The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle, leaving only the details to be filled in.
Rupert SheldrakeAt the moment of insight, a potential pattern of organized behavior comes into being.
Rupert SheldrakeI'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.
Rupert SheldrakeThe assumption that the laws of nature are eternal is a vestige of the Christian belief system that informed the early postulates of modern science in the seventeenth century. Perhaps the laws of nature have actually evolved along with nature itself, and perhaps they are still evolving. Or perhaps they are not laws at all, but more like habits.
Rupert Sheldrake