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Susan Blackmore

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Also known as Susan Jane Blackmore, Dr. Susan Blackmore

British writer and academic

Person · Open Library

Born
1951
Works
18

Top works

  • Ten Zen Questions
  • Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
  • Seeing Myself
  • Bilinc Üzerine Konusmalar
  • Zen And The Art Of Consciousness

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
US
Active from
1997

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
573
Total plays
769

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Quotes

  • Consciousness is an illusion constructed by the memes.
  • Memetics appears to have a lot of implications that we humans are machines, which people have never liked. Of course we're machines, we're biological machines. But people don't like that. Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes. People don't like that. My view is that if these things are true it doesn't matter if we like them or not.
  • Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.
  • If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in this pointless universe.
  • The other key to my failures seemed to be belief. I was told that I didn’t get results because I didn’t believe strongly enough in psi, because I didn’t have an open mind!

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Official website

Home - Dr Susan Blackmore

A detailed site maintained by the psychologist and memeticist Susan Blackmore.

susanblackmore.co.uk

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Susan
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Field of work
parapsychology
Official website
www.susanblackmore.co.uk
Image
Susan Blackmore (2014).jpg
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Commons category
Susan Blackmore
date of birth
1951-07-29
name in native language
Susan Blackmore
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