Now that I’ve finished Sheldrake’s book, I want to continue the comments I made in the last post about his work. What he has compiled is a very interesting and readable summary of a whole area of behaviors that are remarkable and unexplained. Some are even uninvestigated. Here’s a summary list of the major phenomena [...]
I’m finally getting around to reading Rupert Sheldrake’s 1999 book, “Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home” and I’m pleased to find that it’s well worth the time invested. As simply a collection of anecedotal tales of animals that were glad to see their owners, the book wouldn’t be worth much, except perhaps [...]
I was inspired to write this article by an exchange of comments on a science blog that I got involved with a while back. It reminded me of how similar people are regardless of their education and point of view, and how fundamentalist behavior can be found just about anywhere. The discussion was started by [...]