I Feel A Disturbance In The Force
Linking paranormal phenomena with the squirrelly world of quantum theory is nothing new. Now two reserachers (I don’t know if they’re legit or not, but the journal Neuroquantology seems legit enough) are advancing a theory that disturbances in electron activity created by the brains of children going through puberty can create effects in the macro-universe. Pierro Brovetto and Vera Maxia are saying that these effects can extend a few meters from the body, causing physical changes in the local environment that might cause objects to fly off shelves, etc.
Could this be an explanation for other phenomena like psychokenesis (where the mechanism seems to be under conscious control) or even such things as tulpas? Your guess is as good as anyone’s, but the idea is certainly intriguing. Of course, anything not in the 19th century, classical physics school of thought is going to raise many hackles, but Neuroquantology looks like a peer-reviewed and -refereed publication, and will certainly publish dissenting opinions on the matter in future issues.
Read more here at New Scientist.
Heads-up thanks to Boing Boing.
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Apr 03 2008 
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Hmmm.. wonder what Steven Novella will day?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I looked at Novella’s site. I like how he uses “probably not” when referring to UFO “visits”. I also generally agree with his assessment that “there has yet to emerge a single piece of credible evidence that we are being visited by aliens.” If he’s referring to creatures from other planets, sure.
I do have to sort of disagree with his statement “There isn’t one unambiguous photograph or video that holds up to scientific scrutiny.” If he’s talking about “aliens” I agree, if he’s talking about pictures of alleged flying unidentifieds, there are a few that hold up to photographic scrutiny. As for scientific scrutiny, I’m on the fence.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
One could also call this the X-men theory.