Dr. Harvey and Dr. Malzberg take a weird detour to look at Persinger’s infamous "God Helmet," a snowmobile helmet wired with weak magnetic coils that supposedly triggered spiritual visions in 80% of wearers. They walk through how 1990s media hype turned it into a pop-science sensation, and how a proper double-blind study in 2005 completely debunked it as pure placebo and suggestibility. They also address why some people still confuse it with real TMS, wrapping up with a look at the bizarre ethics of using brain stimulation to tweak religious beliefs.
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