I asked David if it was possible to get email notifications of his posts, and he has now added a "follow" button so that people can do that.
(2018-10-29, 06:32 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Here is this week's instalment:
https://davidmetcalfe.wordpress.com/2018...-10-29-18/
This mentions another organisation promoting research into "themes bridging science, spirituality and consciousness", called the Scientific and Medical Network (SMN). Its website is here:
https://explore.scimednet.org/
It has an online journal called "Paradigm Explorer":
https://explore.scimednet.org/index.php/...r-journal/
And it has also created something called the "Galileo Commission", which is launching a report it has produced this Wednesday:
https://www.galileocommission.org/
What with the Campaign for Open Science and the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialistic Sciences, there seems to be no shortage of umbrella organisations in the field.
Before I left the UK I was a member of the Scientific and Medical Network for several years. The organisation was formed, as the name suggests, to connect people working in science and medicine who were open-minded enough to look beyond the constraints of the current materialist paradigm. By the time I joined, members of the general public were welcome but the majority of the organisers and conference speakers were from those professional disciplines. I met Peter Fenwick and his wife several times, once sharing a dinner table with them after a conference - a lovely, interesting and sincere couple. Also met Sheldrake there but wasn't able to get much of a conversation with him as he was much in demand.
(2018-10-29, 09:06 PM)Kamarling Wrote: [ -> ]Before I left the UK I was a member of the Scientific and Medical Network for several years. The organisation was formed, as the name suggests, to connect people working in science and medicine who were open-minded enough to look beyond the constraints of the current materialist paradigm. By the time I joined, members of the general public were welcome but the majority of the organisers and conference speakers were from those professional disciplines. I met Peter Fenwick and his wife several times, once sharing a dinner table with them after a conference - a lovely, interesting and sincere couple. Also met Sheldrake there but wasn't able to get much of a conversation with him as he was much in demand.
Thanks for that information. I must admit I'd never heard of this Network.
(2018-10-29, 06:32 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]And it has also created something called the "Galileo Commission", which is launching a report it has produced this Wednesday:
https://www.galileocommission.org/
I don't know whether launching it at Halloween is a deliberate attempt to garner publicity, but it doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
I am tempted to go along to the launch, though at £10 for a two-hour academic presentation they're not going out of their way to attract a big audience.