Definition
Plain language
A researcher who published openly paranormal claims about the brain and telepathy.
As stated in the literature
Michael Persinger; parapsychology-adjacent neuroscience claims used in TRACES as a stylistically overt pseudoscience probe.
Why it matters: Because the claims are openly outlandish rather than subtly wrong, they test whether models catch obvious pseudoscience or only famous scandals.
For example, work under this name claimed that people in separate rooms could share thoughts when their brains were exposed to matching magnetic fields.
Heard on the show
“Persinger, who says the word telepathy without flinching, draws twenty-five refusals.”Episode 240 — Frontier Models Designed Follow-Ups To Fraudulent Papers 93% Of The Time