FPT092: Rupert Sheldrake – Paradigm Shifts in Science and Consciousness

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We’re excited to host Rupert Sheldrake in this episode, a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. Besides getting into the details of this hypothesis, we also talk about paradigm shifts in science, psy phenomena, experiments in consciousness, and about his new book called “Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work,” where he describes some of the most well known spiritual practices for altering consciousness.

In This Episode Of Future Thinkers:

• The concept of morphic resonance and how biological patterns may transfer across space and time
• Examples of morphic resonance in humans and the emergence of Flynn Effect
• How one can extend their mind through morphic fields and morphic resonance
• The importance of distinguishing a natural phenomenon and the theory explaining it
• Why uncertainty is inherent to science and how the scientific process actually works
• The problems with the dominant scientific model and why consciousness remains the “hard problem”
• The problem with hard atheism and the materialistic worldview in educational system
• Is it possible to create a paradigm shift in science to incorporate psy phenomena?
• The telephone telepathy experiment
• The secular growth of spiritual practices like yoga, meditation and psychedelics
• Seven transformative spiritual practices that have scientifically measurable effects

Links And Resources:

• Rupert Sheldrake’s personal website
• Why Our IQ Levels Are Higher Than Our Grandparents’ – TED Talk by James Flynn
• Telephone Telepathy Test
• David Bohm Society

Recommended Books:

• Ways To Go Beyond And Why They Work: Seven Spiritual Practices In A Scientific Age by Rupert Sheldrake
• Morphic Resonance: The Nature Of Formative Causation by Rupert Sheldrake
• The Science Delusion: Freeing The Spirit Of Inquiry by Rupert Sheldrake
• The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn
• How To Change Your Mind: What The New Science Of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
• The Tibetan Book Of The Dead

More From Future Thinkers:

• FTP065: Dean Radin – Real Magic And The Future Of Science
• FTP039: Jordan Peterson – Archetypes, Psychedelics And Enlightenment
• FTP037: Dr. Kirby Surprise – The Science Behind Synchronicity