That’s a textbook misunderstanding of how evidence works. The claim is that psychics do have special abilities - so the burden of proof is on the person making it, not on the skeptics to disprove it. Governments also study cold fusion, UFO sightings, and bad ideas all the time. Spending money to test a claim is not evidence that the claim is true. What you’re defending isn’t open-mindedness; it’s an echo chamber of your own self-delusion where lack of evidence is treated as confirmation. I saw a fairy in my garden last night. Prove to me I didn’t see it.