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Chris French on Alien abduction on Radio 4

BrendanBurgess · 2005-10-31 10:40:21

Chris French, who gave a great talk to the Irish Skeptics Society last year will be speaking on alien abduction on Thursday next, 3rd November at 16:30

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Chris French, who gave a great talk to the Irish Skeptics Society last year will be speaking on alien abduction on Thursday next, 3rd November at 16:30

The Material World
Being abducted by Aliens may be perfectly normal - well, sort of.

Enthusiasm for extra-terrestrial life has perplexed and intrigued humans since the civilisations of ancient Egypt and Babylon. But why are we so fascinated by aliens? What can life on Earth tell us about how life on other planets might evolve? Is there intelligent life out there? If so, will we ever make contact?

Why do many people believe that we have been visited by aliens? Do our ideas about aliens stem from science fiction or the folklore of fairies and monsters? Are they a psychological projection of human hopes and fears, or is our interest in a world outside our own an inbuilt phenomenon?

Quentin Cooper talks to Chris French, Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, London. His research suggests alien abduction experiences are similar to other paranormal phenomena such as ghosts and their physical grounding may be in sleep paralysis.

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