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Susan Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer, broadcaster, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University (1973) an MSc and a PhD in parapsychology from the University of Surrey (1980). Her research interests include memes, evolutionary theory, consciousness, and meditation. She is author of about 15 books, 60 academic articles, 80 book contributions and many book reviews. The Meme Machine (1999) has been translated into nearly twenty other languages. She is a TED lecturer and often appears on radio, television and podcasts.

EPISODE LINKS: - Sue's Website: https://www.susanblackmore.uk/ - Sue's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Susan-Blackmore/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ASusan+Blackmore - Sue's Publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=MdxHaLwAAAAJ&hl=en - Sue's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Blackmore

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TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) – Introduction (0:21) – Sue’s Zen retreat (2:56) – Sue’s interpretation of the Mind-Body Problem (7:06) – Frankish’s Book: Illusionism as a Theory of Consciousness ft. Blackmore, Graziano, Dennett etc. (10:57) – Sue’s version of Illusionism (16:52) – IIT, Panpsychism & Hierarchical Bayesian Brains (22:22) – “Am I conscious now?” (28:55) – Delusionism vs Illusionism (ft. Friston’s Free Energy Principle) (34:04) – Aspects of Philosophy of Mind most intriguing to Sue currently (37:30) – “God’s Memes & How Religion’s Evolved to Exploit Us (upcoming book) (39:54) – Atheism (42:46) – Sue’s debate with Jordan Peterson (46:31) – Sue’s research for the new book (Hitchens, Dawkins etc.) (49:59) – Sue’s ideal greatest influences (Charles Darwin & William James) (56:14) – Conclusion