It does seem extraordinarily unlikely that there's no crime at all, but being able to kick people off the island whenever they don't follow the rules would help. Probably there's a consistent rate of petty crime and misdemeanors. The selection process must rule out the majority of violent crimes and major transgressions.
Assuming the selection process itself doesn't have blind spots. If there is a significant incident, they presumably would be ill-equipped to handle it due to lack of experience, like an isolated rural town would be.
Assuming that everyone here is like us and that locals don't technically exist, that would make sense, yeah. I wonder what the selection process actually is, now that you mention it...
( Especially if Caitlin made it past the selection process when she's got Killer Frost hiding deep down. )
Well, that's not necessarily true, either. I mean, think about it. You work for the FBI back home. Another friend of mine here used to be a CSI for CCPD. Another of my friends is a consultant for CCPD and that's just the people I know. And that's excluding the superheroes. So maybe they chose you guys so that they wouldn't, in fact, be unprepared. Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
That's a good question. I wonder if I could come up with a set of criteria just by speaking with people...
[ He's definitely going to consider it and see if he notices any commonalities. Even if this is a technique he'd normally reserve for people who are all victims of the same crime. ]
That would be positing that some individuals are selected for reasons other than their ability to contribute to the Energems, or at least that there's a secondary consideration to the selection process some of the time. It would be logical to consider the skill set composition of a closed society when selecting new immigrants. On the other hand, it can be assumed that there's a preponderance of people with a predisposition to help others that would end up in law enforcement or 'superheroing'. It could be a case of reverse causation-- we perceive a pattern because there's an existing association in the other direction.
I don't see why not. I'd be interested to see the results of a study like that, to be honest.
That's a good point, too, now that you mention it. They say people come and go here a lot. I wonder how true that is and whether the pattern holds true for our predecessors... That could be interesting to note, no?
I might be here for a while, so while I won't hold my breath, I still might get a little excited.
I don't actually know. I've just heard in passing that people come and go, but I haven't known anyone to go, yet, so I'm not the best source of information there, unfortunately.
[ Reid is a little flattered by that, but essentially too awkward to make it obvious. ] I'll let you know if I find anything.
But someone must be. There must be some people who had such substantial wishes they've been here for some time. They would be a good resource if we could identify them.
Yeah, I mean...provided they're willing to divulge their wishes to some degree (even if it's just to admit that it's something pretty big), you could always survey people...?
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Assuming the selection process itself doesn't have blind spots. If there is a significant incident, they presumably would be ill-equipped to handle it due to lack of experience, like an isolated rural town would be.
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( Especially if Caitlin made it past the selection process when she's got Killer Frost hiding deep down. )
Well, that's not necessarily true, either. I mean, think about it. You work for the FBI back home. Another friend of mine here used to be a CSI for CCPD. Another of my friends is a consultant for CCPD and that's just the people I know. And that's excluding the superheroes. So maybe they chose you guys so that they wouldn't, in fact, be unprepared. Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
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[ He's definitely going to consider it and see if he notices any commonalities. Even if this is a technique he'd normally reserve for people who are all victims of the same crime. ]
That would be positing that some individuals are selected for reasons other than their ability to contribute to the Energems, or at least that there's a secondary consideration to the selection process some of the time. It would be logical to consider the skill set composition of a closed society when selecting new immigrants. On the other hand, it can be assumed that there's a preponderance of people with a predisposition to help others that would end up in law enforcement or 'superheroing'. It could be a case of reverse causation-- we perceive a pattern because there's an existing association in the other direction.
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That's a good point, too, now that you mention it. They say people come and go here a lot. I wonder how true that is and whether the pattern holds true for our predecessors... That could be interesting to note, no?
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Do they supposedly leave when their wishes are fulfilled? Do we have any data on what occurs when that happens?
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I don't actually know. I've just heard in passing that people come and go, but I haven't known anyone to go, yet, so I'm not the best source of information there, unfortunately.
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But someone must be. There must be some people who had such substantial wishes they've been here for some time. They would be a good resource if we could identify them.
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