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.
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.