Why is it that highly educated academics continue to obtain negative results?
First, if a professor does not do any research about psychic phenomena, that professor will be ignorant about psychic phenomena and will not have the authority to make any comments on psi. Secondly, there is an experimental term called, “the intruding negative variable.’ This means that when an academic experimenter or anybody else who has a track record of negativity, the academic experimenter actually influences the results to become negative. Empirical evidence, in quantum physics validates this observation. This is one of the grounds I cited why any applicant who wants to apply for the skeptics alleged offer can never beat the skeptics’ challenge – see my article on why it is impossible to win the skeptics’ money offer – click on SKEPTICS on the home page.