# Rupert Sheldrake- Banned Ted Talk

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Podcast: [Elysium Audio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/elysium-audio-7067779)
Published: 2026-05-02T18:57:22+00:00
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## Resource

Rupert Sheldrake (born June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture that lacks mainstream acceptance and has been widely criticized as pseudoscience. He has worked as a biochemist at Cambridge University, a Harvard scholar, a researcher at the Royal Society, and a plant physiologist for ICRISAT in India.

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