
When asked the question "What is the best super power and why?" most people will respond with something along the lines of "Flying because I want to soar with the birds/feel free/(something really stupid)."
They're wrong, because the best super power, hands down, is super speed. Let me tell you why.
Other than just the obvious perk of being able to run anywhere and be there as fast as lightning, there are many aspects to this super ability that get overlooked.
With super speed, you can move any part of your body at super speeds, not just your legs. Just imagine punching someone one million times in the face in the blink of an eye. I just did.
You could do simple tasks with lighting speed and precision. If I had super speed, this post wouldn't have taken a month to put up. Nor would it be going up at 6:30 in the morning. Your mind would also work at super speeds. You solve a sudoku in 30 seconds if you wanted to.
A major selling point for me on super speed though is one certain ability. Like I mentioned earlier, you can move any part of your body at super speeds. So, that means you can also move your MOLECULES at super speeds! What does this mean? Well, what it boils down to is that you can Walk through WALLS. I don't know the science behind it exactly, but I remember seeing The Flash do it in an episode of Superfriends when I was kid, so that's a legit source.
Some people might think a con of super speed might be that your eyes would dry out if you ran too fast without goggles on, and I say they are 100% wrong. Your body would naturally adapt to it's change in metabolism. You would develop a special film over your eyes so they WOULDN'T dry out. It all has to do with evolution, and it's so obvious.
Another con people might throw out there is that if you run too fast, you might hit something cause it would be hard to see where you're going. Again, false. Your brain has increased in speed to, as I mentioned earlier, so it would be able to process images fast enough to keep up with your own natural speed. It makes perfect sense.
The only REAL con is that you MIGHT be exponentially more hungry than you usually are because of the increase in metabolism, and that you might develop a short attention span. In all honesty, these are minor setbacks to one of the greatest abilities that mankind hopes to someday achieve.



