Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake
Alfred Rupert Sheldrakeis an English 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth28 June 1942
british-scientist eternal nature theory
The mechanistic theory of nature is a theory of nature, and one that I think is wrong, or at least too limited. It's not an eternal truth.
patterns moments behavior
At the moment of insight, a potential pattern of organized behavior comes into being.
inquiry belief open-minded
Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.
chaos determined chaotic
Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable.
technology machines want
Machines 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.
analogy british-scientist conscious darwin developed human natural selection
Well, natural selection was an idea that Darwin developed by analogy with conscious human selection. That's where he got the idea from.
learnt
I learnt about plants from my father, who was a herbalist and an amateur microscopist.
british-scientist call designed machines point processing program stay time word
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.