Rupert Sheldrake is an English author, former biologist, and researcher in the field of "parapsychology", who proposed the concept of morphic resonance.
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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Why is it that scientists tend to not take Rupert's ideas seriously? (polemics on materialism and dogmatic atheists)
2:40 Will "science" come to an end? What will cause this?
5:10 On the false divide between the natural and the supernatural
11:10 Rupert's opinion on Daniel Dennett's theory of consciousness
13:10 On the benign or deleterious nature of "reason"
15:25 Does our unconscious have an unconscious? How far down does this go?
18:05 Do we have free will, if we're infinitely influenced by what lies outside our control?
22:05 Is the "bedrock" of consciousness ordered or random?
28:15 What's the reality to the picture psychedelics give you access to?
28:25 What's the ontological reason for the difference between LSD from DMT trips?
35:10 In what ways is religion ahead of science?
37:50 On Rupert's famous dog telepathy experiment and the mendacity of certain scientists
44:25 On Richard Wiseman's supposed lies / distortion (of Rupert's experiment) to the media
48:08 Wikipedia has been overtaken and distorted by guerrilla skeptics
50:00 What is the role of myth in "truth"?
53:40 Are we living in a simulation?
56:00 What religion and myth say about the creation of world
57:10 The New Atheists have a false view of God (a bearded man in the sky reprimanding you)
1:04:10 What do you like / dislike about Jordan Peterson (with regards to making religion more admissible)?
1:06:10 Where you can find out more about Rupert Sheldrake, and what he's working on next
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