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Susan Blackmore

Susan is a writer, lecturer, sceptic, broadcaster, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. Her fields of research include memetics, parapsychology, consciousness, and she is best known for her book The Meme Machine. She has written or contributed to over 40 books and 60 scholarly articles and is a contributor to The Guardian newspaper in the UK.

She has a naturalistic worldview and is a patron of Humanists UK. In this article, she recognises the strong evidence that many non-human animals are capable of experiencing suffering, but refers to “vegetarians” in the third person, saying “Many people become vegetarians because of the way farm animals are treated”.

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A Joyful Journey Towards an Edenic Vision – Matthew Halteman ‪on Sentientism ep:221

Matthew Halteman is professor of philosophy at Calvin University‬ & a fellow in the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. A Sentientism conversation.
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A Joyful Journey Towards an Edenic Vision – Matthew Halteman ‪on Sentientism ep:221

Matthew Halteman is professor of philosophy at Calvin University‬ & a fellow in the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. A Sentientism conversation.
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The Wood Wide Web and Do Plants Feel Pain? – Forest Ecologist Justine Karst on Sentientism ep:220

Justine Karst is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in Canada. A Sentientism conversation in part about the wood wide web and whether plants feel pain.
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Free “Teaching the Sentientism Worldview” webinar – Jan 23

Happy New Year and a Happy New Term! Our FREE “Teaching the Sentientism Worldview” webinar for the Spring term is on Jan 23rd from 16:00-17:30 UK time. Sign up at Eventbrite […]
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