Rupert Sheldrake

Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (1942-) is a British writer, biochemist, and parapsychology researcher. He is known for proposing the theory of morphic resonance to help explain some of the mysterious functions of memory and inheritance.


Ideally, science is a process, not a position or a belief system.

The biggest scientific delusion of all is that science already knows the answers.

The illusion of objectivity makes scientists prone to deception and self-deception. It works against the noble ideal of seeking truth.

Those who are most prone to idealize the objectivity of scientists are people who know almost nothing about science, people for whom it has become a kind of religion, their hope of salvation.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.