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The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.

Rupert Sheldrake

At the moment of insight, a potential pattern of organized behavior comes into being.

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Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.

Rupert Sheldrake

In no other field of scientific endeavor do otherwise intelligent people feel free to make public claims based on prejudice and ignorance. Yet in relation to psychic phenomena, committed materialists feel free to disregard the evidence and behave irrationally and unscientifically, while claiming to speak in the name of science and reason. They abuse the authority of science and bring rationalism into disrepute.

Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake

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Born: June 28, 1942 (age 84)

Bio: Alfred Rupert Sheldrake is an English author, and researcher in the field of parapsychology, known for his "morphic resonance" concept.

Known for:

The Science Delusion (2012)
Morphic Resonance (1981)
A new science of life (1981)
Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery (2004)

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