I would materialize them safely on the ground. Just like I would transport nuclear submarines to their home ports before I confiscated the uranium in their reactors.
Let the record show that it was not the right-wingers whose thoughts immediately went to mind control and physical attacks.
Seriously, I’d love to work a miracle or three. But why would I want to convince the world that I can? I don’t need or want the related fame or infamy. That would be horrible, IMO.
I wouldn’t want everybody to know that I had such powers…but since that is what the OP wants, that is what the OP gets.
For the period of one day, I would put my face on every billboard in the world, stick my name and number in every cellphone, and give everyone around the world the ability to understand and speak Klingon fluently.
I may have botched the OP a little. For those who have continued reading the thread, here’s the somewhat modified hypothetical.
First, the goal is to prove to humanity as a whole that a miracle has occurred. Trying to keep things secret is fighting the hypothetical.
Second, in order to try to keep with the spirit of the other thread and make this one a little more interesting, you only get to perform one miracle. I leave it to you all to decide for yourselves what constitutes one vs. multiple miracles.
The other restrictions about not using the power for evil remain in place.
In that case, I’ll stick with giving everyone the ability to speak and understand Klingon fluently. No one is compelled to speak it, it does no harm, and I can’t think of any way to replicate such a feat scientifically.
I just think the GOP has gone entirely off the rails in the past decade between the Tea Party and Trumpism, and something harmless but embarrassing like violent diarrhea would potentially be enough to tip the scales, if all GOP politicians had that affliction.
If you’re worried about dehydration or electrolytes or something, substitute “uncontrollable burping and violent loud farting” if you prefer. That never hurt anyone.
For one day, Iet all humans who live and who have ever lived share a consciousness. Everyone can enter anyone elses consciousness, see their thoughts and feel their feelings. You can reach out to anyone to communicate to them or merge your consciousness. You can speak to dead people, enter the mind of people on the other side of the world, etc.
With the new stipulations, give everyone the power to create happiness in their lives.
I’m not sure if this one is against the not affecting people’s minds rule, but I wouldn’t make them happy, just give them the power to make themselves happy. In an instant and on command.
They might not know I created it, but they’d sure know that some kind of miracle took place.
Originally I was going to make everyone immortal, immune to pain, and sterile. But that might not count as just one miracle (and would sterility be considered hurting others?)
Soooo … other possibilties:
Enact universal health care in the USA
Make all printers work flawlessly and with full functionality
Remove aggression from people, resulting in world peace