re: Pseudoskeptical tendencies...
There was implied profanity in my number 5. I won't clarify it more on this board.
So a man walks into an auto shop and tells the mechanic "I have this small machine that will replace the carbuerator on that old Buick you are working on. Do it and you can fill the gas tank with water from now on and it will run better than it did before." Is the mechanic a pseudo-skeptic for running the guy out of the shop, without examining the claim in detail?
There is sufficient detail in your posts to evaluate. There is also ample evidence that you don't know enough physics to have an informed opinion about how the sun works. Its all there in black and white. You don't see it because... well, re-read the second sentence in this paragraph.