Because Anita is a smart cookie and I want to stop her wasting her life.

There's been some to-do over whether she's entitled to continue calling herself a straight-A student, due to a Meanie Professor™, but if, as she says, she has the opportunity to correct the record I'm happy to allow the truth to stretch a little.   I have no doubt that Anita is capable of the academic achievements she claims.

But I think I need to add the proviso that she will need to get past this whole paranormal thing in order to do so.

Whatever the reason for Anita's behaviour, she needs to realize that it's incompatible with her desire to become a reputable scientist.   Sure, you can be a reputable scientist and have a few whacky ideas, as Messrs Kelvin, Hubble and Tesla might attest, but you have to do it in the right order. 

I want to play a part in steering Anita towards getting the reputation she's capable of as a worthy scientist, and take up the whacky stuff as a retirement hobby after a long and illustrious career in a legitimate endeavour.

All I ask is that she might scratch my cartouche on the bottom of her Nobel award, just for old times sake.