Richard J Wiseman was born on 17 September 1966 and is a Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
33 Facts About Richard Wiseman
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Richard Wiseman has given keynote addresses to The Royal Society, The Swiss Economic Forum, Google and Amazon.
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Richard Wiseman is a fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a patron of Humanists UK.
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Richard Wiseman shared accommodation as a student with Adrian Owen, later to become a psychologist.
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Richard Wiseman went from there to the University of Hertfordshire, becoming Britain's first professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology.
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Richard Wiseman describes how one stunt involved standing in a cage between two Tesla coils while lightning struck the cage.
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Richard Wiseman ended up writing The Luck Factor in part due to Singh as well.
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Richard Wiseman is known for his critical examination and frequent debunking of unusual phenomena, including reports of paranormal phenomena.
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Richard Wiseman is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Richard Wiseman's research has been published in numerous academic journals, reported at various conferences, and featured on television.
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Richard Wiseman has studied the principles of good and bad luck, publishing the results in the self-help book The Luck Factor.
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Richard Wiseman showed that both good and bad luck result from measurable habits; for example, lucky people, by expecting good luck, might expend more effort in their endeavours, resulting in more success, reinforcing their belief in good luck.
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Much of Richard Wiseman's work tends to be oblique, as he prefers to make people go outside, discuss, research and think about the implications of his work rather than trying to convey his points in a 45-minute talk.
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In 2001 Richard Wiseman led LaughLab, an international experiment to find the world's funniest joke.
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In 2011, Richard Wiseman wrote the first section of a collaborative story at Libboo in an attempt to produce a full-length novel in two months.
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In 2013 Richard Wiseman became the first guest curator at Edinburgh's International Science Festival.
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Richard Wiseman has become a content creator on YouTube after uploading a video of the colour changing card trick in 2007 that has 6.
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Richard Wiseman is best known for his "Bets You Will Always Win" series, which has amassed over 60 million views throughout 10 videos.
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On 7 January 2014, Richard Wiseman uploaded a video to a new channel called "59 Seconds" in promotion of his book of the same name.
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Richard Wiseman is a patron of Humanists UK and appeared in the Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People Christmas stage show organised by the New Humanist.
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Richard Wiseman is a Distinguished Supporter of Humanist Society Scotland.
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Richard Wiseman is a professor in "public psychology" at the University of Hertfordshire who divides his time between London and Edinburgh.
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Richard Wiseman's research has been featured on over 150 television programmes, including Horizon, Equinox and World in Action.
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Richard Wiseman is regularly heard on BBC Radio 4, including appearances on Start the Week, Midweek and the Today programme.
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Richard Wiseman makes numerous appearances on some British television shows; in The Real Hustle he explains the psychology behind many of the scams and confidence tricks; in Mind Games he's a regular team captain of a panel game of puzzles, anagrams and conundrums; and in People Watchers, a hidden-camera show examining human behaviour.
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Richard Wiseman is known for his critical examination and frequent debunking of unusual phenomena, including reports of paranormal phenomena.
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Richard Wiseman is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Richard Wiseman's research has been published in numerous academic journals, reported at various conferences, and featured on television.
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Richard Wiseman has published studies on anomalistic psychology and the psychology of paranormal belief.
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Richard Wiseman is the author of the book titled Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There which takes a psychological approach to paranormal phenomena.
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The book offers its readers tools to investigate paranormal claims using QR Codes, which Richard Wiseman saw as "exciting use of new media" to allow people to see footage and make up their minds themselves.
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Richard Wiseman launched the Dream: ON App at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2012.
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In collaboration with the Good Thinking Society, Richard Wiseman set up The Good Magic Awards.