Anthony Peake

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'''Anthony Peake''' {{lived|1954|}} is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] who has claimed he has [[scientific]] evidence for [[life after death]].

==Biography==
Peake has no education or qualifications in [[science]] (he has a bachelor's in [[sociology]] and a master's equivalent in [[economics]])<ref name=skeptiko/> and admitted his interest in life after death started when he began to research [[déjà vu]] after he began thinking on what to write a book on. He later studied [[near death experience]]s.<ref>[http://www.anthonypeake.com/ Anthony Peake]</ref><ref>[http://www.time-to-read.co.uk/write/default.asp?id=32&n=anthony_peake Profile for Anthony Peake]</ref>

==Hypothesis==
Peake began to study near death experiences, the nature of [[time]], ''déjà vu'' and other [[parapsychology]] topics. He also claims he was influenced by the film ''[[Groundhog Day#The film|Groundhog Day]]''. He has attempted to merge parapsychological topics with [[quantum physics]], with the predictable result of [[quantum woo]]. He is the author of the book ''Is There Life After Death?: The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die'' (2009).

His [[hypothesis]] takes the [[Copenhagen interpretation]] of quantum mechanics as a literal truth and merges this idea with a rather obscure and extreme time theory of [[John William Dunne]] (1875–1949) which says that the past, present and future all exist simultaneously with the outcome being that people can enter the future in [[dream]]s or the past by ''déjà vu''. Peake claims that [[human being]]s are actually living their lives over and over, a version of eternal return similar to what is depicted in the film ''Groundhog Day''.

According to Peake, he has scientific evidence that at the point of [[death]], the dying person is presented with a literal minute-by-minute recreation of their life in 'real time' from their subjective viewpoint and that the inwardly generated '[[reality]]' is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing.<ref>[http://www.astraeamagazine.com/radio_2007_frm.php Interview with Anthony Peake]</ref> 

Peake also talks about a "[[daemon]]", a spiritual self he says which exists from people's past lives. According to Peake "conscious beings consist of not one but two semi-independent entities &mdash; one of which knows what will happen in the future". Peake is a [[dualist]].<ref>[http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/PeakeA1.php The Case For The Daemon by Anthony Peake]</ref>

==Peake and science==
Peake's "scientific evidence" is based on [[Anecdotal evidence|personal]] reports of [[precognition]] and ''déjà vu'' and none of Peake's claims have been repeated or tested.

Peake has described his ideas as a hypothesis, yet in articles has also described his ideas as a "[[theory]]" and "scientific".<ref>[http://www.mysterious-america.net/anthonypeakeinte.html Mysterious America Interview with Anthony Peake]</ref>

He has also contradicted himself on many other occasions. In early interviews he described himself as a [[materialist]] and an [[atheist]], yet in more recent interviews he has embraced philosophical [[idealism]], the view that nothing exists outside of a mind. He has also embraced a version of [[intelligent design]] and supports the [[pandeism]] of [[Bernard Haisch]].<ref>[http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/02/RIR-120223.php/ Radio Interview]</ref>

In 2012 Peake was interviewed by a [[paranormal]] website called [[skeptiko]] where he criticised conventional science and also finally admitted that he can actually never prove or test his overall hypothesis (i.e., it is [[unfalsifiable]]). He also admitted in the interview that he believes in [[God]] in the form of [[pantheism]].<ref name=skeptiko>[http://www.skeptiko.com/anthony-peake-near-death-experiences-versus-actual-death/ Skeptiko interview with Anthony Peake]</ref>

==Publications==
*''Is There Life After Death? The Extraordinary Science Of What Happens When We Die'' Arcturus, 2006. {{isbn|184837299X}}
*''The Daemon: A Guide To Your Extraordinary Secret Self'' Arcturus, 2008. {{isbn|1848377215}}
*''The Out-of-Body Experience: The History and Science of Astral Travel'' Watkins Publishing, 2011. {{isbn|1780289480}}
*''The Labyrinth of Time: Revealing the True Nature of Reality'' Arcturus, 2012. {{isbn|9781848378681}}

==External links==
*[http://www.anthonypeake.com/ Anthony Peake.com]

==References==
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