Author: Rupert Sheldrake

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I think hard work is what gets most people to the top.

I think hard work is what gets most people to the top.

- Rupert Sheldrake

I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.

I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.

- Rupert Sheldrake

I'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.

I'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.

- Rupert Sheldrake

I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.

I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.

- Rupert Sheldrake

Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable.

Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable.

- Rupert Sheldrake

To describe the overwhelming life of a tropical forest just in terms of inert biochemistry and DNA didn't seem to give a very full picture of the world.

To describe the overwhelming life of a tropical forest just in terms of inert biochemistry and DNA didn't seem to give a very full picture of the world.

- Rupert Sheldrake

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.

- Rupert Sheldrake

In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.

In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.

- Rupert Sheldrake

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

- Rupert Sheldrake

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