Case file · Remote viewing & psi research
Mishlove wins the Bigelow essay prize
In 2021 Jeffrey Mishlove's essay 'Beyond the Brain' won first prize ($500,000) in the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies contest on survival after death.
2021 CE · 36.17, -115.14 · status: account
The account
Robert Bigelow founded the institute in June 2020 and asked for the best available evidence that human consciousness survives permanent bodily death. Mishlove's entry surveyed near-death experiences, after-death communications and other categories of evidence. Cardiologist Pim van Lommel placed second, and Bigelow later expanded the list of paid winners and runners-up to 29.
The sceptical view
The contest asked entrants to make the strongest case for survival, so it rewarded advocacy; an essay prize is not a scientific test.