Why is it science when a modern physicist converts uranium into plutonium, but occultism when a medieval alchemist seeks to turn lead into gold?

Why is it normal to see far away strangers through live TV, but paranormal to hear close relatives through mental contact?

Why is it natural if babies grow from inert food, but supernatural if spirits materialize out of thin air?

Science throws the occult, the paranormal, and the supernatural into the same metaphysical bag because they do not obey well-known physical laws. Still, many scientific investigations straddle the border between physics and metaphysics. Among them, the researchs on:

• the prodigious energies at work in the cosmos.
• the unpredictable sub-atomic particles.
• the puzzling self-organizing properties of matter.
• the incredible skills of organic life.
• the mysterious nature of consciousness