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This ancient question has resurfaced in modern science and atheism. The discovery of the Big Bang as a beginning for the universe in the 20th century was a complete surprise, igniting a debate about what caused everything, space and time, to spring into being.
A dialogue with Marc Andrus, the Bishop of California,at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
A conversation with Ralph Abraham in London in December 2015. We discuss recent consciousness research.
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Can you send to me your thoughts? This test involves two participants, who can use either mobile phones or landlines or website!! It's fun to do, takes less than 10 minutes.
Can you tell when someone is looking at the same word as you are?
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Research with pets.
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Boy's Best Friend: a new young adult novel by Kate Banks and Rupert Sheldrake which chronicles the adventures of two school boys and the telepathy experiment they conducted with their pet dogs.
OpenSciences.org is a portal for scientific investigations beyond the dogmas dominating mainstream science, including selected videos, books, journals and articles on open questions in science.
Skeptical About Skeptics is dedicated to countering dogmatic attacks from self-styled skeptics.
Sacred Song, and Where to Find it
From Resurgence & Ecologist, Jan/Feb 2016, page 56
I was an atheist when I was an undergraduate at Cambridge and for several years afterwards, yet I still went to choral evensong because I found it so inspiring and uplifting. Whatever your religious faith, or lack of it, no one is going to question you about your beliefs or your motives when you attend.
Linking Minds Through Joint Attention: A Preliminary Investigation
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (2015) 79 No. 4: 193-200
by Rupert Sheldrake
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This study investigated whether people could tell when another person was looking at teh same object.participants looking directly at the same object. Participants worked in pairs. They were separated by a wall in such a way that they could not see each other, but both could see a target object such as an apple. Tests consisted of 20 trials, each lasting about 10 seconds. One of the participants (the ‘ looker’) either looked at the object, or did not look, in a random sequence, and the other participant (the ‘guesser’) had to guess whether or not the other person was looking at the object. Altogether there were 310 tests with 6,200 trials. The total number of hits was 3,255 (52.5%), significantly above the chance level of 50% (p = 0.00003).
Is Joint Attention Detectable at a Distance? Three Automated, Internet-Based Tests
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing (2016) 12 No.1: 34-41
by Rupert Sheldrake and Ashweeni Beeharee
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Joint attention is the shared focus of two or more individuals on the same object. The aim of this study was to find out whether people could feel when another person was looking at the same picture, and in some cases hearing the same music, at the same time, even when the participants were miles apart. Hit rates were significantly above chance.
Consciousness and Machines
A discussion on the evolution of consciousness as it relates to machines. Symbolic logic, nanotechnology and the possibility of a synthetic super-intelligence. Artificial Intelligence as a part of ourselves that could shape our evolution. Virtual computers as the source of the AI. Partnership or conflict between human and machine? How much control do we have in the evolution of machine intelligence? Challenges to the premises of the AI argument. Quantum computers, machine-time and the possibilities of the World Wide Web.
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Trialogue on Psychedelics and Mathematical Vision
Rupert, Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham examine maths as a language of space-time pattern, the psychedelic vision of the logos be externalised through supercomputers, and more. Esalen Institute, 1992.
3 Videos from the recent How The Light Gets In Festival at Hay-on-Wye
Unnatural Laws - Are Eternal Laws an Illusion?
From Newton's laws to E=mc2, we think we have uncovered the secrets of the universe. But some claim these laws evolve and others point to their human and cultural origins. Might eternal natural laws be human hubris? Or is the mind of God in our grasp?
Cycles of Wonder
Can Science revive spirituality? The Science Delusion author Rupert Sheldrake explores a new paradigm of science and religion.
Making Humans
Dawkins’ Selfish Gene has defined how we think about evolution. But now the new science of epigenetics suggests culture and the environment can play a part. Is the age of the selfish gene over? Do we need a new story to replace the survival of the fittest, or is Darwin’s essential insight secure?
Workshop: Science and Spiritual Practices, with Merlin and Cosmo Sheldrake
July 27-31, Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC
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Presenter on Cruise organized by the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Seattle to Alaska, August 30-September 6 View Details
Keynote Address at the European Conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration
October 13-15, Sigtuna, Sweden
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