Morphic Resonance?

[seer]

A viable theory?

Morphic resonance is a process whereby self-organising systems inherit a memory from previous similar systems. In its most general formulation, morphic resonance means that the so-called laws of nature are more like habits. The hypothesis of morphic resonance also leads to a radically new interpretation of memory storage in the brain and of biological inheritance. Memory need not be stored in material traces inside brains, which are more like TV receivers than video recorders, tuning into influences from the past. And biological inheritance need not all be coded in the genes, or in epigenetic modifications of the genes; much of it depends on morphic resonance from previous members of the species. Thus each individual inherits a collective memory from past members of the species, and also contributes to the collective memory, affecting other members of the species in the future.

http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance

[Cerebrum123]

Sounds like a cool basis for some kind of science fiction, but sounds about as real as the Animus from Assassin's Creed.

[Sparko]

Sounds like some mumbo-jumbo psuedo-science made up to explain "past lives" or something.

[seer]

Sounds like some mumbo-jumbo psuedo-science made up to explain "past lives" or something.

Here is a blog that explains it better: https://calvindude.org/post/morphic-resonance

[Sparko]

Here is a blog that explains it better: https://calvindude.org/post/morphic-resonance

yeesh. worse than I thought.

reminds me of Kirlian photography.

[shunyadragon]

Here is a blog that explains it better: https://calvindude.org/post/morphic-resonance

Blue smoke and mirrors.

[TheLurch]

Sheldrake's a well known crackpot.

[seer]

Sheldrake's a well known crackpot.

Really? Crap - I thought I found something cool!

[Cerebrum123]

yeesh. worse than I thought.

reminds me of Kirlian photography.

Wait, people photograph kirlia?

[Yttrium]

Really? Crap - I thought I found something cool!

If it makes you feel any better, it was featured prominently in the TV series Torchwood: Miracle Day.

[firstfloor]

A viable theory?

No.

[Duragizer]

So, genetic memory repackaged under a Trekkian name?