After Skool Evidence That Your Mind is NOT Just In Your Brain - Rupert Sheldrake | After Skool
Oct 2, 2025
Rupert Sheldrake, a biologist and author known for his unconventional ideas on consciousness, challenges the notion that the mind is limited to the brain. He discusses how our minds may extend beyond our bodies, suggesting that our perception involves fields of influence. Sheldrake introduces scopasthesia, exploring our innate ability to feel when we're being observed. He cites experiments showing people can reliably detect gazes and relates this to evolutionary survival mechanisms. Ultimately, he calls for a shift in how we view consciousness and its connection to physical fields.
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Mind As An Extended Field
- Rupert Sheldrake argues that modern science's concept of invisible fields (e.g., electromagnetic, gravitational) shows influence extends beyond objects.
- He suggests consciousness may likewise be based on extended fields that reach beyond the brain.
Vision Feels Projected Into The World
- Sheldrake contrasts the standard intromission view (light into the eyes) with the extromission idea that images are projected out.
- He says our experienced images appear located where objects are, not confined inside the head.
Euclid's Mirror Explanation Still Taught
- Sheldrake notes Euclid and school diagrams teach extromission for mirrors, showing virtual images behind mirrors.
- He highlights the historical and pedagogical clash between optics and psychology about vision theories.
