Debate with Massimo Pigliucci on Evidence & Skepticism in Science @RupertSheldrakePhD

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This is an excerpt from a dialogue at the 2016 "How The Light Gets In" Festival, at Hay-on-Wye, with Rupert Sheldrake, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and CERN physicist Tara Shears, chaired by Philip Ball.

Here we've selectively followed the back-and-forth between Rupert Sheldrake and Massimo Pigliucci regarding the influence of skeptical organizations and scientific dogma on evidence. Why is the multiverse or many worlds theory okay while telepathy is not?

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