Which super power would you most like to have?
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Flight:
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 24%
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Invisibility:
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 17%
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Super-strength:
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 8%
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Telepathy:
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 17%
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Teleportation:
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 25%
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Weather control:
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 9%
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By what year will scientists have successfully created a device that makes objects truly invisible?
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2006:
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1%
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2016:
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19%
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2026:
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10%
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Some year after 2026:
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35%
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Never:
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35%
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Which scientific invention is likely to become reality first?
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Cloak of invisibility:
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5%
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Cold fusion:
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18%
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Human colonies on Mars:
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6%
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Intelligent robots:
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48%
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Timed traffic signals on Tucker Boulevard:
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23%
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Will the first materials devised to deflect enough visible light to make objects completely invisible to the human eye be used for good or for evil?
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Good:
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36%
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Evil:
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64%
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If you could be invisible, what would you most like to do?
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Spy on my employees at work:
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5%
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Watch out for my children:
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20%
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Play tricks on my spouse or partner:
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17%
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Leave boring dinner parties early:
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19%
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Scare people at Halloween:
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6%
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Trip the Tigers in the outfield:
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33%
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In what City place or attraction would you most like to be invisible?
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The Anheuser-Busch brewery, to learn the secrets to the perfect beer:
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4%
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In the Mayor's office, to be the first (or second) to know public policy:
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30%
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The editorial board at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to see how endorsements are decided:
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26%
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The Lemp Mansion, to scare--and be scared:
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10%
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Backstage at the Pageant, to watch my favorite acts get ready:
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29%
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Which Missouri personality would best benefit from the Cloak of Invisibility?
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Police Chief Joe Mokwa, to scope out the bad guys:
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48%
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Beatle Bob, to get past the bouncers at every show:
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12%
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Kevin Klein, to hide from the paparazzi:
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6%
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Claire McCaskill, to escape the mudslinging:
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21%
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Chris Duncan, to sneak up on those pesky fly balls in left field:
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14%
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What is your favorite movie in which one of the characters is invisible?
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The Invisible Man (1933):
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25%
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Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951):
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22%
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All the President's Men (1976):
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19%
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Predator (1987):
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24%
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992):
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4%
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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001):
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5%
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If you could make one thing in your own home invisible, what would it be?
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Me:
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31%
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My spouse or partner:
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2%
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My pet:
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3%
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One of my kids:
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2%
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My trash:
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62%
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If you could make one thing in downtown St. Louis disappear, what would it be?
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The parking meters:
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28%
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The office building on the Gateway Mall:
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12%
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The skybridge connecting St. Louis Centre to the old Dillards building:
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15%
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The Serra sculpture:
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29%
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The pigeons:
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16%
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Which professionals are generally the most invisible in our society?
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Adjunct faculty members:
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18%
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Engineers:
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5%
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Philosophers:
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31%
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Plumbers:
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3%
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Poets:
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18%
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Translators:
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8%
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Undertakers:
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 18%
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What is the best use of our current limited abilities to make things disappear?
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Making tape disappear on wrapped packages:
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13%
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Using the Ab Lounger to make beer bellies disappear:
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12%
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Making bad TV shows go on hiatus in mid-season:
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26%
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Making the seams of underwear disappear:
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26%
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No-fault divorces:
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24%
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