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Steve Pavlina is a prominent adherent of pseudoscience and a notorious Internet hoax. He is most well known for his so-called "Million Dollar Experiment", a publicity stunt in which he asks people to try "us the power of intention to manifest $1 million for each person who chooses to participate.". Because the reporting rates of success and insuccess are expected to vary widely in favour of success, Pavlina stands to gain some notoriety/publicity out of the attempt, at th expense of other people's effort. Officially, he claims the money in question will manifest itself because "reality is subjective".
Pavlina has recently been accused of running an Internet smear campaign aimed at silencing criticism on Zenofeller.com, where Pavlina's "Million Dollar" publicity stunt and other writings came under scathing fire.
According to zenofeller.com, Pavlina went to great lengths attempting to shut down the website, by maliciously registering with his own email address on various internet forums and sending out personal messages to random individuals containing links to unrelated articles on zenofeller.com. He then sent emails to forum owners from the same email address claiming that it was somehow hijacked and suggesting people complain to the ISP and other service providers of zenofeller.com.
Predictably, zenofeller.com publicly refused to take down the articles in question.
Software Developer
Steve Pavlina is the creator of the computer game Dweep. In 2000 Dweep won the Shareware Industry Award and the ZDNet Shareware Award.
In 2001 The sequel Dweep Gold won the Shareware Industry Award for Best Action/Arcade Game (beating out Arkanoid for the honour). Steve Pavlina served as Vice-President of the Association of Shareware Professionals(ASP) in 1999, and President of the ASP in 2000. The ASP's Hall of Fame page describes him as having had "a significant, lasting influence on others via his articles and postings".
On October 31, 2006 Steve Pavlina closed Dexterity Software and retired from game development in order to focus on a web site and blog dedicated to what he labels "personal development" - a term which, in actuality, is merely a cover for his repeated online pseudoscientific scam attempts. StevePavlina.com.
Criminal Career
Steve Pavlina has been arrested, indicted and convicted of felony grand theft in 1991. He served time in jail and was released on parole.
Other sources
Forums spammed by 'Erin Pavlina':
As head of Dexterity Software:
As President of the ASP:
As a blogger and speaker on Personal Development:
- Steve Pavlina, creator of the world's most popular personal development website, to join Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau - Yearbook of Experts (R) News Release Wire, November 15, 2006.
- BLOGGING FOR DOLLARS SOME MAKE ENOUGH MONEY OFF SITES TO QUIT DAY JOB. - Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), October 29, 2006.
- Rise and shine - The Guardian (UK) February 3, 2007. (refers to his blog article on becoming an early riser).
Other - as an advocate of Polyphasic Sleep:
- When sleep is just a dream : Overstimulated Americans struggle to get quality rest - USA Today, February 27, 2006.
- Weekend: Mind: THIS COLUMN WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE" - The Guardian (London) - Final Edition, GUARDIAN WEEKEND PAGES; Pg. 70 September 30, 2006..
- 2000-1992 Shareware Industry Award Winners
- BrotherSoft site referencing ZDNet Award win
- 2001 Shareware Industry Awards Winners and Nominees
- ^ Association of Shareware Professionals Hall of Fame Cite error: The named reference "ASP HoF" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).