The Man With The Extended Mind (3/4)

Part 3
Clipboard in hand, Jes Benstock delves into the world of heretical scientist, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake. Can his experiments really prove the existence of phantom limbs and telepathic dogs?
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[nonlocalkaviraj]

see Journal of Consciousness Studies, volume 12, number 6, 2005. I have the entire issue (comprised of Sheldrake's opening case, following by 14 scientific commentaries, and then Sheldrake's reply). It's fascinating.

also, the dog experiment was rather poorly done.

[olioh]

I think a few of the experiments were poorly conducted, but I'm not expert in this field. I was actually in one of them. Having said that, I found it genuinely interesting and must remember that the experiments conducted in this film were just an initial starting point.

Good stuff.

[Drewdoggg1]

i believe that if you are expecting to be stared at, you wont get the same results as staring at someone who is not expecting to be stared at.

[burmanhands]

Once you accept that all creatures have energy bodies that are not bound by time or space then all these mysteries go away.

We have just stopped using the ability to function this way. Its there for those who can reopen the channels.

[LucifersArgument]

"New age clap trap." So what Science shouldn't progress then? The thing is even if the tests were favourable to Sheldrake and this doc was done unbiasedly, it wouldn't even air. That simple.

[javierk21]

Wouldn't the dog's extraordinaire sense of smell explain the phenomena? I think all that happened was the dog smelling his owners coming home. Nevertheless, I do believe that animals do have a different perspective and "see" the world very differently.

[jemann35645]

@catgumart much like the double split experiment when observation comes into play everthing changes like in tortion physics once everything gets spune up to speed it all changes

[isisshine]

@nonlocalkaviraj it should be done by a person walking through a park or mall and people set up all around that they dont no stare at them or the person can not even no there in an experiment and ask them what they thought felt while on a night/day out with a friend and the friend there out with can document it because you know a person will tell there friend if they think someone is starring at them

[catgumart]

I SPECULATE- the problem with trying to observe people having these experiences is that the observation & the consciousness of the observation somehow effects & interferes & blocks the spontaneous occurrence that happens to us when we are in a natural, unexpected state.So when we become self conscious & aware of being tested-our awareness shrinks because our attention is distracted into us & diminishes our openness & receptivity that occurs when we're in an organic, unselfconscious state

[alexkidd3d]

@burmanhands Once you accept that all creatures have invisible elves that are not bound by time or space then all these mysteries go away.

[phrack1976]

Well, the dog experiment should be done differently: In a controlled environment (i.e. lab) to dismiss other variables (e.g. the partner knows that the other person is coming home, and e.g. his/her heart rate changes, what is something that can be sensed by the dog).

Sheldrake came out with that morphic theory, where a morphic field/energy cannot be measured or proven to exist, thus it enters the metaphysics/paranormal/pseudos­cience domain.

[007frogprincess]

they should do a multi-part experiment where in one part there are 20/20 instances of not being stared at and the next part 20/20 instances of being stared at. then mix them up for some parts, but only a small percentage of one (2/20 ie.). In closed conditions like these it is way to easy to just guess that you're being stared at....