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Magic Powered Pseudoscience aka: Magic-Powered Pseudoscience
Phlebotinum thought by its creators to work on scientific
principles, at least according to their Techno Babble. Actually,
it's powered by some supernatural or magical ability of the
creator and cannot be duplicated. Also, if the creator dies, it
stops working or malfunctions. Often, these gizmos can only be
created by someone who possess The Spark of Genius.  Becoming an
increasingly popular way to explain science-fiction style super-
gizmos in Speculative Fiction settings. It's a good way to
justify why Reed Richards Is Useless and there's No Plans, No
Prototype, No Backup. These wondrous inventions cannot be mass-
produced to improve mankind or make their creator a profit
because they're not actual inventions so much as temporary
manifestations of their subconscious superhuman abilities. Thus,
application of them will usually boil down to either fighting
crime or committing it. The sett