196. Rupert Sheldrake, Terrance McKenna and Ralph Abraham — A Dialog That Still Matters

December 21st, 2012 Alex Tsakiris

A look back at a series of dialogs between Rupert Sheldrake, Terrance McKenna and Ralph Abraham.

Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for a rediscovery of the audio recordings of Rupert Sheldrake, Terrance McKenna and Ralph Abraham. Through a reexamination of the ideas and expectations of these progressive scientific thinkers we gain perspective on where science is heading. And, whether a “paradigm shift” is eminent? These dialogs also provide a deeper appreciation for the challenges facing scientific materialism as explored in Sheldrake latest book, Science Set Free.

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HigherThanTrump

Ralph Abraham isn’t a materialist? Interesting..
http://www.facebook.com/javier.valdel Javier Valdel

the purpose of all life is to end.. we going to die wich is fantastic
http://www.facebook.com/javier.valdel Javier Valdel

no afterlife= no more suffering
http://www.facebook.com/corey.lewis.5015 Corey Lewis

If the purpose of life is to die, then it was meaningless from the start. Sorry, but I must disagree with your materialist religion. Our bodies are all going to die, but our consciousness will endure. I find that fantastic.
http://www.facebook.com/corey.lewis.5015 Corey Lewis

^ The concise materialist sermon.
http://www.facebook.com/javier.valdel Javier Valdel

and where is the evidence for that? Im not a materialist, i wanted to believe in all this stuff, but at last there is no proof, no evidence, no investigations, only books and more books for make money
http://www.facebook.com/corey.lewis.5015 Corey Lewis

To believe that consciousness endures beyond death all I require is evidence of a breakdown of the idea that mind can be reduced to brain processes. If a breakdown of mind/brain correlation can be shown then there is no reason to assume that consciousness will cease when the brain dies. By Occam’s Razor it is assumed that consciousness endures unless a reason for consciousness to end.

Veridical perception during near death experiences, shared near death experiences, deathbed visions, severe hydrocephalus with normal cognitive function, terminal lucidity in cases of severe brain damage, and much more provide plenty of evidence that conflicts with the materialist view of consciousness.
http://www.facebook.com/javier.valdel Javier Valdel

I would be ipleased to see the investigatios related to a this breakdown of the materialist conception about mind, those all examples that you have cited sound really interesting could you provide me some links? Thanks
http://www.facebook.com/javier.valdel Javier Valdel

Still waiting the evidence…
Larry Lowe

For a discussion of how Astronaut Edgar Mitchell has investigated consciousness, which shows that perhaps the Quantum Hologram is the basis of Sheldrake’s Morphegenic field, a recent episode of the C-Realm podcast is a click away below…

http://c-realm.com/podcasts/crealm/c-realm-special-episode-2013-the-overview-effect/

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