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Steve Pavlina is a Russian adherent of pseudoscience and a notorious Internet scammer. Among other frauds, he is today most well known for his so-called "Million Dollar Experiment", in which he attempts to con unsuspecting believers into "us the power of intention to manifest $1 million for each person who chooses to participate." Pavlina claims the money in question will manifest itself because "reality is subjective". He further claims money will simply manifest out of thin air if the adherents of his "experiment" will recite the following "intention" when taking part in it:
In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention.
Pavlina's outtageous scam attempts has previously been noted by Internet essayist Zenofeller, who openly condemned Pavlina's "Million Dollar" scam attempt in an essay entitled "Where's the drowned faithfull, Steve?". Pavlina, after having read the essay in question, went to great lengths attempting to shut down Zenofeller's website in order to silence his critisism of his repeated pseudoscientific hoaxes. In his attempts, Pavlina actually went as far as to maliciously register on various internet forums and sending out malicious personal messages to random individuals under the false name of "Zenofeller" in order to stir up negative feelings and to get Zenofellers website shut down from repeated complaints of forum spamming. Zenofeller has he has no intention of giving in to Pavlina's criminal tactics.
Personal claims and self-aggrandisement
Pavlina likes to pawn himself off as a "software developer" and as a "CEO" to draw public attention away from his repeated pseudoscientific scam attempts. Among other things, he frequently claims he was the founder and CEO of Dexterity Software as well as a software developer at that company.
He 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.
StevePavlina.com has become one of the most popular blogs dedicated to Personal Development.
Steve Pavlina's blog entries detailing his experimentation with polyphasic sleep became particularly well known and his article "How to become an early riser" was cited in an article on sleep in the UK Newspaper The Guardian. Pavlina believes that objective reality does not exist, and that there is only one consciousness (the concept of subjective reality).
References
- 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).
- Yearbook of Experts (R) News Release Wire, November 15, 2006
- 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
- Rise and shine - The Guardian (UK) February 3, 2007
Other sources
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..