The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence

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GoogleTechTalks | September 05, 2008

Google Tech Talks September 2, 2008 ABSTRACT We have been brought up to bel...

GoogleTechTalks | September 05, 2008

Google Tech Talks
September 2, 2008

ABSTRACT

We have been brought up to believe that the mind is located inside the head. But there are good reasons for thinking that this view is too limited. Recent experimental results show that people can influence others at a distance just by looking at them, even if they look from behind and if all sensory clues are eliminated. And people's intentions can be detected by animals from miles away. The commonest kind of non-local interaction mental influence occurs in connection with telephone calls, where most people have had the experience of thinking of someone shortly before they ring. Controlled, randomized tests on telephone telepathy have given highly significant positive results. Research techniques have now been automated and experiments on telepathy are now being conducted through the internet and cell phones, enabling widespread participation.

Speaker: Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a biologist and author of more than 75 technical papers and ten books, the most recent being The Sense of Being Stared At. He studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities, was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. He is currently Director of the Perrott-Warrick project, funded from Trinity College Cambridge.

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  • @polehammer I'm skeptical, but that doesn't mean I won't accept evidence. It looks like minds might be able to hint things to eachother, but I don't see anyone staring at goats.

  • @17:18 *all things are connected to this field in some way, some how.

    Ever ask someone a question and your mind hears something different so you do not beleive them?.. This is telepathy.. Its more emotional then actual words at first but soon you can hear the words also. Again, meditation will develop this ability we all naturally have yet we most meditate in front of television mind you..

    TV is a frequency modulation device. (radio station) So is the mind.. The mind can be tuned, Hint Hint.

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  • I have been taught red is red, green is green, but how do I know that the color your call green or red is actually what we are both experiencing when we call out the same description name for the thing we both look at. for most practical purpose people probably don't care unless they are diagnosed with color blindness, but somehow I believe this is worth perusing as it would prove or disprove at minimum some basic minimum mental synchronization with those around us.

  • Surprise visits at my parents' place don't work. Mum always feels it when I'm getting closer.

  • @GordonMorrice All Universe is intelligent ;)

  • @GordonMorrice All Universe is intelligent ;)

  • because when you're staring at goats that's what you're seeing...

  • The "environment around us" has to include the other dimensions rather than our currently perceived 3rd-dimension. Since we cannot measure consciousness using our scientific instruments, we can speculate that it would be in the multi-dimensional realm. So the "instrument" to use is our mind itself. But how can we trust it ?. Being scientific, it would need 2 or more minds in the same realm. This is difficult but possible.

  • very very interesting thanks Rupert Sheldrake, 36:10 i am not guilty hehe

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  • *This correlation reveals the uniformity of the mind and all things. By being conditioned in similar situations, the actions relating to these concepts will be ordered similary between both you and you're friend. When you anticipate a phone call or sense a problem with your child, you are synchronizing the logical patterns in your mind based off the jointly observed experiences. You're not reading each others mind, you are thinking alike!

  • All minds are identical in nature and operation

    All minds are conditioned through LOGIC & SITUATION

    Variants in situation condition logic to act differently

    Constants in situation condition logic to act similarly

    *All minds begin the same but evolve differently because of every difference in experience. By sharing time & experiences with a friend, you're are limiting variance, which is the dividing factor in what minds become. By doing so, relative thought patterns will show correlation!

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