Research Topics
Alien Abductions
Atheism and Religion
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Consciousness
Drugs
Free Will
Lucid Dreams
Memes
and tremes
Near-Death Experiences
Out-of-body Experiences
Paranormal Belief
Parapsychology
Sleep Paralysis
Zen and Meditation
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The
British Humanist Association, BHA,
asked for answers to 'What's it all for?' This is mine.
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Skeptic trumps
see the
full deck
I am listed in:
100 Global Minds: 2015
30
most influential psychologists (25)
and 30 most
influential counseling psychologists (30)
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Je suis Charlie and why
and see this
open letter on Academic Freedom
New
2016 Edge Question. My answer this year was
'that dress'.
Lecture on out-of-body
experiences, CogNovo, University of Plymouth, 7 December 2015
AI is already evolving beyond our control -
CommentisFree September 2015
Featured in
100 Global Minds: The Most Daring Cross-Disciplinary Thinkers in the
World by Gianluigi
Ricuperati, September 2015
Watch my
lecture at the American
Atheists National Convention (Memphis 2015)
BBC Radio 4
"A Place of Silence",
recorded in 1998. A half-hour documentary about the Maenllwyd
retreat in rural Wales.
Interview on
out-of-body experiences at
TSC 2015 in Helsinki for
Consciousness Central TV.
"Genes,
Memes and Tremes" on TV in Through the Wormhole with Morgan
Freeman, May 2015
Third Replicator
Watch my
TED talk (with
subtitles) in 23 languages. Or read the
book chapter or
Feature article in New
Scientist
The Eye of the Tremes Watch our (2 min)
New Video,
based on the idea that phones, computers and servers are becoming interconnected like neurons in a brain.
Does the advent of drones give this vast treme machine eyes?
Recent articles
Hallucinogens in my life, in The Psychologist, September 2014
100 walked out of my lecture - post and comments on Richard
Dawkins Foundation website, and at Psychology Today. 'I
am offended, I won't listen'
Now available in the
BBC archive.
Castaway on Desert
Island Discs BBC Radio 4, 3.5.98 and 8.5.98.
Anorexia ...
You can read about Emily and her anorexia in the
Mail, on
ABC News, in
her blog, and in
mine at CiF.
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To find out about me :
Who am I? or CV
Follow me on
Facebook
Forthcoming
Events
You might like to know:
Why I gave up parapsychology
Why I left my job
Why I support the
legalization of drugs
and Anyone's Child
- families against the War on drugs.
My Guardian blog
- Commentisfree
Psychology Today Blog
Consciousness
Books on Consciousness :
Consciousness: An Introduction
2nd edition
2011
and
A very short introduction to consciousness.
Conversations on Consciousness
For
more ...see Consciousness
Zen
Zen and the Art of
Consciousness
Published April 2011 (previously Ten Zen Questions)
Read Chapters 1 to 8,
Join in the
Ten Zen Blog
or my Psychology Today blog
or for more see Zen
Free will
Lecture 'Living
without free will'; British Humanist Annual
Conference 2013
Listen to "The Myth of
Free Will", broadcast on BBC Radio 3, on 2.11.08 - on YouTube
May 2014
Literary agent
Donald Winchester at Watson Little
Ltd.
Contact Please note:
I am drastically cutting the time I spend on emails. For
any urgent work-related requests please contact my agent or email my
assistant
alisonseldon@gmail.com
Want to know why?
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I am an Honorary Member of
Population Matters
Patron of Transform - Drug
Policy Foundation
Patron of the
British Humanist
Association
Ally of Naturalism,
Enthusiastic
Bright
Distinguished Supporter of
Atheism
supporter of Pipedown
I am on the
Advisory Board, Brain Preservation Society
Find me at
Academia.edu.
I am on Facebook
this is my official
page, there are other pages about me on Facebook but they are
nothing to do with me.
I have left LinkedIn because of the large number of requests from people
I do not know.
I am not on Twitter.
Green
weddings.
You can get married in our house!
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