I often retire in the early hours of the morning listening to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast on headphones. Last night I fell asleep right before Rupert Sheldrake, a New-Age thinker who is more a poet than a scientist, came on as the featured guest. I did, however, wake long enough to hear of Sheldrake’s latest on-line “experiment,” before clucking my tongue in disgust and falling asleep again. Here it is, folks–and you may try it out yourself by going to Sheldrake’s website:

Photo Telepathy Test

Can you tell when someone is looking at your photo?
If someone looks at your photograph and thinks about you, can you feel it?
Find out by trying the photo telepathy test

Source: Sheldrake

Is this scientific thinking? No, I’d aver that it smacks of the kind of thinking done by 16th century savants, such as Cornelius Agrippa and the like. In fact, I’ve just been reading about Paracelsus’ weapon salve, which works on a similar principal, I believe, although Sheldrake will gussy it up by talk of “morphic fields.”

Truly, Rupert Sheldrake has gone off the deep end this time.