Parapsychology w/ Susan Blackmore

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Live from the QED Conference in Manchester, Cara chats with psychologist and author Dr. Sue Blackmore about her history as a parapsychologist studying out-of-body experiences. They discuss her transition from credulity to skeptical thinking, and how it has shaped her research and writing in the psychology of consciousness and more.

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0:00.0	Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy it's Monday November 21st and I'm
0:21.1	your host Kara Santa Maria. I'm really excited about this week's episode.
0:26.0	It's actually a conversation that I recorded quite a bit ago.
0:31.0	Let me see, I think it was October, yeah, October 16th when I was at the QED conference in Manchester, England.
0:39.6	I had the opportunity to sit down with Susan Blackmore but before we jump into that
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