The Economic Argument
The Economic Argument
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Crazy phenomenon If it worked, companies would be using it to make a killing in... Are they? Remote Viewing Oil Prospecting Dowsing Auras Health Care Cost Reduction Homeopathy Remote Prayer Astrology Financial/Business Planning Tarot Crystal Energy Regular Energy Curses, Hexes The Military Relativity GPS Devices ✓ Quantum Electrodynamics Semiconductor Circuit Design ✓
Eventually, arguing that these things work means arguing that modern capitalism isn't that ruthlessly profit-focused.

The image shows fields of human life that would be greatly improved and/or allow certain people to make a lot of money if some crazy phenomena (mostly paranormal ) actually worked in reality or were testable and usable concepts. Crazy phenomena, in this case, means counter-intuitive things that go against common sense and which science often contradicts (though relativity and QM are a major part of physics, they are still counterintuitive and could be considered to sound crazy). As the comic tries to prove, if there were commercial use for it and proofs of it working, there will be high investment made in the technology to use and harness such concepts.
So far only relativity and quantum electrodynamics have major evidence backing them. Specifically, the theory of relativity allows your Global Positioning System (GPS) device to synchronize with satellites a hundred miles in the air and show your current position. The design of modern circuit-boards and other electronic devices is influenced by quantum electrodynamics — smartphones or high capacity hard drives wouldn't be possible without this theory.
The non-scientific/disproved concepts trying to pass as real and scientific are:
The title text points out that many people still believe in non-scientific, unproven, and disproved phenomena; thus, it's possible to make a lot of money by selling those (claimed) phenomena to such people (although knowingly selling non-existent phenomena, while claiming that they work, would be fraud, and thus illegal).
[A three-column table. The headings are actually standing above the table.]

Crazy phenomenon If it worked, companies would be using it to make a killing in... Are they? Remote Viewing Oil Prospecting Dowsing Auras Health Care Cost Reduction Homeopathy Remote Prayer Astrology Financial/Business Planning Tarot Crystal Energy Regular Energy Curses, Hexes The Military Relativity GPS Devices ✓ Quantum Electrodynamics Semiconductor Circuit Design ✓
Eventually, arguing that these things work means arguing that modern capitalism isn't that ruthlessly profit-focused.
