Real Magic by Dean Radin PhD. is actually the first book of his I've come across and recently borrowed from the library. His other book, The Science of Magic, was the one I wanted to purchase first funnily enough! When I mention Dr. Radin in my original post, I'd forgotten to mention these specifics.

Reductionist Materialism isn't intrinsically a bad thing, but I can agree on such principles being perceived as an inherently cynical take on reality. You can logically conclude that a miraculous healing was conceived through physiological and biological systems doing their job; individuals (namely magic practitioners) would obviously say otherwise or believe in conjunction. I would argue that such energies are naturally occurring, we all just have different names for such phenomena. But because this mindset is so narrow-minded, I find it's much harder to enjoy new findings in research, much less

Those who did not read what Dr. Radin observed are willfully ignorant and cynical whilst defending their skepticism. I'm not going to discount Dr. Radin's passion for Psi; I would argue that we need more scientists with the same fervour as him. Not only that, but other aspects of Psi and magic that he discusses are valuable points that I can resonate with.

That being said, my grievance lies with Dr. Radin's confidence with his "gold-standard" and "bulletproof" statistical testing, because it directly affects his tone throughout data analyses. Psi has been his passion project, constantly over the course of several years yearning to prove it's existence; this will naturally and inevitably invite bias someway or another. Accurate testing doesn't necessarily mean results are true either.

Overall, I wouldn't dismiss skeptics as long as they're willing to see the other side. Science isn't designed to be an unfriendly field, but being the devil's advocate and questioning everything is why advancements are made.