Problem with 'defending yourself' on this subject is trip-trapp, trip-trapping all over the bridge. Trolls will come out in force. I had a guy today tell me quantum physics isn't real. He was pissed I even mentioned it as real science, even though it was obvious to me he had done zero research of his own on the subject. I imagine a discussion on real psychic phenomena would bring many times the hate to bear on whoever asserted it was real. The research is out there. Hell, the U.S. government has done plenty of it...