So why is she still making false claims and pretending to be something she is not? It doesn't say much for the documentary producers that they included her in this film.I’m not a researcher in the field. I have not been for a long time.
That's still after the time when Blackmore had already quit the field of parapsychology and admittedly stopped being an "expert". The skeptiko interview was 2010, and she stated this in the podcast:Although clearly some of the material is still relevant, and some of the people are still key players in this field, the documentary itself is credited with the year MMV or 2005, which makes it quite dated. For example the AWARE study didn't begin until 2008.
Dr. Susan Blackmore: But I don’t. You’re absolutely right. I wouldn’t have said that before I gave up all of this stuff so many years ago. Of course I wouldn’t have said that because if you are a researcher in the field it behooves you to read really as much as you can of the best work because otherwise you can’t be a researcher in the field. I’m not a researcher in the field. I have not been for a long time. And because I felt I had to get out-it’s the same with all of the parapsychological things which I really stopped doing about 10 years ago.
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