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Old 06-17-2008, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by David Bailey View Post
I have a strong suspicion he would have been excommunicated even without that theory!

The very idea that a Cambridge educated biologist would test potential paranormal links with animals was enough, I suspect. Rupert has Maddox's clip on his website, and it is interesting that he didn't try to fault Rupert's results, merely condemn him for "re-introducing magic into the explanation of physical and biological phenomena".

David
Completely agree, David. I get the sense that Sheldrake is continually surprised at just how out-of-whack the Skeptical community has distorted the science in this area.
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