Rupert Sheldrake is, in my view, one of the great scientists of our time. Rupert has demonstrated through his research and writings that we are not simply separate organic computers that are born, live and die, as modern science would present us. This social style interview provides an easy way to gain a sense of Rupert’s focus and the direction of his latest book “Science Set Free”.
A key focus of Rupert’s in recent years has been to separate science as an important process from the dogma that has engulfed it, primarily through the forces and mechanisms that drive the funding – step out of line and your funding and tenure (if you have it) will be withdrawn. One of his efforts to expose the dogma was his TEDx talk entitled The Science Delusion, which was banished to some well-hidden locale on the TED site since it threatened the dogma mentioned above and more importantly was a chink in the armour that protects the processes and the reasons why this dogma is so firmly held in place.
For me, one of Rupert’s most fascinating videos is an ad hoc discussion between Rupert and Terence McKenna, where we see two great friends and two of the world’s greatest minds bouncing off each other, much to the delight of those present. Sadly, Terence left us in 2000. Here are some recent brief and entertaining reflections by Rupert on Terence and the time they spent together.
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