Rupert Sheldrake: The Habits of Nature

Rupert Sheldrake in discussion with Freeman Dyson, Daniel Dennet, and Stephen Jay Gould.

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Science & Technology

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• Rupert Sheldrake
• Freeman Dyson
• Daniel Dennet
• Stephen Jay Gould

[whitenightf3]

What he means is that anyone who does not hold to the consensus view is not a real scientists. Yet, history shows us that it is the nonconformist, the iconoclasts on the periphery who always push science forwards. The classic example being Einstein who had every physicist line up against him.

[levivelivel]

is there a full version of this interview?

[ZorbaTheDutch]

@omgtehnoobpwner sounds more like your habit

[omgtehnoobpwner]

@ZorbaTheDutch go debunk the theory that you can't fit something microscopic into your clinched asshole oh yea you can't debunk that because that's a proven law

[ZorbaTheDutch]

@TaoPiet Sheldrake doesn't use the scientific method to arrive at, and test many of his infamous theories. His ideas are more like daydreams or opinions: interesting to read or hear about, but lacking any evidence to back them up and too vague to be considered scientific. Worse: when there's evidence falsifying his theories, he uses the same theories to try and turn the evidence around as if it were supporting his claims.

[ZorbaTheDutch]

@TaoPiet You seriously want to deny that Sheldrake is a famous cannabis user?

[ZorbaTheDutch]

@TaoPiet I'm talking about the ideas he mentions here, like the sun rising out of "habit" (whatever that even means in a scientifical sense) and his crackpot theory on morphic fields etc. There's no empirical evidence whatsoever for his theories and worse, some of them aren't falsifiable making them inherently pseudo--scientific.

[TaoPiet]

@ZorbaTheDutch You wrote "...Don't worry, Sheldrake's ideas have been thorougly questioned, debunked and refuted...". Well, Sheldrake has a lot of ideas, and you suggest they have all been thorougly researched and refuted. I am not convinced about that.

You wrote: "...And this, boys and girls, is what happens when a scientist smokes too much pot...". May I use your own words: "Unfounded accusations...". It seems totally biased and unscientific.

[TaoPiet]

@ZorbaTheDutch You Wrote: "...Science is based on a METHOD...". Well, I didn't argue on that. I mentioned the SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT. That are the people with a body, brain and a belief/paradigm system.

You wrote: "...Nobody forces Sheldrake to use this method, but if he doesn't want to use scientific methods...". I didn't mention or assume that. Sheldrake never tells or writes that he is against the scientific method. In the contrary, he subscribes completely to the scientific method.

[ZorbaTheDutch]

And this, boys and girls, is what happens when a scientist smokes too much pot.

[ZorbaTheDutch]

@texasB666 "I think its very wrong when scientists come up with an idea and that idea shouldn't be questioned."

Don't worry, Sheldrake's ideas have been thoroughly questioned, debunked and refuted.

[ZorbaTheDutch]

@TaoPiet Unfounded accusations. Science is based on a METHOD. Nobody forces Sheldrake to use this method, but if he doesn't want to use scientific methods to test his hypotheses, then he isn't doing science anymore.