With all due respect, I think you guys need to get out more. Have you really never been exposed to the mountains of psychic research that has been done? It is overwhelmingly confirming.

Pick up the book The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot. Its an interesting read and will give to a starting point with references to much more material. Or if you're really hard-headed go for the old JB Rhine stuff. His statistical analyses are virtually fool-proof, and you can even repeat them yourself if you're still not convinced. (Years ago I did so, and the results are what really broke the belief barrier for me.)

Conventional science resists all of this because it can't explain it, and because it expands the world much more than they would like it expanded. This is nothing new - scientists have been egotistical and narrow-minded throughout history, rejecting the new and clinging to the old, until it literally rolled over them. The same was and is true in physics. Quantum physicists have long observed the connection between mind and matter, another psychic phenomena. The only reason QM is accepted as much as it is is because it gives us computers and other toys. They may not be able to locate an electron, but the statistics are good enough that a computer will run nevertheless.

Go out there, read and get to know more than just what dusty scientists are telling you. There are many incredibly bright people - scientists - who work in these areas. Even many of the famous names you know - many of those people delved heavily into these areas. But you have to go to them. The lazy system will not bring them to you, and will often misrepresent them. Hear what they have to say and the research that has been done for decades, even centuries. Belief is not required. Merely an open and inquisitive mind.

In fact MANY scientists go into this area for the purpose of debunking it, and end up being the greatest proponents. These are the REAL scientists, because they acknowledge their results, regardless of ego.

I don't know what else to tell you. If you hide away and won't look at the evidence, obviously you won't see it. And many people just don't want to see it, so that is how they operate. IMO they miss out on some of the most fascinating stuff being done on this planet.

EDIT: I might add that it's been a long time since I researched psychic phenomena per se... I encounter it in other larger fields, such as QM, but I don't know what the latest work being done is, or the best modern books to suggest on the subject. I suggested Talbot because he references a lot. Overall I would suggest researching it a bit, and reading a variety of material. I went back to the modern beginning - J.B. Rhine's work in the 50's, and started from there. Nuts and bolts - I like to see how it began and where it went. Yet a lot has been done since then. You will find no lack of studies and data to review. Just beware of people with an agenda to mock or misrepresent it. Read the source material, not just popular articles about it, and form your own conclusions.