I agree to a point, i have certainly felt the difficulty of trying to explain lucid dreaming to others while not sounding like a complete idiot.

but on the contrary, there has been research into this. we understand sleep, the stages of it why and what happens how it affects brain functions. we have a greater understanding of the topic of sleep itself than we do say, a 6th sense. lucid dreaming has been tested by more than just LaBerge. in fact studies on false awakenings and sleep paralysis had been examined even before LaBerge.

I think that one of the main aspects of Lucidity that make it more of a scientific fact rather than a psychic type phenomenon is that it presents testability and repeatability. LaBerge is well known for what i mean by "tests". As for repeatability, lucidity is something that can be repeated by anyone, with smiler results. sure, everyone reaches it in different ways, but we all experience similer feelings while doing things such as WILDing, HI and the general experience of LDing. telekinesis, telepathy and such are described differently form person to person, with great amounts of variation.

So yea...thats my take on the subject