Rupert Sheldrake

Rethinking Inheritance

June 26, 2010
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Something has always troubled me about Darwin’s theory and even modern revisions of his work – there is still no explanation for instinct. Ethologists call instincts innate releasing mechanisms or IRM, which in layman’s terms means “we’ll use big fancy words because we just don’t know.” The most common definition is, “The mechanism by which an organism responds to a key stimulus (KS) with a fixed action pattern (FAP).” Of course, this explains nothing. This is one of the limitations of Darwin’s theory – it always has been. An earlier theory of inheritance was posed by the French zoologist, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829). From Understanding Evolution:

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The Anti-Sheldrake Phenomenon

February 20, 2010
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By devising a testable hypothesis of natural memory, Rupert Sheldrake has established himself as the world’s central figure in the evolutionary theory of existence. Heir to the lineage of Darwin, Peirce, Bergson, Elsasser and Bohm, Sheldrake bears on his shoulders the weight of their worldview. Attacks on his work amount to an offensive against any alternative to a universe under the control of eternal immutable laws.

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Sheldrake Link Roundup

November 7, 2009
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What Science Can’t Tell Us

2009 looks set to be an exciting year for science: 12th February sees the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and we’ve already had the Richard Dawkins-endorsed Atheist Bus Campaign, with its catchy slogan ‘There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life’.

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Sheldrake Video Roundup

August 19, 2009

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A Quest Beyond the Limits of the Ordinary

August 16, 2009

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The New Blueprint

August 16, 2009

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Morphic Resonance and the Nature of Memory

August 16, 2009

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Glorious Accident Interview with Rupert Sheldrake

August 6, 2009

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