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.
atheist atheism phases
I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.
science talking way
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.
inquiry belief open-minded
Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.
discovery years belief
For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are sustained by the faith that scientific discoveries will justify their beliefs.
chaos determined chaotic
Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable.
spring creativity opportunity
The biggest bursts of speciation that we know about in the history of the earth are soon after great cataclysms, like the extinction of the dinosaurs, which create new opportunities, and all sorts of new forms spring up... So, quite often, the reasons for creativity depend on accidents or disasters that prevent the normal habits being carried out.
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.