Rupert Sheldrake - Paradigm Shifts in Science and Experiments in Consciousness
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Rethinking Certainty in Science and Morphic Resonance
The need for certainty in science has led to the categorization of ideas as either right or pseudo-science. However, morphic resonance is seen as pseudo-science because it challenges the established truths in textbooks and educational syllabi. Science operates on hypotheses that are about possibilities, and the certainty of established facts is always uncertain. The book 'The Science Delusion' questions the fundamental assumptions of science and suggests that the idea of fixed laws of nature, the alternative to morphic resonance, is not being adequately tested.
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