Jesse Bering
Research psychologist and science writer specializing in the psychology of belief and the afterlife, professor at the University of Otago and author of books including The Belief Instinct and The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson.
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Feb 12, 2026 • 1h 4min
Dr. Jesse Bering - "The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson" (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_966)
Dr. Jesse Bering, research psychologist and science writer studying belief and the afterlife, discusses Ian Stevenson and the study of spontaneous reincarnation claims. Conversations cover how childhood afterlife reasoning was tested, shifts from materialist skepticism to open inquiry, Stevenson's methods and legacy, and why parapsychology faded from academia.
