Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2014-09-16
Books mentioned on #550 - Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake is an author, lecturer, and researcher in the field of parapsychology, known for his proposed theory of morphic resonance. Learn more about your ad choices.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a seminal popular science book that presents a gene-centric view of evolution, arguing that natural selection operates at the level of genes rather than organisms or species.
Discussed“this is the basis of Richard Dawkins work for example his book The Selfish Gene is based on that model”
Where to get it
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
Discussed“he wrote a book called the variation of animals and plants under domestication it's less well known than his most famous book The Origin of Species”
Where to get it
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication Volume 1
Discussed“he wrote a book called the variation of animals and plants under domestication it's less well known than his most famous book The Origin of Species”
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The Sword of the Lord
The Sword of the Lord is a historical examination of the roots and trajectory of American religious fundamentalism by Andrew Himes.
Recommended“it's called The Sword of the lord it's written by a guy called Andrew heims”
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The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi is a classic Japanese treatise on strategy, martial arts, and philosophy written by an accomplished samurai who famously triumphed in numerous one-on-one sword duels.
Discussed“M to Musashi had this expression um that he wrote In the book of five rings that once you understand the way broadly you will see it in all things”
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The Psychic Side of Sports
The Psychic Side of Sports is an intriguing exploration of anomalous phenomena and heightened intuition experienced by athletes, co-authored by Michael Murphy and Rhea A.
Recommended“and Michael Murphy who founded the esin Institute did a fascinating book called the psychic side of sports”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so I wrote this up in a book called a new science of Life which was published in 1981”
“then I wrote another book called the present of the past um which puts the theory forward in its fullest form and that's my main theoretical book”
“it's less well known than his most famous book The Origin of Species”
“so anyway I I wrote about this in my book the sense of being stared at about this research and about its implication for the nature of our minds”
“I wrote a book called dogs that know when their owners are coming home I did lots of experiments on”