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Loading... The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry (2012)by Rupert Sheldrake
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. My notes on the book If the author was writing several thousand years ago before we had any of the modern science and trying to explain phenomena like genetic inheritance or memory then his metaphor of psychic resonance would probably be just as good as the competing magic theories but today, with what we know, this has got to be a joke. The author's snide remarks and confident claims are not backed by any evidence. The author appears to be angry he isn't treated seriously - I gave up my time to read this book in good faith as I never heard of his ideas before and I'm not convinced. no reviews | add a review
The bestselling author of Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home offers an intriguing new assessment of modern day science that will radically change the way we view what is possible. In Science Set Free (originally published to acclaim in the UK as The Science Delusion), Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have, over the years, hardened into dogmas. Such dogmas are not only limiting, but dangerous for the future of humanity. According to these principles, all of reality is material or physical; the world is a machine, made up of inanimate matter; nature is purposeless; consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain; free will is an illusion; God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls. But should science be a belief-system, or a method of enquiry? Sheldrake shows that the materialist ideology is moribund; under its sway, increasingly expensive research is reaping diminishing returns while societies around the world are paying the price. In the skeptical spirit of true science, Sheldrake turns the ten fundamental dogmas of materialism into exciting questions, and shows how all of them open up startling new possibilities for discovery. Science Set Free will radically change your view of what is real and what is possible. No library descriptions found. |
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