Sure, that was my reference to universal cosmos terms. But if you want to use Confucius (Confuse-us) or whatever to "prove" that by saying I know more than a 2-year-old really means I know less than a 2-year-old, you're just being silly.

No I meant that you know a little more than a two year old it depends from which perspective you're looking at it.

Again, sure. But just because I only know "a little more" than a 2-year-old in universal cosmos terms, doesn't mean the 2-year-old gets to drive. Or vote. Or whatever.

Driving and voting are hardly indicatives of intelligence.

In some ways they certainly are. A 2-year-old driving wouldn't likely understand things like momentum, friction, collision... And a 2-year-old voting would vote for whoever offers the most candy and chocolate cake with sprinkles for every meal... i.e., a liberal.

@Nexus71 said:

It takes a wise man to realise he knows very little

Well I ain't done know nothin, so I guess that makes me the smartest man alive. WOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOO! In yo face Hawking!

there is a thin line between genius and madness......

Reminds me of a funny exchange in this year's GAME OF THRONES:

JAIME: A man learns from his mistakes.

OLEANNA: Then you must be very wise by now.

Speaking of Game of Thrones, is there a character in the series that could be considered to have Q like powers?

"Speaking of Game of Thrones, is there a character in the series that could be considered to have Q like powers?"

Two of the characters can bring dead people back to life. A main character, Khaleesi, is invulnerable to fire and has 3 dragons at her command. But nobody has overwhelming powers like Q.

@CharlesTheBold Thanks for the info.

I can't recall the episode but Data described the relationship between Q and humans as pets to their master and Picard was his favourite pet. Something like that I think is a fairly accurate analogy.

As for being omnipotent iirc it was in a Voyager episode where a member of the Q continuum is trying to commit suicide admits to Tuvok that the last thing that anyone should think of the Q is as omnipotent. But that seems to be a point of contention as the John DeLancie Q has stated he was omnipotent (I think it was in the TNG episode where he loses his powers).

Of course, Q SAYING that he is omnipotent doesn't mean that he is. He's the sort of person that would brag a lot.

You mean, he's the sort of Q that would brag a lot.

@revengine The impression I got from the Voyager episode you're talking about is that the Q that wanted to commit suicide had to have permission from the other Q to do it. I remember that at the end of the episode, Q lets the other Q (who was nicknamed Quinn) kill himself.