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Susan Blackmore [5]
Psychologist; Visiting Professor, University of Plymouth; Author, Consciousness: An Introduction
Blackmore's Law

Blackmore's First Law

People's desire to believe in the paranormal is stronger than all the evidence that it does not exist.

Blackmore's Second Law

Humans are not in control of the web; the memes are.

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