Rupert Sheldrake

Date: 2014-09-16 | Duration: 2h 29m

Category: Science, Paranormal & Conspiracy

Episode Overview

Rupert Sheldrake, biologist and author of 'Science Set Free,' joins Joe for a profound two-and-a-half hour conversation about morphic resonance, consciousness, and the limits of scientific orthodoxy. Sheldrake — who developed the controversial theory that nature has habits stored in collective memory fields — explains how mainstream science dismissed his ideas without asking for evidence. He discusses his Anglican faith and how spirituality coexists with rigorous science, describes HRV patterns from jiu-jitsu as windows into the nervous system, makes a stunning comparison between DMT trips and being ushered into a room with something extraordinary, and explores how emotional arousal warps time perception — dropping accurate time estimation to 50% of normal.

About Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake is a prominent author, lecturer, and researcher renowned for his groundbreaking work in parapsychology and his controversial theory of morphic resonance. With a background in biochemistry from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in biology, Sheldrake has authored several influential books, including "A New Science of Life," where he challenges conventional scientific paradigms. His intriguing ideas about how habits of nature and collective memories shape the behavior of living organisms have sparked both interest and debate across scientific and philosophical communities. As a charismatic speaker, Sheldrake captivates audiences by exploring the intersections of science, spirituality, and consciousness, making him a compelling figure in contemporary discussions on the nature of reality.

Key Moments

– Morphic Resonance and Collective Memory
– Anglican Faith and Scientific Spirituality
– HRV and Nervous System
– DMT and Extraordinary Consciousness
– Scientific Orthodoxy vs Radical Biology
0:00:00 – Rupert Sheldrake — thank you for your patience
0:19:04 – Scientific orthodoxy dismissed ideas without asking for evidence
0:35:30 – HRV blips in jiu-jitsu — revealing nervous system patterns
0:55:03 – Practicing Anglican — never met a creationist in England
1:27:29 – DMT like being ushered into a room — something to show you
2:11:26 – Emotional arousal drops time perception to 50%

Transcript Excerpt

Starting point is 00:00:00 Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out! The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day! Alright, well, thank you for your patience, Rupert. Rupert Sheldrake, ladies and gentlemen. I came to know of you through the trialogues that you did with Terrence McKenna, who I'm a huge fan of, and Ralph Abraham. And I thought they were some really fascinating conversations. And all of Terrence's MP3s are very thought-inspiring Starting point is 00:00:32 and made you really look at things from a very different and peculiar angle that he had. He had a very unique way of looking at the world. But I came to know of you from that, and I came to know of your ideas of morphic resonance, which I found to be really fascinating. And if you don't mind, just explain to folks at home listening what the concept of morphic resonance is. It's the idea of memory and nature, the idea that the whole universe has a kind of memory, the so-called laws of nature are more like habits. Each individual in a species draws on a collective memory and contributes to it. Starting point is 00:01:14 It works on the basis of similarity. Any pattern of activity that's similar to a later pattern of activity in a self-organizing system influences it across space and time. So what it means in effect is that if you train rats to learn a new trick in Los Angeles, then rats in New York and Sydney and London will learn the same thing quicker straight away. There's actually evidence that this surprising effect happens. If you crystallize a new chemical that's never existed before, then after you've made it in one place, it should get easier to crystallize Starting point is 00:01:51 all over the world. So it's really a theory of habit and memory. And it enables new patterns of learning to spread quicker than they might otherwise do. And it means that it should get easier to learn things that other people have already learned. So this has been proven, this concept of rats...

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