Jason Jorjani

And they thought that forms were causes. So you had in Aristotle, you had a material cause, which is what something's made of. Then you have the formal cause, which is like what the thing is supposed, what shape the thing is supposed to take. and it's embedded in the seed. And then you have the purpose of the thing.

And they thought that forms were causes. So you had in Aristotle, you had a material cause, which is what something's made of. Then you have the formal cause, which is like what the thing is supposed, what shape the thing is supposed to take. and it's embedded in the seed. And then you have the purpose of the thing.

And they thought that forms were causes. So you had in Aristotle, you had a material cause, which is what something's made of. Then you have the formal cause, which is like what the thing is supposed, what shape the thing is supposed to take. and it's embedded in the seed. And then you have the purpose of the thing.

And then efficient causality, which is the only one we're left with in modern physics, is just how these other causes shape the thing. And that's all we're left with in modern physics. What Rupert Sheldrake found is lots of evidence for formal causes. And he calls it formative causation or morphic resonance. Morphe is the Greek for form. Okay, morphic resonance.

And then efficient causality, which is the only one we're left with in modern physics, is just how these other causes shape the thing. And that's all we're left with in modern physics. What Rupert Sheldrake found is lots of evidence for formal causes. And he calls it formative causation or morphic resonance. Morphe is the Greek for form. Okay, morphic resonance.

And then efficient causality, which is the only one we're left with in modern physics, is just how these other causes shape the thing. And that's all we're left with in modern physics. What Rupert Sheldrake found is lots of evidence for formal causes. And he calls it formative causation or morphic resonance. Morphe is the Greek for form. Okay, morphic resonance.

Resonance of form or formative causation. So, for example, this is what Greer was trying to get across. It turns out that in a pharmaceutical laboratory, when you try to crystallize a compound for the first time to make a drug, let's say, right? The first time you try to crystallize a chemical compound, it takes a very long time to cohere.

Resonance of form or formative causation. So, for example, this is what Greer was trying to get across. It turns out that in a pharmaceutical laboratory, when you try to crystallize a compound for the first time to make a drug, let's say, right? The first time you try to crystallize a chemical compound, it takes a very long time to cohere.

Resonance of form or formative causation. So, for example, this is what Greer was trying to get across. It turns out that in a pharmaceutical laboratory, when you try to crystallize a compound for the first time to make a drug, let's say, right? The first time you try to crystallize a chemical compound, it takes a very long time to cohere.

It's very hit and miss and takes a long time to cohere, to crystallize. The second time you try to synthesize that compound in a completely different laboratory, let's say on the other side of the planet, it forms instantly. Much faster. Yeah. So it's as if when something works and takes shape in a certain way for the first time, something about the world remembers that it works that way.

It's very hit and miss and takes a long time to cohere, to crystallize. The second time you try to synthesize that compound in a completely different laboratory, let's say on the other side of the planet, it forms instantly. Much faster. Yeah. So it's as if when something works and takes shape in a certain way for the first time, something about the world remembers that it works that way.

It's very hit and miss and takes a long time to cohere, to crystallize. The second time you try to synthesize that compound in a completely different laboratory, let's say on the other side of the planet, it forms instantly. Much faster. Yeah. So it's as if when something works and takes shape in a certain way for the first time, something about the world remembers that it works that way.

And so the second time it's attempted, it takes that shape much more quickly. It's a resonance of form across space and time, irrespective of space and time. And a lot of evidence of that has been found in biology, where they call it convergent evolution also. This is another name for this, convergent evolution, where...

And so the second time it's attempted, it takes that shape much more quickly. It's a resonance of form across space and time, irrespective of space and time. And a lot of evidence of that has been found in biology, where they call it convergent evolution also. This is another name for this, convergent evolution, where...

And so the second time it's attempted, it takes that shape much more quickly. It's a resonance of form across space and time, irrespective of space and time. And a lot of evidence of that has been found in biology, where they call it convergent evolution also. This is another name for this, convergent evolution, where...

you have two completely distinct species, like let's say a species of dolphin. And then you have a certain kind of land mammal or whatever, you know. And there are certain solutions to evolutionary stresses that are arrived at in these two completely distinct species whose common ancestor is like millions of years in the past.

you have two completely distinct species, like let's say a species of dolphin. And then you have a certain kind of land mammal or whatever, you know. And there are certain solutions to evolutionary stresses that are arrived at in these two completely distinct species whose common ancestor is like millions of years in the past.

you have two completely distinct species, like let's say a species of dolphin. And then you have a certain kind of land mammal or whatever, you know. And there are certain solutions to evolutionary stresses that are arrived at in these two completely distinct species whose common ancestor is like millions of years in the past.

And because it seemed to work in one species, evolution seems to adopt that solution in a completely unrelated species. So what Greer was suggesting is that if this type of causation, morphic resonance or formative causation, works irrespective of space-time, it could be the case that on planets that are slightly different from ours...

And because it seemed to work in one species, evolution seems to adopt that solution in a completely unrelated species. So what Greer was suggesting is that if this type of causation, morphic resonance or formative causation, works irrespective of space-time, it could be the case that on planets that are slightly different from ours...