On the Edges of Knowledge | Rupert Sheldrake vs. Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer and Rupert Sheldrake go head-to-head over science, skepticism, spiritual claims, and the boundaries of knowledge itself.

Can you feel it when someone is watching you? The two thinkers challenge each other on where the edges of knowledge truly lie. Hosted by Güneş Taylor.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:32 Michael Shermer pitch
05:48 Rupert Sheldrake pitch
13:58 Who is censoring you?
17:39 Psychic research evidence
20:30 Consciousness
22:02 What is evidence?
22:52 Alternative theories of physics
25:35 Mechanistic materialism
27:37 Roger Penrose
29:28 How do ideas become accepted?
30:45 Burden of proof
32:24 Scientific conservatism
34:28 Alternative medicine
36:30 Everybody thinks they're Galileo