Rupert Sheldrake
Radical scientist specialising in parapsychology, Sheldrake invented the theory of "Morphic Resonance" and is the author of The Science Delusion.
“The facts of science are real enough... But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.” Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake is an English scientist whose research into parapsychology and evolution led to the theory of morphic resonance, expounded in the book A New Science of Life. The theory posits that "memory is inherent in nature" which makes it possible for "telepathy-type interconnections between organisms." Other topics he has written and spoken on include precognition, the relationships between spirituality and science and the psychic staring effect. Sheldrake's most recent book is Science and Spiritual Practices (2017).
"Sheldrake is an excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents and mirrored the world in sonnets." New Scientist
“The facts of science are real enough... But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.” Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake is an English scientist whose research into parapsychology and evolution led to the theory of morphic resonance, expounded in the book A New Science of Life. The theory posits that "memory is inherent in nature" which makes it possible for "telepathy-type interconnections between organisms." Other topics he has written and spoken on include precognition, the relationships between spirituality and science and the psychic staring effect. Sheldrake's most recent book is Science and Spiritual Practices (2017).
"Sheldrake is an excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents and mirrored the world in sonnets." New Scientist
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Missing Evidence
Does physics still need experiment?
Consciousness beyond the brain
Re-thinking the limits of the mind
Emperor's New Genes
Are genes not the blueprint for life we imagined?
Discovering the world beyond science
Revisiting the supernatural
Mind and the Universe
Is consciousness stranger than we thought?
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Beyond the Machine
Metaphors of the body
The Limits of Science
Truth and the boundaries of knowledge
The Extended Mind
Is consciousness confined to the body?
Unnatural Laws
Are eternal laws an illusion?
The Secrets of the World
Can we have a complete description of reality?
Something and Nothing
Is there something rather than nothing?
Rethinking Science and Spirituality
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The Science Delusion
Rupert Sheldrake on the blind spots of science
It's an Immaterial World
Do particles exist?
After Darwin
Is the age of selfish gene theory over?
The Eureka Moment
Are mavericks the real innovators in science?
Science… Fiction?
The future of science
The Habits of Nature
Do natural laws evolve over time?
Cycles of Wonder
Science and Religion
Challenging the scientific dogma
An interview with Rupert Sheldrake
On the edges of knowledge
How do we assess claims to scientific knowledge?
The strangeness of the universe
A weird and wonderful world
Reality, fantasy and metaphor
Are scientific metaphors a real description of reality?
Mind over matter
The potential of mind-computer interface technology
After knowledge
The limits of knowledge
Fantasy and the void
Will science ever replace religion?
Ways to go beyond
Why spiritual journeys draw non-religious people
Discovering the world beyond science
Revisiting the supernatural
Seeing how it is
Can empirical observation lead us to the truth?
Nature's memory
The theory of Morphic Resonance
Consciousness beyond the brain
Re-thinking the limits of the mind
What the world is made of
What is the fundamental nature of reality?
The search for meaning
Does philosophy give meaning to our life?
The Hidden Science of Spirituality
Why meditation and prayer is good for you
Finding transcendence in a secular world
Spirituality amid secularism
Trash, trends and the transcendent
Has culture lost sight of the sublime?
Living in the now
Spiritual practices and panpsychism
Love and other drugs
Are psychedelics the love potion of the future?
In conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
An exploration of the mind