Persinger 'God Helmet' — Temporal-Lobe Induced Presence (contested)
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A device claimed to make people 'feel a presence' by zapping the brain — but the careful replication failed.
Who they are
Michael Persinger's 'God Helmet' experiments, applying weak magnetic fields to the temporal lobes.
What they do
He reported the fields induced a 'sensed presence,' but the engine keeps this contested.
How it works
The desc keeps the key caveat explicit: Granqvist's 2005 double-blind replication FAILED, pointing to suggestibility rather than a real magnetic effect.
Why it matters
The desc includes it not as proof but as a disputed item on the 'induced perception' ledger — relevant to telling fakeable sensory experiences apart from un-fakeable ones.
The engine's record — word for word
**In plain terms:** Michael Persinger's experiments applied weak modulated magnetic fields to the temporal lobes and reported inducing a 'sensed presence.' Held WITH the caveat the engine keeps explicit: Granqvist's double-blind replication FAILED, pointing to suggestibility rather than a clean magnetic effect. Included not as proof but as a contested item on the induced-perception ledger — relevant to the Apex Discrimination Criterion's separation of fakeable sensory percepts from un-fakeable signatures. Source: Jun 2026 re-audit; Granqvist et al. 2005 (null replication).
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