As previously mentioned in The Buzz (D.T. July 2011) Rupert Sheldrake has a new book coming out and finally it's here...almost !
The Science Delusion
The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The sciences would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun.
According to the dogmas of science, all reality is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead 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.
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.
The Science Delusion will radically change your view of what is possible. and give you new hope for the world.
There was a good extract from the book in the Daily Mule yesterday.
Like many mothers who feared for their family’s safety during World War II, Mona Miller was evacuated from London to the peaceful seaside town of Babbacombe in Devon.
It seemed like a wise precaution but, shortly after her arrival there with her young children, Mrs Miller became increasingly uneasy.
‘I had a feeling that I must leave Devon and return home,’ she told me.
‘At first I dismissed the idea; why leave when I was so happy and contented despite the war going on around me?
‘But the feeling increased. The walls of my room seemed to speak to me: “Go home to London.†I resisted the call for about four months then, one day, like a flash of light, I knew we must leave.
‘On a Saturday in late 1942, we travelled back to London and a few days later I received a letter from a friend in Devon.
‘“Thank God you took the children on Saturday,†she wrote. “Early Sunday morning, Jerry dropped three bombs and one fell on the house where you were living, demolishing it, and killing all the neighbours on either side.â€â€™
Mrs Miller was far from the only person to experience such forebodings during the war.
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Grahame The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it - Terry Pratchett.
[This] evening's talk by Rupert Sheldrake (17th Jan, 7pm) can be viewed live online. If you are unable to make it to the talk in person, you can still be there through cyberspace.
To sign up for the online stream, go to the following site, sheldrake.meovi.com and submit your email address in the box titled 'Live: The Science Delusion'.
The URL to watch to the talk will then be sent to your email address.
A recent lecture at the Temenos Academy,
6th February 2012 at the Lincoln Centre
Dispelling the Ten Dogmas of Materialism
and Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
Ian
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We now know the American title for the Scence Delusion: Science Set Free.
from a recent podcast interview:
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake wrote:I think what we’re heading for is a post-materialist worldview which is what my book is trying to point the way towards. We could have a holistic way of looking at things, a scientific investigation into things, which leaves these bigger questions open.
(He is 69, after all!)
