Susan Blackmore has an unexpected lecture experience at Oxford Royale Academy

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71. It was not her talking about evolution that caused them to feel that way.

You are going to have to read beyond the first few paragraphs if you want to discuss this. She noted that one person appeared to be uncomfortable when she brought up evolution. Exactly one person squirmed.

She saw that as a problem instead of an opportunity, and therein lies her entire problem. She has obviously been to the RD school of "never back down" and "always blame a bad result on the ignorance of the audience".

I never heard of Susan Blackmore before you posted this article. She was a guest speaker at a 2 week experience for kids preparing for college.

Her resume is very sparse. She has written a book on "memes". Should they have known who she was…. or exactly how insulting she might be? Did you know who she was? Have you read her book?

Did you know that her masters degree was in parapsychology?

Let's make a bet right now. I will bet that she is never, ever asked to return to this conference.