There is a difference between skepticism and cynicism so don't worry.
I think most of what you said is right on. Just like with Hypnosis. I learned recently that you can't hypnotize an idiot, they're already in a permanent form of hypnosis anyway (if you pour red paint into a bucket full of red paint you get... no change.) I think you do have to be on the "slightly above average side" to get PR to work. I think you also have to be able to notice small changes. We all know people who (for lack of a better word) are "plump" but think they're not. You can't see what you don't want to see.
My biggest problem was I already was a fast reader so doing PR was at first slower than what I was already doing. It was the VERY SMALL THINGS that kept me going and kept me from quiting, because I was going to.
I'm sure the last thing you want to hear is "Errr, yeah, it's the greatest, buy it, blah blah blah..." so I ain't going to say it. I'll say that at first it's not, and then it is.
