Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of psychology at the hebrew university of jerusalem and holds the mandel chair in cognitive psycholog”. Today it says “professor of psychology at the hebrew university of jerusalem and held the mandel chair in cognitive psychology”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli professor (born 1948)”. It now reads “Israeli professor (1948 - Jan. 30, 2025)”.
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Benny Shanon ( ; born 1948) is a professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds the Mandel Chair in Cognitive Psychology and Education.1 Born in Tel Aviv , Shanon studied philosophy and linguistics at Tel Aviv University and received his doctorate in experimental psychology from Stanford University . He is author of the 2002 book Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience published by Oxford University Press. Benny Shanon is known for his controversial theory that the patriarch Moses was under the influence of hallucinogens when he received the law.2
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Benny Shanon ( ; born 1948) is a retired professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds the Mandel Chair in cognitive psychology and education. Born in Tel Aviv , Shanon studied philosophy and linguistics at Tel Aviv University and received his doctorate in experimental psychology from Stanford University . He is best known for the Biblical entheogen hypothesis, the idea that the use of hallucinogenic drugs influenced religion.
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Benny Shanon ( ; born 1948) is an emeriti professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds the Mandel Chair in cognitive psychology and education. Born in Tel Aviv , Shanon studied philosophy and linguistics at Tel Aviv University and received his doctorate in experimental psychology from Stanford University . He is best known for the Biblical entheogen hypothesis, the idea that the use of hallucinogenic drugs influenced religion.
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Israeli professor (born 1948) Benny Shanon ( ; born 1948) is an emeriti professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds the Mandel Chair in cognitive psychology and education. Born in Tel Aviv , Shanon studied philosophy and linguistics at Tel Aviv University and received his doctorate in experimental psychology from Stanford University . He is best known for his research on the cognitive effects of ayahuasca and the Biblical entheogen hypothesis, the idea that the use of hallucinogenic drugs influenced religion.
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Israeli professor (1948 - Jan. 30, 2025) Benny Shanon ( Hebrew : בני שנון ; 1948 - Jan. 30, 2025) was a professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and held the Mandel Chair in cognitive psychology and education. Born in Tel Aviv , Shanon studied philosophy and linguistics at Tel Aviv University and received his doctorate in experimental psychology from Stanford University . He is best known for his research on the cognitive effects of ayahuasca and the Biblical entheogen hypothesis, the idea that the use of hallucinogenic drugs influenced religion.
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professor of psychology at the hebrew university of jerusalem and holds the mandel chair in cognitive psycholog
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professor of psychology at the hebrew university of jerusalem and held the mandel chair in cognitive psychology
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