Two physicists are publishing what sounds like a bizarre scientific paper that they claim explains poltergeists. The researchers–Pierro Brovetto, formerly of the Institute Fisica Superiore, and his colleague Vera Maxia–hypothesize that female neuronal changes at puberty can cause quantum mechanical disturbances. The paper will be published in the science journal NeuroQuantology. From New Scientist:
Brovetto and Maxia believe that the extra fluctuations triggered by the pubescent brain would substantially enhance the presence of the virtual particles surrounding the person. This could slowly increase the pressure of air around them, moving objects and even sending them hurtling across the room…
We contacted Brian Josephson, a Nobel laureate physicist who is on the editorial board of Neuroquantology.
"This looks distinctly flaky to me," Josephson commented.
Link to New Scientist, Link to NeuroQuantology abstract
