You've got to wonder if quite a few of the characters are literal mad scientists; as in, so crazy that they don't actually know what they are doing, and their explanations make no sense because they really are just nonsense even in-universe. They're just operating on some kind of super savant talent or the like.
Amos' "stelleration" based technology might be technomagic.
In JSA classified, he had the Wizard manipulate the stelleration energy to empower Wildcat to the point that the defeated both Jay Garrick and Alan Scott.
But yeah, the science in DC does leave one shaking one's head every now and again.
My personal take is not subconscious reality warping by inventors but narrative causality- Junk science works because whoever is in charge of things (whether the DC staff, time tailors, or Destiny's book) just doesn't care.
And note- When I say DC staff, I don't actually mean in a "it's just a comic book way," but rather that DC has floated the idea that DC staff can literally warp the reality of the comics they write since 1974, even while in the universe of a comic book.
Zoat could literally have Paul reveal to Wonder Woman that he's from a universe in which she's fictional and the star of a comic book and she could reply "Oh, you're from Earth Prime! Do you know Mr
Maggin or
Bates?"
If he wanted to. I'm not holding my breath here.
Which when you get right down to it, isn't that different a theory, we just disagree on who is probably doing the reality warping, and whether it's intentional or not.
