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Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance, [2] [3] a conjecture that lacks mainstream acceptance and has been widely criticized as pseudoscience.
The second paragraph of the article says "Sheldrake's morphic resonance hypothesis is widely rejected within the scientific community and has been labelled pseudoscience and magic
The article says "generally regards morphic resonance as pseudoscience", which allows for individuals to disagree. In our earlier conversation I was apparently unable to communicate the difference between (a) real, actual scientific support for morphic resonance and (b) individuals who like Sheldrake and his general outlook.
The effect has been the subject of contemporary attention from parapsychologists and other researchers from the 1980s onwards, most notably Rupert Sheldrake. [2] [3] [4] The feeling is a common one, being reported by over two thirds of the students questioned in a 1913 study. [5]
There are various passages in the article that don't make much sense. This, eg: "Scientists and skeptics have labelled morphic resonance a pseudoscience, citing a lack of evidence
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When the book A New Science of Life by British biologist Rupert Sheldrake was published in 1981, proposing the theory of morphic resonance instead of DNA as the basis for shapes and behaviour in nature, Maddox denounced it fiercely in an editorial titled "A book for burning?" in which he argued that Sheldrake's ideas were pseudoscience.