Heretical Science
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| Description: | Lecture at the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft symposium on Science and Society, Cambridge, February 2013, in which the difficulties faced by advances running counter to the views prevailing in the scientific community were discussed. |
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| Created: | 2013-02-26 10:52 | ||||
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Brian Josephson's lecture collection
Mind–Matter Unification videos |
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| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||
| Copyright: | Professor Brian David Josephson | ||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||
| Keywords: | heresy; paranormal; ESP; memory of water; intelligent design; cold fusion; | ||||
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| Abstract: | Discussions with colleagues at my college, Trinity, brought me in touch with ideas considered out of place by the majority in academia. Since that first contact I have had an interest in a number of such heresies, and in the factors causing such subjects to remain heresies for a very long period of time despite much evidence to the contrary. In two cases (the Intelligent Design hypothesis; the claim that water can have a memory) hostile reactions are so intense that rational discussion seems impossible.
After a discussion of the various factors involved in the barring from proper discussion of ideas considered heretical I conclude gloomily that perhaps in many cases only the passage of time can provide a remedy. |
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