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Science Set Free

10 Paths to New Discovery

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 The bestselling author of Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home offers an intriguing new assessment of modern day science that will radically change the way we view what is possible.

In Science Set Free (originally published to acclaim in the UK as The Science Delusion), Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have, over the years, hardened into dogmas. Such dogmas are not only limiting, but dangerous for the future of humanity.
 
According to these principles, all of reality is material or physical; the world is a machine, made up of inanimate matter; nature is purposeless; consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain; free will is an illusion; God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls.
 
But should science be a belief-system, or a method of enquiry? Sheldrake shows that the materialist ideology is moribund; under its sway, increasingly expensive research is reaping diminishing returns while societies around the world are paying the price.
 
In the skeptical spirit of true science, Sheldrake turns the ten fundamental dogmas of materialism into exciting questions, and shows how all of them open up startling new possibilities for discovery.
 
Science Set Free will radically change your view of what is real and what is possible. Astronomy & Space Science Physics Religious Studies Science Spirituality Cosmology Astronomy Mathematics Consciousness Metaphysical Human Brain
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Excellent work. It challenges the underlying premise of prominent scientific thought and pits Science against Scientism

incisive and Thought-provoking

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I highly recommend this book to those who are curious and want to explore the world around us. I found this book really easy to get into, I was immediately engaged with what he was saying. I really enjoyed the dogmas he called into question and how he gives very clear and entertaining examples of the exceptions to the rules so to speak. I really didn't know that so much is based on theory and beliefs rather than proof. He poses questions throughout the book that are really gentle and thought provoking. I sat with those questions for a little bit and it really highlighted my own assumptions. This book has fired up my curiosity to learn more! I thought this was an excellent book, will be listening to this one a few times.

I couldn't stop listening

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A very relaxed, unbiased suggestion that the human race takes another look at what takes for granted. I really enjoyed listening to it. You don’t need a science background just an open mind.

A true scientist!!

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