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My Telepathy Research: sheldrake.org/telepathy
00:00 The birth of telepathy research
02:03 The experiment that broke my skepticism
06:03 Morphogenetic fields and social animals
11:17 Wolves and quantum entanglement
14:54 Telepathy in domestic animals
17:21 Dogs that know when their owners are coming home
26:22 Nkisi, the telepathic parrot
30:27 Human telepathy
32:34 Nursing mothers and distant babies
35:15 Telephone telepathy
41:28 Email and internet experiments
48:50 Ruling out precognition
51:21 Militant skeptics: Atkins, Wolpert, Dawkins
56:08 Consciousness and traditional societies
1:00:09 Q&A
Photo and video credits____
Great Court, Trinity College, by John Mason, CC BY 2.0, flickr
Cambridge Trinity College Neviles Court, Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Giraffe by a Termite Mound by Simon Greig, Dreamstime.com
Termite video by Steve Dylan De Sousa Noleto, Pixabay
Starlings video by gekkodigitalmedia, Pixabay
School of Fish video by Angel Perez, Pixabay
School of Fish Jack Drafahl, Pixabay
Wolves video by Zethian, Pixabay
Wolves video by Nicky, Pixabay
Nicholas Humphrey, Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies interview
Cat video, NickyPe, Pixabay
Particles Video by Tomislav Jakupec, Pixabay
Jaytee and Pam Smart, a filmed experiment, by Orban Wallace
Dr Richard Wiseman at QED 2016, AlasdhairJohnston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Demonstration - Zener Card Testing for Telepathy, Rhine Research Center - Classic, youtube.com/watch?v=Epw5q_p3zdQ
Telepathy with the Nolan Sisters, filmed for Channel 5 TV and aired in Britain in 2004
The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence, Google TechTalks, youtube.com/watch?v=JnA8GUtXpXY
The real obstacle to scientific progress with Rupert Sheldrake, Peter Atkins, IAI, youtube.com/shorts/m7VJw3hEai0
Richard Dawkins, Facebook/The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
Kalahari Bushman video, youtube.com/watch?v=3_ceYxvLZpY
J. Krishnamurti - Madras 1982 - Seminar 1, youtube.com/watch?v=SMUPRUC4gg4
Enjoy ad-free viewing, early access, exclusive videos, and Rupert Responds Q&As.
Become a YouTube member (click Join below) or become a supporter on Substack: rupertsheldrake.substack.com
My Telepathy Research: sheldrake.org/telepathy
00:00 The birth of telepathy research
02:03 The experiment that broke my skepticism
06:03 Morphogenetic fields and social animals
11:17 Wolves and quantum entanglement
14:54 Telepathy in domestic animals
17:21 Dogs that know when their owners are coming home
26:22 Nkisi, the telepathic parrot
30:27 Human telepathy
32:34 Nursing mothers and distant babies
35:15 Telephone telepathy
41:28 Email and internet experiments
48:50 Ruling out precognition
51:21 Militant skeptics: Atkins, Wolpert, Dawkins
56:08 Consciousness and traditional societies
1:00:09 Q&A
Photo and video credits____
Great Court, Trinity College, by John Mason, CC BY 2.0, flickr
Cambridge Trinity College Neviles Court, Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Giraffe by a Termite Mound by Simon Greig, Dreamstime.com
Termite video by Steve Dylan De Sousa Noleto, Pixabay
Starlings video by gekkodigitalmedia, Pixabay
School of Fish video by Angel Perez, Pixabay
School of Fish Jack Drafahl, Pixabay
Wolves video by Zethian, Pixabay
Wolves video by Nicky, Pixabay
Nicholas Humphrey, Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies interview
Cat video, NickyPe, Pixabay
Particles Video by Tomislav Jakupec, Pixabay
Jaytee and Pam Smart, a filmed experiment, by Orban Wallace
Dr Richard Wiseman at QED 2016, AlasdhairJohnston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Demonstration - Zener Card Testing for Telepathy, Rhine Research Center - Classic, youtube.com/watch?v=Epw5q_p3zdQ
Telepathy with the Nolan Sisters, filmed for Channel 5 TV and aired in Britain in 2004
The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence, Google TechTalks, youtube.com/watch?v=JnA8GUtXpXY
The real obstacle to scientific progress with Rupert Sheldrake, Peter Atkins, IAI, youtube.com/shorts/m7VJw3hEai0
Richard Dawkins, Facebook/The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
Kalahari Bushman video, youtube.com/watch?v=3_ceYxvLZpY
J. Krishnamurti - Madras 1982 - Seminar 1, youtube.com/watch?v=SMUPRUC4gg4
