggest problem in this logic? Superman is weak against X-rays, and that is a fact in the story. Superman gets his power from sunlight, but any other rays would be harmful to him.
So there you go, either the story of Superman is just a big fat lie or his X-ray vision isn't X-ray after all.
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