How the universe learns | Rupert Sheldrake
Philosophy For Our Times
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Identical Twins and the Missing Heritability Problem
Identical twins are very similar to each other. And they resonate with each other by a morphic resonance. If one takes up a new habit anew paints their house one colour, the other might decide to do the same - not because they've got genes that tell them to do it. We're more similar to ourselves in the past than to anybody else. The most specific resonance working on us from the past is from our own past. Our form remains more or less constant even though there's a continual turnover of proteins and cells within our bodies. It's why i think we have our own memories. We resonate with other people too, but less specifically.
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