“Those not willing to examine this evidence are following in the footsteps of Cardinal Bellarmine with his refusal to look through Galileo’s telescope. And the refusal is for the same essential reasons: sociology and arrogance.”
From the Crackpot Index:
“40 points for comparing yourself to Galileo, suggesting that a modern-day Inquisition is hard at work on your case, and so on.”
Anyway, based on what I’ve read, Sheldrake’s experiments do return statistically significant results, but there tend to be problems with the experiments themselves that suggest the results are not caused by anything currently unknown to physics. For more details, just check out www.randi.org and search for Sheldrake’s name.
“Those not willing to examine this evidence are following in the footsteps of Cardinal Bellarmine with his refusal to look through Galileo’s telescope. And the refusal is for the same essential reasons: sociology and arrogance.”
From the Crackpot Index: “40 points for comparing yourself to Galileo, suggesting that a modern-day Inquisition is hard at work on your case, and so on.”
Anyway, based on what I’ve read, Sheldrake’s experiments do return statistically significant results, but there tend to be problems with the experiments themselves that suggest the results are not caused by anything currently unknown to physics. For more details, just check out www.randi.org and search for Sheldrake’s name.