CHICAGO, May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Beginning May 1, 2015, and continuing through July, TheBestSchools.org will host an in-depth dialogue on the nature of science between post-materialist biologist Rupert Sheldrake and renowned skeptic Michael Shermer.
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TheBestSchools.org is a leading online educational website. Besides helping prospective students choose schools and degree programs, TBS underscores what is best and most noteworthy in education and has consequently engaged Drs. Sheldrake and Shermer in a three-month, intensive dialog on the nature of science.
Each month of the dialog will be focus on a main topic:
May 2015: Materialism in Science
Sheldrake: Science must free itself from materialist dogma; indeed, science misunderstands nature by being wedded to purely materialist explanations.
Shermer: Science, properly conceived, is a materialistic enterprise; for science to look beyond materialist explanations is to betray science and engage in superstition.
Opening Statements are available now.
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June 2015: Mental Action at a Distance
Sheldrake: Telepathy, ESP, and psychic/psi phenomena in general are real and backed up by convincing evidence; their investigation deserves to be part of science.
Shermer: Psychic or psi phenomena are artifacts of poor experimental procedure or outright fraud; no convincing evidence or experiments support their reality.
July 2015: God and Science
Sheldrake: There is no conflict between science and the existence of God; evidence from conscious experience renders belief in God reasonable.
Shermer: Science in no way supports the existence of God; in fact, science undercuts the reasonableness of belief in God.
Structure of the Dialogue
Each month, we will simultaneously post opening statements from Drs. Sheldrake and Shermer running between 2–2,500 words. Both participants will then have 10 days to submit a response of 1–1,500 words, to be posted simultaneously. Finally, around the 20th of the month, each will reply to the other's response with 5–750 words, also to be posted simultaneously. Neither Dr. Sheldrake nor Dr. Shermer will see each other's statement until both are posted online.
All statements in this dialogue will appear on TheBestSchools.org website. The statements will appear in full and unaltered. Comments from readers will be enabled for the duration of the dialogue—we encourage a vigorous, albeit civil exchange.
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