Cosmic Intelligence (Agnosticism)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 17:30 (5637 days ago) @ David Turell

Sheldrake's work on the milk bottle opening habits of blue tits, and crossword puzzle solvers ability, were among the examples he gave of supposed "morphic resonance". I'm not sure where Japanese nursery rhythms (did you mean rhymes?) come into it - I suppose its about ways babies learn. I've certainly never been tempted to give any credence to these absurd ideas. Here's a piece by Sue Blackmore, who worked with Sheldrake at the time: - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/04/morphic-paranormal-science-sheldrake - As I see it Sheldrake's ideas are akin to Jung's on "synchronicity". They are both very clever men, and attracted to complex and heretical ideas, but lacking in practical judgment. One of the commenters on the Blackmore article suggests the influence of "magic mushrooms"! But I don't think they needed that - they are or were capable of getting intoxicated with ideas alone.

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GPJ