18 Facts About Susan Blackmore

Susan Jane Blackmore was born on 29 July 1951 and is a British writer, lecturer, sceptic, broadcaster, and a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth.

Susan Blackmore has written or contributed to over 40 books and 60 scholarly articles and is a contributor to The Guardian newspaper.

In 1973, Susan Blackmore graduated from St Hilda's College, Oxford, with a BA degree in psychology and physiology.

Susan Blackmore received an MSc in environmental psychology in 1974 from the University of Surrey.

Susan Blackmore taught at the University of the West of England in Bristol until 2001.

In 1987, Susan Blackmore wrote that she had an out-of-body experience shortly after she began running the Oxford University Society for Psychical Research :.

Susan Blackmore is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and in 1991, was awarded the CSICOP Distinguished Skeptic Award.

Susan Blackmore has done research on memes and evolutionary theory.

Susan Blackmore's book Consciousness: An Introduction, is a textbook that broadly covers the field of consciousness studies.

Susan Blackmore was on the editorial board for the Journal of Memetics from 1997 to 2001, and has been a consulting editor of the Skeptical Inquirer since 1998.

Susan Blackmore acted as one of the psychologists who was featured on the British version of the television show Big Brother, speaking about the psychological state of the contestants.

Susan Blackmore debated Christian apologist Alister McGrath in 2007, on the existence of God.

Susan Blackmore has made contributions to the field of memetics.

At the February 2008 TED conference, Susan Blackmore introduced a special category of memes called temes.

Susan Blackmore has written critically about both the flaws and redeeming qualities of religion, having said,.

Susan Blackmore is an advocate of secular spirituality, an atheist, a humanist, and a practitioner of Zen, although she identifies herself as "not a Buddhist" because she is not prepared to go along with any dogma.

Susan Blackmore is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.

Susan Blackmore endured a bout of chronic fatigue syndrome in 1995.