Commune with Jeff Krasno Is Telepathy Real? Dr. Rupert Sheldrake on the Science of Connection
Oct 29, 2026
Rupert Sheldrake, a Cambridge-trained biologist and author of The Science Delusion, explores telepathy and consciousness. He discusses dogs sensing their owners’ return, telephone experiments, and why emotional bonds may matter more than distance. The conversation also challenges materialism, examines declining trust in institutions, and considers science, spirituality, religion, and the limits of reductionist thinking.
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Biology Moves Beyond Strict Materialism
- Biology is gradually widening beyond strict materialism through epigenetics, consciousness studies, and research into subjective experience.
- Rupert Sheldrake contrasts this opening with behaviorism and cognitive neuroscience, which largely excluded consciousness or reduced it to brain algorithms.
Reductionism Can Miss The Whole System
- Reductionist science can explain isolated mechanisms while missing the wider systems shaping health and well-being.
- Sheldrake links mechanistic nutrition science with ultra-processed food, obesity, and agricultural practices that degraded soil over time.
The Cambridge Conversation That Sparked Sheldrake's Research
- A Cambridge biochemistry professor changed Sheldrake's view by presenting peer-reviewed research on an autistic boy's telepathic connection with his mother.
- Colleagues dismissed the findings despite the evidence, illustrating what Sheldrake calls principle-based denialism.
