Linderman's power is...

[Marvelman]

Malcolm Macdowell just dropped a big spoiler... Linderman has a power! This will be revealed in the episode ".07%". What does this mean? What is Linderman's power? Here is an educated guess...

I think that Linderman has the power of probability manipulation. I think he has the ability to mentally make certain occurences and outcomes more or less likely. So, the .07% refers to his ability to make his chosen outcome .07% more likely.

Interesting theory, no?

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

Interesting, yes, probability manipulation would explain his rise to power in Las Vegas.

Think, if Nathan had fired could he have used his power to cause the gun to misfire or the bullet to ricochet?

I think that the .07% may refer to the percentage of the world population that contains the genetic marker necessary for having potential powers.

The current world population is about 6,694,980,099 leaving the door open for a whopping 4,686,486 heroes.:eek:

Just imagine if 1% of the potential heroes manifest their abilities that would be 46,864 heroes and we would have a show with a virtually unlimited cast potential, and considering that the worlds population grows by the second this show could go on forever. Eventually you may have to repeat powers though.

<<OH NO, I've gone cross-eyed>>
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[gategrrl]

7% also refers to "the seven percent solution" that, for instance, Sherlock Holmes was addicted to - cocoaine.

I think Linderman is another future-seer, like the Painter, but perhaps he can't see close events, but perhaps only further off events. It would seem that someone who can foresee the future, and someone like Hiro, who can travel through time, are at odds down to the bottom of their very DNA.

[Merfish]

its not "7%", its ".07%", my theory is that Linderman can sense abilities and the people hat have them

[phantom222]

marvelman ur a genius!i didnt think of that at all but it makes so much sense.how else could linderman have become so powerful.he probably played the stalk market and had everything turn out the way he wanted

[Monkeychow01]

Well, they've already dropped the ball that Linderman is the real reason for the Explosion....Peter's story is a distraction *ain't it cool news...go read*....

The probability peice makes sense as to what he said to Nathan in Parasite.

oh yea...and my Wife added..."He DOES own a Casino.......controlling the Odds would just make sense"

[nafeasonto]

so what are they saving if the explosion is going to happen anyway?

[Monkeychow01]

That's kinda like saying, Why does Batman keep fighting the Joker if he's just going to keep committing crimes?

[kemosabe]

Originally posted by Marvelman
Malcolm Macdowell just dropped a big spoiler... Linderman has a power! This will be revealed in the episode ".07%". What does this mean? What is Linderman's power? Here is an educated guess...

I think that Linderman has the power of probability manipulation. I think he has the ability to mentally make certain occurences and outcomes more or less likely. So, the .07% refers to his ability to make his chosen outcome .07% more likely.

Interesting theory, no?

I'm with you on this. I think Linderman has the ability to manipulate chance and decisions people make. I'm sure it's a bit different.

I mean, there is supposed to be a female character that has sex appeal and that is like the femal version of Linderman's supposed power. So just cause we think we are on the right track doesn't mean we are.

That makes me think that isn't Linderman's power. Plus, if he can only manipulate chance by almost 1%, then you can only sway people that are on the bubble of a decision. Nathan was going to kill Linderman, but Nathan isn't a killer so in this case Nathan was probably 50/50. For Linderman to get so powerful, I would think he would need better odds than .07%.

[angeloo]

the .07 percent is how many people would die if the explosion in NY went off

[Marvelman]

When I suggested probability manipulation I seem to have had something much more subtle than what most of you have in mind. I meant that Linderman could occasionally give events a "nudge" in his direction. I did not mean that he could do things like directly control people's actions. That would make him too powerful.

[Monkeychow01]

Yea, they just said in his interview that the .07% was the number of people that would die in NY.....that makes it even MORE interesting what Linderman's power is going to be.

[angeloo]

ima take a guess and say he can sense people with abilities and maybe what he can do... kindve like that grl from the xmen movie, like how she sensed what lvl threat they were and stuff

[nafeasonto]

Well a previous poster hinted that he does own a casino and controls the odds there. He could be controlling the odds and making the heroes do exactly how he wants it so they are the ones that cause the explosion in - directly. I bet if they did nothing from the beginning it wouldn't of happened. It's like playing into a game you know how is going to end if you don't stop, but doing it anyway.

Again though, again. What is the significance of CLAIRE?! Why did they have to save her, don't forget about that!!

I have a feeling her powers will grow where she will be able to heal other people.

Also I have a feeling Linderman does not know that future Hiro came to warn past Hiro, I bet he did not calulate that.

[aimster]

I think that Linder has the power to heal people

Its just a guess but that would explain what the current graphic novels are about at nbc.com

[angeloo]

some1 on the nbc forums said that in the novels it says something about au co or something and some1 said the author was micha lindeman, i think that has something to do with next episode and micah and linderman meeting so after i saw that i thought that linderman couldve been the person who can heal people, but then i thought about and it didnt seem possible because linderman seems obsessed with people with abilities and that guy didnt seem like hes the obsessive type

[chrisxs5]

If anyone sees that can you point it out. I cant find it.

[DiscoDyslexic]

Different People have pointed out the reference to Au Co. and it's relation to one Micha "Lindemans".
Aside from that the young man in the graphic novels bears a very striking resemblance to a young Malcolm Mcdowell.

Even more evidence comes from a Scoop writer for TVGuide.com where someone asks if he has any news on Lindermans power, to which he replies that he misses the show Carnivale, and the character Ben Hawkins, a man, as I understand, who has the ability to heal with his hands.

So I Believe Lindermans Power is healing, and that he is the "Austin" in the Graphic Novels.