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Rupert Sheldrake is an English author and parapsychology researcher who proposed the concept of morphic resonance, which has been widely criticized as pseudoscience. He has worked in various scientific fields and has been described as a New Age author, exploring topics like precognition, telepathy, and the psychic staring effect.
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About the Rupert Sheldrake
Alfred Rupert Sheldrakeis an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture that lacks mainstream acceptance and has been widely criticized as pseudoscience. He has worked as a biochemist at Cambridge University, a Harvard scholar, a researcher at the Royal Society, and a plant physiologist for ICRISAT in India.
Other work by Sheldrake encompasses paranormal subjects such as precognition, empirical research into telepathy, and the psychic staring effect. He has been described as a New Age author.
Sheldrake’s morphic resonance posits that “memory is inherent in nature” and that “natural systems … inherit a collective memory from all previous things of their kind.” Sheldrake proposes that it is also responsible for “telepathy-type interconnections between organisms.” His advocacy of the idea offers idiosyncratic explanations of standard subjects in biology such as development, inheritance, and memory.
Critics cite a lack of evidence for morphic resonance and inconsistencies between its tenets and data from genetics, embryology, neuroscience, and biochemistry. They also express concern that popular attention paid to Sheldrake’s books and public appearances undermines the public’s understanding of science.
8 Quotes by Rupert Sheldrake
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Now the whole point about machines is they are designed not to be random. When you call up a word processing program on your computer, you don’t want it to be different every time you call it up. You want it to stay the same.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
- 2.
The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
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Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
- 4.
Of the seven experiments, the ones that have been most investigated so far have been the pets. The dogs who know when their masters for coming home, and the sense of being stared at.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
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Right now, any opinion anyone has about whether dogs can or cannot really tell when their owner is coming home by some unknown means… nobody knows. The weight of evi dence suggests they can.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
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There’s a certain kind of scepticism that can’t bear uncertainty.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
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Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It’s not rigidly determined in the old sense. It’s not rigidly predictable.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
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I’m talking about science on the leading edge, where it’s not clear which way things are going be cause we don’t know, and I’m dealing with areas which we don’t know about.
Rupert SheldrakeEnglish biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)