<p>I'm trying to parse the significance of Michael Persinger's work. From what I can understand, he uses toroids to create magnetic fields which can <a href="https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.baztech-237ff459-eb61-4787-bf1d-287e3573db2d" rel="nofollow">change the PH of spring water</a> and <a href="http://file.scirp.org/Html/17181.html" rel="nofollow">change photon emission in brain tissue</a>. He then applies this to <a href="http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/493" rel="nofollow">two human brains separated by great distances</a>.</p>

<p>Are his results significant? If so, what predictions are they making? All I can make out from these papers is that when brains are exposed to similar to conditions they exhibit similar brain waves. Why don't they compare to a baseline of those not exposed to these magnetic signals? And why do they only show the correlation between paired individuals, instead of showing correlation between paired and non-paired individuals?</p>

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2015-12-29T18:53:40.063Z
What a weird paper :P
mrt
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@mrt it's from my home town... When I tried to bring up my work, I kept being pointed to this dude, so I thought I would get a good understanding of what he's saying so I can predict the type of conversations I would be having.
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What is definition of "excessive correlation" is Michael Persinger using?
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# What is definition of "excessive correlation" is Michael Persinger using?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-29)

I'm trying to parse the significance of Michael Persinger's work. From what I can understand, he uses toroids to create magnetic fields which can [change the PH of spring water](https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.baztech-237ff459-eb61-4787-bf1d-287e3573db2d) and [change photon emission in brain tissue](http://file.scirp.org/Html/17181.html). He then applies this to [two human brains separated by great distances](http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/493).

Are his results significant? If so, what predictions are they making? All I can make out from these papers is that when brains are exposed to similar to conditions they exhibit similar brain waves. Why don't they compare to a baseline of those not exposed to these magnetic signals? And why do they only show the correlation between paired individuals, instead of showing correlation between paired and non-paired individuals?

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> **username_1**: What a weird paper :P  
> **username_0**: @username_1 it's from my home town... When I tried to bring up my work, I kept being pointed to this dude, so I thought I would get a good understanding of what he's saying so I can predict the type of conversations I would be having.  

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