Two Bears:

I used the "Mister" because I come from a formal background and because I am a firm believer in the idea that common courtesy helps to grease the wheels of society.

We're going to have to disagree about the role of stage magicians. Houdini was able to expose frauds because he was a professional fraud himself. Men who were better educated and, possibly, smarter were taken in because they didn't know what to look for. The example I gave was a simple one. I can't imagine what could be done with modern technology.

You still miss the point of how a career in science progresses. Every hotshot researcher dreams of the opportunity to upset some long established idea. Yes, it's dangerous, professionally speaking. If he can prove he's right, though, all is golden. Werner Heisenberg and Nils Borh were derided, then lionized. Stephen Hawking was laughed at when he theorized about black holes. In these cases the issue wasn't money but knowlege. If a researcher could prove beyond doubt that a paranormal event was genuine, and reproduce his results his reputation would be made.

And long words? People use them because they are exact, because they're accustomed to them, and/or there's no good synonym. I suspect you know what idiopathic means.

And computers? I'll PM you about that. It doesn't really belong here.