Michael Persinger Biography

Michael A. Persinger (born June 26, 1945) is a physical neuroscientist and natural philosopher. He has argued that all phenomena including consciousness, spiritual experiences, and “paranormal events” can be explained by universal physical mechanisms and can be verified using the scientific method. Persinger has argued that quantitative differences in energy, rather than qualitative distinctions, are responsible for the apparent mind-body duality. Further, he has claimed that the structure and function of the brain determines the boundaries of human perception of the Universe, and that shared quantitative values connect local phenomena with fundamental properties of the cosmos - expanding upon the work of Sir Arthur Eddington.