The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry (NEW EDITION)
Rupert Sheldrake
Jul 2012 · Coronet · Narrated by Rupert Sheldrake, David Timson, and Jane Collingwood
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The scientific counter argument to Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion.
Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry.
The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The 'scientific worldview' has become a belief system. All reality is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead matter. Nature is purposeless. Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. Free will is an illusion. God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls.
Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically, and shows persuasively that science would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun.
In The God Delusion Richard Dawkins used science to bash God, but here Rupert Sheldrake shows that Dawkins' understanding of what science can do is old-fashioned and itself a delusion.
'Rupert Sheldrake does science, humanity and the world at large a considerable favour.'
The Independent
'Certainly we need to accept the limitations of much current dogma and keep our minds open as we reasonably can. Sheldrake may help us do so through this well-written, challenging and always interesting book.'
Financial Times
(P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry.
The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The 'scientific worldview' has become a belief system. All reality is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead matter. Nature is purposeless. Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. Free will is an illusion. God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls.
Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically, and shows persuasively that science would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun.
In The God Delusion Richard Dawkins used science to bash God, but here Rupert Sheldrake shows that Dawkins' understanding of what science can do is old-fashioned and itself a delusion.
'Rupert Sheldrake does science, humanity and the world at large a considerable favour.'
The Independent
'Certainly we need to accept the limitations of much current dogma and keep our minds open as we reasonably can. Sheldrake may help us do so through this well-written, challenging and always interesting book.'
Financial Times
(P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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September 14, 2020
Just finished this audio book, spread across multiple car journeys. I was really pleased with the purchase and would recommend it. Very though provoking. I enjoyed the books organisation, it's step by step approach and its turning sciences 10 commandments into questions. I'm not a scientist or have a scientific background, however this book is written in a style that captures the imagination of the listener by painting science in a light that actually makes you interested in hearing more. I found the authors suggestion that just 1% of the yearly science budget getting spent on what the public actually think is interesting - to be an amazing idea. No doubt I will revisit this audio book again as there is simply too much to take in upon a single listen. Especially good the author was able to narrate, but then he is an accomplished public speaker anyway.
About the author
Dr Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 80 technical papers and 10 books, including A New Science of Life. He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, where he was Director of Studies in cell biology, and was also a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. From 2005-2010 he was the Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project for research on unexplained human abilities, funded from Trinity College, Cambridge. He is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California, and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in Connecticut. He is married, has two sons and lives in London. Follow Rupert on Twitter @RupertSheldrake. His web site is www.sheldrake.org
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