The fact is current day parapsychological research is far more scrutinised than regular research in the social sciences, because of the controversial implicatio

The fact is current day parapsychological research is far more scrutinised than regular research in the social sciences, because of the controversial implications and because there is a large group of people that simply won't entertain the possibility of positive results. The most prominent paranormal researchers employ far more skeptical rigour than other skeptical commentators who dismiss any finding. Because it's called "paranormal" the default is "there must be something wrong with the methods" and so naturally people find fault with the methods. Hypothetically, even if real paranormal effects are surfacing in the data, the nature of the research works against persuading certain circles.