Princeton Exploration of Anomalous Reality
Exploring consciousness and reality.
PEAR Club is a Princeton student organization for serious, open-minded inquiry into consciousness, UAP, anomalous phenomena, and the nature of reality. We bring leading researchers to speak with us, talk through what we hear, and keep a public record of what we think. The club is inspired by Princeton’s former PEAR Lab, which studied consciousness and the physical world from 1979 to 2007.
Hybrid and in-person talks at Princeton · Join hybrid talks on Zoom from anywhere · Full recordings on YouTube
Hybrid and in person · Free to attend
Upcoming talks
The club
Talks, open discussion, and a written record
PEAR Club is an officially recognized student organization at Princeton. We host researchers and public figures whose work touches consciousness, parapsychology, altered states, and unidentified phenomena. Then we meet to talk it through, openly and critically, and we write down where we landed.
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Talks
Speakers →
Researchers, in the room and online
Scientists, scholars, and writers present their work and take questions from members and guests. Most talks are hybrid: members meet in a Princeton classroom and anyone else can join on Zoom. Some are in-person events on campus. Full recordings go up on our YouTube channel.
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Meetings
Meeting log →
Discussion, on the record
Members meet to talk through what we’ve heard and where we stand. After each meeting, a member writes a summary for the public log, so anyone can follow how the group’s thinking develops.
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Reflections
Reflections →
Longer writing by members
Members write about love, evil, psychedelics, UAP, psychic abilities, and consciousness, and submit their pieces right here on the site. Officers review each one before it’s published.
How we work
Open-minded, and careful about evidence
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Hear it firsthand
We invite the people doing the research and give them time to make their full case.
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Argue in good faith
Members can be convinced, unconvinced, or undecided. Any position has to be defended.
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Keep a record
Our meeting log and reflections are public, so anyone can check our reasoning.
Officers
Who runs the club
For researchers, authors, and press
Speak at PEAR Club
We host talks at Princeton, most of them hybrid with a live Zoom audience, and post the full recordings to YouTube. If you’d like to present your work, or you’re a journalist or podcaster covering the club, write to the officers.