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N'kisi took part in a published scientific study of telepathic abilities conducted by Rupert Sheldrake and the parrot's owner Aimee Morgana, after Morgana had reported seemingly telepathic reactions from the bird, such as it commenting on a movie Morgana was watching despite not being able to see the screen, or saying "hi Rob" when Morgana ...
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 first criticized Sheldrake's N'kisi Project, a set of experiments meant to test the possibility of a telepathic link between N'kisi (a grey parrot) and its owner, Aimee Morgana. [29] Carroll charged that when calculating the statistical significance of the parrot's responses, Sheldrake had omitted 60 percent of the data.
Een schitterend ongeluk (translated "A Glorious Accident" in English) was a 1993 documentary series featuring six prominent scientists and philosophers.Hosted by Wim Kayzer, a Dutch television producer, and filmed in seven parts, A Glorious Accident included interviews with Daniel Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, and Stephen Toulmin.
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]
However, Gratzer also wrote that Randi "missed a few opportunities" by making only brief mention of scientology and not including entries for Alister Hardy, the Urantia cult, or Rupert Sheldrake. [6] A review published in several newspapers praised Randi's "ability to deflate the practitioners of the occult in understated prose".
José Argüelles; Richard Bach; Guy Ballard; James Herbert Brennan; Rhonda Byrne; Eileen Caddy; Fritjof Capra; Lee Carroll; Carlos Castaneda; Deepak Chopra; Paulo Coelho
He cites the cases of Wilhelm Reich, Rupert Sheldrake, and the Mars effect controversy, among others, in support of a central claim that a materialist bias within the scientific community has led to some speculations and theories he claimed were unjustly thought of as unscientific.