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26 quotes by Rupert Sheldrake

Alfred Rupert Sheldrake is an English scientist, author, public speaker, and researcher in the field of parapsychology, known for his "morphic resonance" concept. He worked as a biochemist and cell biologist at Cambridge University from 1967 to 1973 and as principal plant physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics until 1978. Conceived during Sheldrake's time at Cambridge, morphic resonance posits that...
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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... →

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To describe the overwhelming life of a tropical forest just in terms of inert biochemistry and DNA didn't seem to give a very full picture of the... →

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Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific... →

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There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.

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Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

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In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.

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I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.

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I have been a scientist for more than 40 years, having studied at Cambridge and Harvard. I researched and taught at Cambridge University, was a... →

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For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are... →

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The sciences are being held back by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas, maintained by powerful taboos. I believe that the sciences will be... →

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Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.

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I do vote but I don't think that any political party represents my point of view.

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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.... →

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