Global InformationRupert Sheldrake information
Rupert Sheldrake | |
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 Sheldrake in 2008 | |
| Born | 28 June 1942 Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Clare College, Cambridge (MA) Harvard University University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, author, critic |
| Employer | The Perrott-Warrick Fund (2005–2010) |
| Spouse | Jill Purce |
| Children | Cosmo Sheldrake Merlin Sheldrake |
| Website | www.sheldrake.org |
Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance,[2][3] a conjecture that lacks mainstream acceptance and has been widely criticized as pseudoscience.[4][5][6][7][8] 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.[2][9]
Other work by Sheldrake encompasses paranormal subjects such as precognition, empirical research into telepathy, and the psychic staring effect.[10][11] He has been described as a New Age author.[12][13][14]
Sheldrake's morphic resonance posits that "memory is inherent in nature"[2][15] and that "natural systems ... inherit a collective memory from all previous things of their kind."[15] Sheldrake proposes that it is also responsible for "telepathy-type interconnections between organisms."[16][10] 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.[a]
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Joneswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Coyne, Jerry A. (8 November 2013). "Pseudoscientist Rupert Sheldrake Is Not Being Persecuted, And Is Not Like Galileo". The New Republic.
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- ^ Horgan, John. "Scientific Heretic Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Fields, Psychic Dogs and Other Mysteries". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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- ^ "Sheldrake-Shermer, Materialism in Science, Opening Statements". TheBestSchools.org. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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