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It's not that black and white though. It's not like we have to choose science or religion, as though these are the only choices. It's possible to venture into grey areas as scientists and acknowledge that we have to leave the model a little bit flexible in order to open ourselves up to potentially new avenues.
For example... a common argument against paranormal phenomena like telepathy is that it's confirmation bias. This is *always* the go to argument for dogmatic scientists. But the experimental data demonstrates, statistically, that there is likely more going on than that. The telephone experiment is a good example, along with the bystander gaze experiment. The rates are higher than 60%.
But how do we investigate these claims if science is not willing to acknowledge ESP? So you see, there is a problem there. We either journey into the grey zone or we keep pretending that something that could be possible, is simply impossible -- not because we have proven it as such, but because we've decided material reductionism and mechanistic life are the "laws" and so those claims should be dismissed.
You and others keep asserting that if something is observable then science will be willing to test it. Sheldrake and others have demonstrated that the peer review circles are staunchly against even LOOKING at research. That's a BIG oversight.
The discovery of new phenomena that is beyond our testing range always starts with mere observation, and then circumstantially-repeatable experiments. Then theories are developed. Then, with enough interest, we develop the tools to look harder. But if there is refusal to do the initial observation, the succession of events doesn't happen.
The British and the American governments, as well as the Chinese and the Soviets, all conducted their own research into ESP throughout most of the Cold War. I don't know how much funding was poured into those projects, but with the motivation of having super psychic soldiers before anyone else, I'm going to guess that funding was "enough." The research fizzled and was discontinued due to lack of results.