A dogmatic assumption inhibits inquiry
On January 12th, 2013, Rupert gave a talk entitled The Science Delusion at TEDxWhitechapel. The theme for the night was Visions for Transition: Challenging existing paradigms and redefining values (for a more beautiful world). In response to protests from two militant materialist bloggers in the US, the talk was later taken down by TED and placed in a special corner of their website. Before being removed it had 35,000 views. Since then, all copies together have more than 5 million views.
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake's website: http://www.sheldrake.org
Time stamps for this lecture :
0:00:00 Introduction to Rupert Sheldrake by Chairman Ian Skelly
0:04:05 Start of lecture, scientism, implicit materialistic assumptions
0:10:50 The mechanistic revolution, René Descartes and his mechanistic theology
0:14:35 The universe as an organism, David Hume, Big Bang Theory
0:17:45 Is all matter unconscious? How come we are conscious?
0:23:45 The Panpsychism view of Alfred North Whitehead
0:27:50 The law of conservation of matter and energy, galaxies and dark matter
0:34:50 Free energy technology, Andrea Rossi, vital energy in living organisms
0:41:30 Changes in the constants of nature (speed of light & gravity)
0:47:50 Is there purpose in nature? Evolution a random process?
0:50:00 Genetic determinism versus epigenetics, memory storage in the brain
0:53:10 Is the mind inside the brain?
0:55:55 Psychic phenomena - Are they all illusion? Telepathy experiments
0:59:20 Mechanistic medicine versus alternative medicine, the Placebo Effect
1:00:45 The dogmas of materialistic science are questionable
1:02:10 End of lecture, begin of questions and answers session
1:03:05 - Why is there so little questioning of the scientific dogmas
1:05:40 - Are you considered a heretic?
1:08:00 - Is there a scientific explanation to the resistance to new scientific ideas?
1:12:05 - Difference of DNA in humans and apes is only 1%, human genome project
1:16:00 - Will it ever be possible for scientists to understand human consciousness?
1:18:20 End of Q&A session
0:04:05 Start of lecture, scientism, implicit materialistic assumptions
0:10:50 The mechanistic revolution, René Descartes and his mechanistic theology
0:14:35 The universe as an organism, David Hume, Big Bang Theory
0:17:45 Is all matter unconscious? How come we are conscious?
0:23:45 The Panpsychism view of Alfred North Whitehead
0:27:50 The law of conservation of matter and energy, galaxies and dark matter
0:34:50 Free energy technology, Andrea Rossi, vital energy in living organisms
0:41:30 Changes in the constants of nature (speed of light & gravity)
0:47:50 Is there purpose in nature? Evolution a random process?
0:50:00 Genetic determinism versus epigenetics, memory storage in the brain
0:53:10 Is the mind inside the brain?
0:55:55 Psychic phenomena - Are they all illusion? Telepathy experiments
0:59:20 Mechanistic medicine versus alternative medicine, the Placebo Effect
1:00:45 The dogmas of materialistic science are questionable
1:02:10 End of lecture, begin of questions and answers session
1:03:05 - Why is there so little questioning of the scientific dogmas
1:05:40 - Are you considered a heretic?
1:08:00 - Is there a scientific explanation to the resistance to new scientific ideas?
1:12:05 - Difference of DNA in humans and apes is only 1%, human genome project
1:16:00 - Will it ever be possible for scientists to understand human consciousness?
1:18:20 End of Q&A session
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