Episode #550
Rupert Sheldrake
Books mentioned
A New Science of Life
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The Presence of the Past
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
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Mein Kampf
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The Selfish Gene
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The Origin of Species
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The Sword of the Lord
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The Book of Five Rings
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The Psychic Side of Sports
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Rupert Sheldrake, a researcher and author known for his theory of morphic resonance, joins the show. The conversation covers his ideas about inherited traits, the limits of genetic explanations, and the scientific reception of his work. They also discuss topics including psychedelics, near-death experiences, telepathy, and animal communication.
What they talked about
- Morphic resonance theory explained
- Inherited fears in mice experiments
- Epigenetic inheritance and missing heritability
- Children's inherited instincts and jiu-jitsu
- Human evolution as prey and inherited phobias
- Rupert Sheldrake's Christian faith and science
- Psychedelics and religious experience
- Sense of being stared at experiments
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