Laird
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And why should I accept one authority as unbiased rather than another anyway?
Because one "authority" a priori rules out the existence of paranormal phenomena; the other investigates open to the possibility that the paranormal exists, but not assuming it exists in any given case.
Here's an instructive case study in pseudo-skeptical bias: Richard Wiseman's claim to have debunked "the psychic pet phenomenon" by Rupert Sheldrake.