>>>...finding somebody who is Force-sensitive, psychic, and has the
>>>ability to handle magic is highly improbable.
>>
>>UF tends to follow one particular Discworld truism: million-to-one
>>chances come up nine times out of ten.
>>
>>>...the person in question would either have no life other than
>>>training, or be long-lived, on the order of two to three centuries,
>>>minimum.
>>
>>Not at all. Talent is inborn. Finding someone who -masters- all three,
>>now -that- takes some finding.
>>
>
>True enough, but I was looking at the time it would take to master all
>three.
>
>Based on the time from Star Wars to Return of the Jedi, a Jedi can go
>from student to master in roughly ten years. This is
>"pressure-cooker" training, though. A more reasonable schedule might
>run fifteen to twenty years, with the benefit of reducing the risk of
>falling to the Dark Side. This is full-time training, too.
>
>The time it takes to master telepathy is harder to estimate, depending
>on how somebody wants to break down what telepathy can do. The
>telepathic equivalent of the Jedi Mind Trick, putting somebody to
>sleep, making people think that you aren't there, simple
>communication, et cetera.
>
>As for mastering magic...that could be a task which takes centuries
>unto itself. (personally, I'd settle for a spell to keep the rain off
>of books, so I can read a book outdoors, in the rain, without hauling
>along a sheeping umbrella.)
>
>So mastering all of these would take anywhere from forty years to
>centuries. And none of these are fixed arts. They all have the
>potential to evolve, grow, and change.
>

Indeed.... sounds like a job for a Dietian, doesn't it?

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