Pure logistics argues against it. To do it that way they use their powers twice to solve one person’s problems.
With just putting out an ad in theory they can be contacted by two people and use their energy twice to solve two people’s problems. Whether you want to see it as altruism so they can help more people or greed so they can get twice the money.
An ad would also get many false positives of people who think they need psychic help but actually need a doctor or a private investigator, meaning they would use their powers once to help zero people every time that happened. But using their powers to find people who need and are receptive to help would be a guaranteed success.
Either way we’re making massive assumptions about what psychics can actually do with their powers but I’m not sure I agree.
Sometimes just having an expert tell you “I’m not actually what you need” is exactly what’s needed. I think what you call false positives could fall into that a lot.
These are the kinds of details and hypotheticals though that can’t be really figured out without more data and psychics being real and in a world where they were real you’d probably get a mix of approaches. Some doing ads to try and help large numbers with small problems, some specializing in certain types of psychic work that they can cold call on easier, others just doing it as a hobby, etc.
Why wouldn’t this work?
Pure logistics argues against it. To do it that way they use their powers twice to solve one person’s problems.
With just putting out an ad in theory they can be contacted by two people and use their energy twice to solve two people’s problems. Whether you want to see it as altruism so they can help more people or greed so they can get twice the money.
An ad would also get many false positives of people who think they need psychic help but actually need a doctor or a private investigator, meaning they would use their powers once to help zero people every time that happened. But using their powers to find people who need and are receptive to help would be a guaranteed success.
Either way we’re making massive assumptions about what psychics can actually do with their powers but I’m not sure I agree.
Sometimes just having an expert tell you “I’m not actually what you need” is exactly what’s needed. I think what you call false positives could fall into that a lot.
These are the kinds of details and hypotheticals though that can’t be really figured out without more data and psychics being real and in a world where they were real you’d probably get a mix of approaches. Some doing ads to try and help large numbers with small problems, some specializing in certain types of psychic work that they can cold call on easier, others just doing it as a hobby, etc.