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The problem with the whole \\\"telekinesis as a handy measure to keep away Doomsday\\\" theory is that telekinesis isn\\\'t a free action, and it isn\\\'t entirely exempt from the 3rd law of physics. Ask yourself: why doesn\\\'t Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, or any other TK being regularly throw villains out into space with TK? Plot induced stupidity aside, it\\\'s because there\\\'s an upper limit to the force they can exert with their telekinesis, anything beyond that force they cannot affect. A great example of this is brought up in an episode of Johnny Quest, where Hadji, a telekinetic, points out that telekinetic or not, he can\\\'t lift anything much greater than his weight with his mind. Were Mike Tyson to start throwing punches at him, he couldn\\\'t simply put up a psychic force field to block the punches: Mike Tyson\\\'s punches carry more force than the gravitational force exerted by Hadji\\\'s body. If you can\\\'t lift over 100 lbs directed at the ground, you can\\\'t block over 100 lbs directed at your face. Same principle applies with the TK heroes: if the most a given TK hero can lift is the Empire State Building, and Doomsday can punch the moon out of orbit, then there is nothing our hero can to to stop Doomsday force wise. The fact that said hero isn\\\'t directly touching Doomsday doesn\\\'t mean that through some method, they aren\\\'t exerting force that winds up being essentially physical on Doomsday, force that can be counter acted.
Note: this doesn\\\'t apply to the question, \\\"why don\\\'t the heroes just lobotomize/internally dismantle Doomsday?\\\" It it easier to crush blood vessels than to lift up a whole body, so while physically beating Doomsday into submission may have been impossible with TK, simply disconnecting the proper nerves/blood vessels/etc may have been more feasible, in the absence of any real reason why they couldn\\\'t. However most comic writers (even the \\\"good ones\\\") aren\\\'t that clever, and/or stuff like that is forbidden due to the AnthropicPrinciple - IE we need a story. Also doesn\\\'t explain why people with magic based TK and matter command (IE people who can just order matter to do what they want regardless of how heavy it is or how much of it there is) couldn\\\'t have done something about Doomsday. Finally, the winch thing wouldn\\\'t work because Doomsday could just rip the winch off, yank the vehicle down, or climb up the rope to beat superheroes to death.
Note: this doesn\\\'t apply to the question, \\\"why don\\\'t the heroes just lobotomize/internally dismantle Doomsday?\\\" It it easier to crush blood vessels than to lift up a whole body, so while physically beating Doomsday into submission may have been impossible with TK, simply disconnecting the proper nerves/blood vessels/etc may have been more feasible, in the absence of any real reason why they couldn\\\'t. However most comic writers (even the \\\"good ones\\\") aren\\\'t that clever, and/or stuff like that is forbidden due to the AnthropicPrinciple - IE we need a story. Also doesn\\\'t explain why people with magic based TK and matter command (IE people who can just order matter to do what they want regardless of how heavy it is or how much of it there is) couldn\\\'t have done something about Doomsday. Finally, the winch thing wouldn\\\'t work because Doomsday could just rip the winch off, yank the vehicle down, or climb up the rope to beat superheroes to death.
