I wasn't aware of this when I read the article, but have now done some further (Reply #8)

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 01:59 PM

cbayer (146,218 posts)

8. I wasn't aware of this when I read the article, but have now done some further

reading about him and have re-read in context.

Whatever he is, he's pretty interesting for being so non-traditional, imo. And he certainly has been handsomely rewarded in academic fields for the *work* he has done.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion [View all]	cbayer	Dec 2012	OP
Or as one of my colleagues puts it:	Turbineguy	Dec 2012	#1
Both wise and perceptive, and a viewpoint that needs to be taken to heart. nt	humblebum	Dec 2012	#2
Ahh, that Rupert sheldrake	Confusious	Dec 2012	#3
I'm not that familiar with his scientific work, but I think his take here	cbayer	Dec 2012	#5
His recent resume is very much something to sneeze at	LeftishBrit	Dec 2012	#7
I think you make very valid points.	cbayer	Dec 2012	#9
Actually he's very good experimentalist	tama	Dec 2012	#13
When I was in grad school in the 70's	Speck Tater	Dec 2012	#26
"Observer bias" and "degree of plausibility" combined	tama	Dec 2012	#30
If one were to judge his argument by his resume, that would just be argument from authority....	xocet	Dec 2012	#29
Couple points	tama	Dec 2012	#31
Actually, I first read this without any idea of who he was, and I found it interesting.	cbayer	Dec 2012	#36
Liberal materialism has become the dominant mode	burnsei sensei	Dec 2012	#4
Maybe - but one of the best-known practitioners of bad science is Rupert Sheldrake himself	LeftishBrit	Dec 2012	#6
I wasn't aware of this when I read the article, but have now done some further	cbayer	Dec 2012	#8
He's unorthodox, for sure	tama	Dec 2012	#14
He is not unorthodox - he is a purveyor of Woo	intaglio	Dec 2012	#17
Well then	tama	Dec 2012	#18
Blindfolding has little effect	intaglio	Dec 2012	#23
Actually	tama	Dec 2012	#24
Thanks, tama. I found his writing intriguing, and looking into	cbayer	Dec 2012	#22
While some of Sheldrake's stuff is way outside the box,	Thats my opinion	Dec 2012	#10
And so were/are a lot of crackpots and cultists.	LeftishBrit	Dec 2012	#11
The why don't you	tama	Dec 2012	#15
That's an idiotic comparison...	Humanist_Activist	Dec 2012	#28
Here's a free logic lesson from Carl Sagan:	trotsky	Dec 2012	#35
thats pretty rich coming from rupert sheldrake	Phillip McCleod	Dec 2012	#12
Phillip McCleod is a crackpot	tama	Dec 2012	#16
Which particular site? The Huffington Post?	cbayer	Dec 2012	#21
They are also home to a lot of crackpot woo.	trotsky	Dec 2012	#34
Dishonest and self-serving	skepticscott	Dec 2012	#19
"Bad science gets better. Bad religion stays bad."	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#20
Sheldrake is a crank who probably has Schizotypal Personality Disorder.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#25
Well, this man definitely represents bad science, and I can't see a difference...	Humanist_Activist	Dec 2012	#27
Here's my take on Sheldrake	Fortinbras Armstrong	Dec 2012	#32
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2014	#37
Bad science can be countered (and conquered) by good science.	trotsky	Dec 2012	#33

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