Then, instead of using the gag book moment I think those examples should be used
What...gag? There's no actual "joke" or punchline here. The entire point of the bonus is Genos, off screen from the main storyline, was reading about psychic abilities and what could help him in battle if he obtained one.
I believe the "joke" you're referring to is him then realizing the examples inside said book are already something he can do, which just simply reinforces the point that psychics would actually have these type of functions, which is why Genos is reading the book in the first place.
Because it is not a WoG nor an explanation from someone knowledgeable. It is just an explanation from a random book Genos is using "to get Psychic powers" (something we didn't see him using later on, which already discredits the reliability of the book)
1. Why would WoG be randomly implemented in a bonus chapter? what?
2. Genos doesn't use the book again because of what I already established, which just shows how scrutinous this counterpoint is.
The whole purpose is that the book has information about the extent of what psychics are able to achieve, it's information about psychokinesis. Saying it's unreliable when there's no actual merit to prove so is just disingenuous. ESPECIALLY since Genos is actually smart in the decisions he makes. He wouldn't just grab a random book that is filled with false information.
which is more than likely taken out of the very book–, which is not reliable at all
So...your whole argument bases itself around ambiguity?
"we don't know who wrote the book, so the book is unreliable and invalid"
What kind of contention is this? The book itself bases its knowledge on what Psychics can do, which is indeed what we see. The first example is bending metal, which is indeed something achievable, as we see on multiple occasions psychics bending or twisting something. making it a valid claim. The third example is hurling stuff away, this is the most obvious one and I do not need to elaborate any further.
What makes the second example singled out? What's wrong with it fundamentally? If the two other examples are correct based on what we see in the manga, what makes this second claim overall a lie if the book itself contains correct information and shows itself to be reliable.
as we don't see Genos gaining psychic powers from his study, nor we see any normal person gaining psychic powers from "studying a book"
Psychics in OPM are either born as such or gain it artificially, aka unnatural means. Normal Humans don't just GAIN abilities of a psychic out of nowhere because that's impossible unless they are able to become a psychic. The chapter itself already explains why he doesn't gain any, because he can already do said abilities by technicality. He can likely bend iron, hurl stuff, AND turn things on fire. Although all of these aren't actually through psychokinesis, it's still something he can do without going through such a rigorous, unnecessary process. Similar to how he declined Bang's offer to learn martial arts.
Hell, Psykos, an esper, grabbed a random book from a library and spoke about researching a new ability. Is this then false because we don't know who made said book? Although she did actually obtain it, it is ridiculous to assume the book is invalid simply because we don't know who made it.
This feels like your usual "How to get psychic powers in 3 steps!" pseudoscience book that does not work at all
You have yet to actually prove that is definitive rather than you "feeling" like it is, otherwise this is just fallacious ignorance.
