Talk:Amanda Feilding

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Rather than to forbid, we need to educate.

Credentials as "scientist"[edit]

Having worked for over a year at the Beckley Foundation, I can confirm that Amanda has never done any science and makes a specific point of always stipulating that she be a lead author (not just an author) on any study that her charity funds. It is in fact rare for Amanda to read the studies that she has funded and certainly has no understanding of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.29.152.158 (talk) 14:40, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is this person really a scientist? She seems to have no training and only publish papers that she paid for. Is funding research enough to qualify as scientist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cynthiapoppy (talk • contribs) 15:30, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do we have any information on her actual input to the research? Does she spend any time in the lab, performing the statistical data analysis or writing up and submitting the papers? How would we know?5.61.192.244 (talk) 12:02, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are a lot of news reports these days about her, particularly because of her new relationship with Canopy Growth Corporation which has partnered with the foundation. The company is very solid and would not have gone into the venture without checking her out.

Having said that, Is she really a scientist? Hmmm ... well, she hires scientists and does write some articles

  In 2016 Feilding coauthored a paper with scientists at Imperial College London showing the first images of the brain on LSD. And indeed, it seems the drug dampens communication between the components of the DMN, in turn dampening the ego to produce that feeling of “oneness with the universe” that LSD is so famous for. Or so the theory goes. https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-mind-of-amanda-feilding-countess-of-psychedelic-science/

The article quoted above tells a great deal about her life and work, but really does not say that she is a scientist.

In any event, I have updated the article with fully-cited content, in light of the many news reports about her and the Foundation appearing in the mass media. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:48, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also see this older article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/26/lsd-amanda-feilding-depression-anxiety-science Peter K Burian (talk) 15:29, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Her education: See https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2019/02/trip-acid-countess-amanda-feilding-and-medical-case-drugs-reform

Her education has been unconventional, encompassing travel around the Middle East and Sri Lanka (where her godfather, and inspiration, had become a Buddhist monk), independent tutorials in classical Arabic and comparative religion from Oxford dons, and – most importantly – self-experimentation.

Peter K Burian (talk) 16:06, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Cusop Dingle (talk) 22:02, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article too long[edit]

Must agree with the person who questioned whether she can be classified as a scientist. I have deleted both ‘scientist’ and ‘artist’ from the opening sentence of the lede. Aside from that, however, the lede seems to me a good summary of the article, and does not need rewriting, as requested in the tag. It is the article itself that seems non-neutral, as also mentioned in the tag. I think it is too long by at least half, relative to the importance of the subject. Finally, I think a d.o.b. would be appropriate, as a standard feature of personal wiki pages. Valetude (talk) 16:54, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Early Life - Godfather[edit]

Looks like her godfather Bertie Moore is Osbert Moore also known as Nanamoli Bhikkhu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91%C4%81%E1%B9%87amoli_Bhikkhu

I am new to editing so I didn't want to change anything directly on the article itself Rantikat (talk) 11:53, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rock Feilding-Mellen[edit]

Recently in the news:

Rock Feilding-Mellen is son of Amanda Fielding & Joey Mellen. He was a Councillor at Kensington & Chelsea at time of works on Grenfell Tower. He has said he is following his mother's work in focusing on psychedelic-assisted therapy. He is based at Beckley Park, and through Beckley Waves works with the Beckley Foundation. He is referenced in stub article for his father.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-fire-inquiry-apology-b1849651.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/17/rock-feilding-mellen-tory-councillor-forced-to-resign-after-grenfell

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/fury-as-grenfell-councillor-plugs-psychedelics-article-on-grief-magic-mushrooms-b1102196.html

JDE 92.10.175.225 (talk) 03:50, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This reads like a PR firm manages it, so I'm not going to even try.[edit]

But I just wanted to point out that she is ONLY known for drilling a hole in her head and calling it an "edgy art project" because she heard it was popular in the third world. Should summarise a lot about the medical knowledge of the person in question, her "medical advocacy" was primarily quack pseudoscience and gore porn for shock value. 2001:8003:2956:4300:6DBA:1C58:11D4:D3D5 (talk) 06:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Prestigious Award[edit]

"Feilding received the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization’s Science Pioneer Award at the United Nations in 2022, celebrating her as a trailblazer and innovator in her field. The prestigious award, also recognized by the US Congress, highlights women entrepreneurs and the meaningful impact they are having on the world."

Whenever an award is described as "prestigious" or the like you know exactly what to think of it, "Recognized by US Congress" is another red flag to try attaching importance to another pointless NGO sponsored image program trying to elevate mediocrity to "fame" by means of postmodern social discourse rather than innate value. And the value of that "Science Pioneer Award" is just about as high as the prize sum. Which is 0 USD. 2001:9E8:32EF:100:94A2:BFA:C50:67BD (talk) 15:27, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have something of an agenda here. But yes, those words might be superfluous and WP:PEACOCK. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:33, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have cut this down a bit and deleted "prestigious". Also tagged better source needed, as the US govt source given is a WP:PRIMARY source. Tacyarg (talk) 19:21, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]