The Mind beyond the Brain

[Liberator]

Interesting lecture I don't right now have time to follow up by an interesting man.

[beth]

Looks worth a watch. Here's a bit more info to give an idea. No time to watch now, but later, for sure.


ABSTRACT

We have been brought up to believe that the mind is located inside the head. But there are good reasons for thinking that this view is too limited. Recent experimental results show that people can influence others at a distance just by looking at them, even if they look from behind and if all sensory clues are eliminated. And people's intentions can be detected by animals from miles away. The commonest kind of non-local interaction mental influence occurs in connection with telephone calls, where most people have had the experience of thinking of someone shortly before they ring. Controlled, randomized tests on telephone telepathy have given highly significant positive results. Research techniques have now been automated and experiments on telepathy are now being conducted through the internet and cell phones, enabling widespread participation.

Speaker: Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a biologist and author of more than 75 technical papers and ten books, the most recent being The Sense of Being Stared At. He studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities, was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. He is currently Director of the Perrott-Warrick project, funded from Trinity College Cambridge.

[Liberator]

I think we're all like the personalities of a schizophrenic that take over and imagine they are all there is when really they are the thing that is false.

Dammit, I have repeated this in another section, so maybe Lin should wipe this one and we'd continue there without the 'technology' bit.

[Alpha Hooligan]

No problem - I've deleted the other thread and moved this one to the "Meaning of Life" section (seeing as somebody has already replied to it).


AH