Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Rupert Sheldrake" in English language version.
Sheldrake proposes that the sense of being stared at and other aspects of paranormal ability, such as telepathy and knowing about events in the future before they happen, are all evidence for a new field theory that he calls 'morphic resonance.' ... The trouble is that, whereas electric and magnetic fields are easily measurable and obey laws, morphic resonance remains elusive and has no demonstrable laws. No other area of science would accept such lawless, weak evidence as proof, which is why the majority of the scientific community has generally dismissed this theory and the evidence.
Almost all scientists who have looked into Sheldrake's theory consider it balderdash.
...most biologists considered Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance hogwash...
Rupert Sheldrake's (1994) popular book Seven Experiments That Could Change the World is more of a collection of seven deadly sins of science and, from a philosophy of science standpoint, a documentation of the reasons why parapsychology is regarded as pseudoscience.
...Sheldrake's argument is in no sense a scientific argument but is an exercise in pseudo-science.
...Sheldrake's argument is in no sense a scientific argument but is an exercise in pseudo-science.
...Sheldrake's argument is in no sense a scientific argument but is an exercise in pseudo-science.
Along with parapsychology, corn circles, creationism, ley-lines and "deep ecology," "formative causation," or "morphic resonance" has many of the characteristics of such pseudosciences...
...Sheldrake's argument is in no sense a scientific argument but is an exercise in pseudo-science.
Along with parapsychology, corn circles, creationism, ley-lines and "deep ecology," "formative causation," or "morphic resonance" has many of the characteristics of such pseudosciences...
...Sheldrake's argument is in no sense a scientific argument but is an exercise in pseudo-science.
Along with parapsychology, corn circles, creationism, ley-lines and "deep ecology," "formative causation," or "morphic resonance" has many of the characteristics of such pseudosciences...