Here’s a fascinating public debate brought to my attention by a post on Craig Weiler’s interesting blog The Weiler Psi. The issue involves some strong criticism of a TED talk by radical biologist Rupert Sheldrake by Jerry Coyne and PZ Meyer. You can see a video of the talk at the bottom of this page,…
Another worthwhile read by Rupert Sheldrake, a recent article in the Huffington Post. In “Why bad science is like bad religion”, Sheldrake criticises the way intolerant skepticism insists on materialism as being the only ‘rational’ philosophical position in science. I believe Sheldrake to be the finest philosopher of science going round today. Note that he…
BOOK REVIEWS (ACRHIVES): The Science Delusion is Rupert Sheldrake’s latest book. I found this book to be an excellent and very readable presentation of some of the problems facing frontier science. All in all it is a great read. It’s a definite five stars in my book. Let me begin with the only major criticism I…