Guardian article on paranormal believers is actually... fair?

Bit of a shock, but I've just read a piece in The Guardian from yesterday about paranormal communities and it's not the usual "mad conspiracy theorists" rubbish. The journalist actually spoke to genuine researchers, didn't do a hatchet job, and even acknowledged that institutional science might be missing something by dismissing all anomalies out of hand.

There's a paragraph where they quote a physicist saying we've only mapped 5% of the ocean and we don't know what's in the Scottish Highlands... felt like a proper acknowledgement that "we don't know everything."

Anyone else read it? Bit of a watershed moment maybe? Or am I being naive thinking mainstream outlets are finally taking this seriously?

Link? Would love to read something that's not immediately dismissive for once. Usually The Guardian is alright but even they do the eye-roll thing.

Don't get too excited. The follow-up comments section will be absolutely brutal. But yeah, nice to see a major paper treating the subject with basic respect. Probably helped that they interviewed actual scientists and not just blokes down the pub claiming they saw a UFO.

A crumb of respect is still respect. I'll take it. We're not asking for them to believe everything, just to stop treating people like idiots for asking questions.

we've only mapped 5% of the ocean and we don't know what's in the Scottish Highlands