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Dr Michael Persinger of Laurentian University quickly became the science darling of skeptics and atheists a decade ago with news of his 'God Helmet', which appeared to show that 'sensed presence' of supernatural entities (and/or 'God') may be simply due to magnetic disturbance of the brain. Since then however, Persinger has not made himself an overly attractive science reference for skeptics as he has been involved with, and claims to have achieved positive results in, experimental parapsychology.

Earlier this year, Persinger gave the following lecture, titled "No More Secrets". In it, he detailed his theories on the connection between magnetic fields and the brain, in particular how this relationship could facilitate telepathy and remote viewing. He notes particular experiments and individuals (Ingo Swann, Sean Harribance) that seem to give evidence supporting his theories, and makes some fairly extraordinary claims which I'm sure will lead to some debate.

I had never seen Persinger lecture before - he's a great presenter, and with his usual suit and pocket watch, and precise mannerisms, makes for a fair caricature of an eccentric scientist. Whether you agree or disagree with his theories and evidence, it's still worth a watch just for some of the oblique insights that he has (e.g. when discussing the minuteness of fields involved, "don't think of 'bigness' as being important, it's the pattern that is important"). A worthy time investment for any science fiction writer...

The lecture is around 36 minutes long, and is followed by almost 20 minutes of questions and answers...

The title of the lecture emerges from the extrapolation of telepathy as a barely understood phenomenon, to a talent that all humans could use to know what was in any other person's brain. What would it be like if there were 'No More Secrets'?

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We think that’s tremendous because it may be the first macro demonstration of a quantum connection, or so-called quantum entanglement.

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Is this "solid" evidence of PSI phenomenon?

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So if you really wan't to know lets find some papers and sort it out.

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Good to see a real truth seeking scientist who isn't confined to scientific dogma.

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Ha, Im not looking for your evidence for you. 

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After nine years here you should know how 'believer research' works.

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Grinberg-Zylberbaum EPR Experiment
Experiments were undertaken 30 years later by Grinberg-
Zylberbaum, under much more stringent conditions, to determine if
nonlocal correlations might occur at complex levels such as the
human brain [9]. These experiments tested the possibility of the
existence of a transference of specific signals between two brains, in a
nonclassical fashion.
Unrelated pairs of subjects were allowed to meditate together until
their brains’ EEGs displayed phase coherence. Approximately 25% of
the subjects attained what they called quantum correlation or direct
communication. The subjects were put into Faraday chambers
attached to EEGs. One of the subjects was stimulated by a series of
unpatterned flashes of light from a photostimulator, which resulted in
an evoked potential being elicited. An evoked potential is a normal
electrophysiological brain response produced by a sensory stimulus
[10].
When the stimulated subjects showed a distinct evoked potential,
similar potentials were found in 25% of the nonstimulated subjects,
which they called transferred potentials.
With the use of photostimulation they were able to achieve a much
more distinct and replicable evoked potential than that obtained by
merely closing one’s eyes. While both techniques revealed the same
striking similarity regarding the brain waves being in phase
coherence, in neither case was there any transference of conscious
subjective experience between the subjects.
I have proposed that in addition to using subjects who have
meditated together, that we can also rely upon identical twins and
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other familial combinations whose brain waves already appear to be
in phase coherence due to genetic factors [11]. There is a large body
of literature dealing with not only the EEGs of identical twins but,
fraternal twins, and mother/son, father/daughter, etc. combinations
[12-16]. In addition, it appears that unrelated subjects may possess
varying degrees of phase coherence as a result of certain universal
genetic factors and empathy. Analysis of both the Duane-Behrendt
and Grinberg-Zylberbaum research, appears to reveal that
controllable biological quantum nonlocality may have been achieved
at that time [17].

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Short Answer: No.

Longer Answer: Nooooo.

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Non-locality at the quantum level should be impossible but has been confirmed.

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Non-locality was a very difficult thing for many physicists to accept and still is

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Non-locality at the quantum level should be impossible

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You just made that up. It's not true. You just think it is because you apparently haven't studied physics even at the high school level. What's more, you use your misunderstanding to support your erroneous claims and you don't seem to even realize it.

It should be impossible because particles/photons/electrons once entangled effect one another instantaneously regardless of the distance between them

So what? Why should that be impossible? Once again, you seem to be misconstruing things due to a lack of basic physics education to make statements that are patently false and you're blithely unaware of how utterly wrong those statements are.

Perhaps you mean "unintuitive" instead of "impossible". In that case you'd be right, but there's a big difference.

Edit: damn, DC keeps beating me to the punch.

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Consistent with what theories specifically?

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ou just made that up. It's not true. You just think it is because you apparently haven't studied physics even at the high school level. What's more, you use your misunderstanding to support your erroneous claims and you don't seem to even realize it.

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More to the point, quantum entanglement is not a valid candidate for a physical mechanism behind this so called 'psi'.  If a mechanism is to be proposed it must be different than entanglement.  Entanglement in no way allows information to be shared, which most physicists know but this Neuroscientist apparently does not...

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