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Title: The Sense of Being Stared At : And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind by RUPERT SHELDRAKE ISBN: 0-609-60807-X Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: What are you doing, Rupert?
Comment: Half of this book is research results. Half of this book is the author's unsubstantiated opinions. It switches between the two practically page by page. You can't take it as a completely scientific approach to the issues he discusses. At the same time you can't just accept it as the authors beliefs put down without apology because even he seems to believe they have no value without research material to back it up. But the material is all thin and inconclusive and the slap-you-in-the-face egotism makes you feel like you're being insulted while you read it. Is there a paragraph in this book that doesn't start with "I propose," "As I pointed out," "On my suggestion," "In my OTHER book..."
The author's strong point may be research; it is not book-writing. The book is full of interesting topics to get you thinking, but you can do this by thumbing through it on the shelf. Sorry Rupert, you're obviously dedicated to your field but you have to decide where you're coming from with this stuff.
Rating: 5
Summary: True Artist
Comment: A true scientist is not really a scientist: rather he/she is an a creative, artistic individual who is able to apply to this type of thinking in order to 'think outside of the box.' This is exactly what we have here: most scientists are not artists, they work within a paradigm.
Sheldrake, however, is different. He is willing to ask questions deemed unanswerable, and he uses the scientific method to test them. His methodology is extremely elegant and without error I could spot.
Rating: 5
Summary: Science at its very best
Comment: Sheldrake's genius is taking commonly reported tales of human and animal abilities that challenge accepted scientific wisdom and developing simple ways of testing those claims under scientifically valid conditions. As with any series of experiments, especially those investigating controversial topics, they gradually evolve into ever-more sophisticated designs to eliminate possible flaws. Sheldrake has done this for the "feeling of being stared at," and the evidence he and others have amassed is persuasive, if reviewed without prejudice.
I do not agree with his theoretical explanation for the "staring effect." In Sheldrake's view it suggests a mind that literally extends through space. I think there may be other explanations that better fit the data. But I heartily applaud his proposal of such a theory. Great advancements in science always encounter initial hosility and knee-jerk dismissals because they run counter to accepted wisdom. But without scientific mavericks unsettling the dogma of existing theories, science would rapidly congeal into religion. Indeed, for some hyper-rationalists, "scientism" is already such a religion, with its own set of doctrines, saints, and blasphemers.
Sheldrake is a living reminder that by applying conventional scientific methods to unconventional ideas one can sometimes seriously challenge prevailing dogmas. Sheldrake's research and books, including this one, is science at its cutting-edge best.
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Title: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home : And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals by Rupert Sheldrake ISBN: 0609805339 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness by Rupert Sheldrake, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, Jean Houston ISBN: 0892819774 Publisher: Park Street Pr Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (2nd Edition with Update on Results) by Rupert Sheldrake ISBN: 0892819898 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance & the Habits of Nature by Rupert Sheldrake ISBN: 089281537X Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A New Science of Life by Rupert Sheldrake ISBN: 0892815353 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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