[ Wp ] Nerds and artists take over the world after everyone is given superpowers based on imagination .

It ended up helping that scientists, statistically, became disproportionately super powered. The insatiably curious minds of those who now wielded some of the worlds most forceful abilities ensured that `` the event'' would be thoroughly studied, examined and documented. Although the evidence was somewhat shaky, the general consensus remains that an upper-dimensional energy pulse passed through earth. The energy interacted with organic matter only. The greater an organism's capacity for higher thought, the greater the change. No species saw nearly the effect that humans did. Everyone was changed. Historians now have a definite answer for the most important 60 seconds in history, as it took precisely one minute for each individual's unique abilities to manifest following the pulse. All children born after the event have eventually manifested powers as well, though they develop as the child does. 
 
 A week of chaos followed the event. The streets ran red with blood, incalculable damage was caused, and every single world government was viciously ripped apart. The armed forces disbanded, and anarchy reigned. For a week. The first alliance of Art and Science took one week to become impossibly powerful. The old masters of math, biology, chemistry, physics, philosophy, painting, writing, sculpture and song became the new masters of the world. Their powers matched almost completely matched their former professions. Brilliant chemists could feel and control the reactions going on around them. Writers could create memetic viruses, weave words as no human had before, bring thousands to heel with a few sentences. Particle physicists became borderline matter-manipulators, while visual artists could physically bring their ideas into existence. 
 
 Mathematicians, philosophers, modern artists and some religious leaders fell off the bell curve, so to speak. Many among these professions seemed to `` glitch'' out of existence, transcending the dimensions, just as the pulse had. Approximately.1 % of the population reacted this way, with one foot in the physical world, and one in the world beyond. It is theorized that their minds were so in touch with the source and frequency of the pulse ( perhaps god? ), they simply latched on, and were dragged away, leaving only part of their consciousness behind. Those that remained joined the ranks of their equals in establishing the new world order, often wielding unfathomable reality-warping powers. 
 
 The alliance established a beneficial oligarchy, and sought new techniques to keep those with particularly destructive powers from wreaking havoc. How do you stop a rouge electrician who can shoot lightning? Or a construction worker that can bend concrete? A body builder who has the strength of the hulk? So we founded the Trusted Ones. 
 
 Human capacity for higher thought falls on a bell curve, and as this factor was the main determinant for how powerfully you manifested, the Alliance decided to recruit as many individuals with above average IQ scores for the `` Trusted Ones'' program. Their duty is to act as a hero and contain rogue individuals in the case of an attack. About a quarter of the population is currently serving, and a memetic oath, called the Bond, was written by the most adept authors, to keep the Trusted ones honest and allow them to communicate mentally in dangerous situations. 
 
 As some semblance of order dawns on earth, what has become of humanity again turns its eyes to the stars. With this gift from the beyond, the kingdom of heaven, and the universe itself may become our domain. Already, men and women are beginning to traverse the universe, using their abilities to warp space and time, to create livable conditions, and survive in un-survivable ones. Whatever touched life that fateful day, perhaps the hand of god, perhaps something else beyond our comprehension, meant to push us forward, to make us better, to reward those with the capacity to do so. Maybe that says something about the reason we're here. No matter what, I, and all the peoples of earth, wish you luck on your new journey amongst the stars. 
 
 “ Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. ” 
 
 -Albert Einstein 
 
 
 ( Excerpt from `` An Abridged History of Earth, for Adolescent to Adult Spacefarers'' )
