I've had very profound experiences too. But I've understood that it's not in the substance per se. It's that certain substances remove the "veil" that keeps us focused in a 3-D world and we see beyond to reality. So what you notice is TRUTH, not the drug itself. That's the profundity.
@@jasminejones9937 There's a broad range of experiences. Mine have typically had an archetypal theme and some psychedelic visuals but I haven't had an experience that led to permanent spiritual growth. Others have, it's just that the people I met who really got deep into it were a bit weird and spacey so I always did it in moderation so as not to become a burnout. I found my experiences very enjoyable, but I knew to be cautious, especially with stuff like molly and ecstasy because they're known to be more addictive than mushrooms and LSD (although it's a myth that you can't get addicted to these, I've met people who were). Never managed to get my hands on ayahuasca or DMT though so I can't speak on those, I understand they're probably the best for more profound spiritual experiences though. These types of drugs are much more positive overall than stuff like tobacco, alcohol, meth etc. but I still think people who live completely clean lives are better off as a result.
Although I am not a practicing Christian...I am a great admirer of Sheldrake for shattering the barrier imposed on modern thought by reductionist materialism. It is a kind of voluntary imaginative lobotomy, in my opinion...and a cultural dead end. One of the great inspirational minds of our age.
Wonderful biologist, philosopher and scientist! A model to be emulated. A gift from above for any honest mind and soul. Anyone wishing to keep up with timeless as well as current developments of highest knowledge should closely follow at least three contemporary thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, Thomas Campbell and Donald Hoffman. We are blessed to have them in these interesting but worrisome times.
He is much appreciated, not particularly by the western reductionist, devout followers of the materialism mechanistic gospels. I empathize for them as their purposeless universe disintegrates.
At 36:29 Rupert describes similarities between sports and meditation where "the flow" is achieved. Basically when you're in your groove and don't need to think about what you are doing because of the high level of skill attained. I've definitely experienced this as a musician as well. Especially when jamming (improvising) with other musicians or playing along with records and do whatever I feel without consciously thinking about it.
test being done on brain activity on footballers reacting to the ball show that the more skilled the player the less brain activity is necessary for them to preform the re-action to play the ball. also implying that its is some sort of learned intuition. What makes sense because footballers dont have the time to process all the possibility`s and possible outcomes of their play. On the otherhand,untrained people wont be able to perform these actions with succes with simular or more or less brain activity.
This is a really great discussion. Talking about the consciousness of planets, astrology is based on the idea that planets have consciousness and influence events. And this work of using scientific methods to demonstrate the positive effects of spiritual practices is also a great way of getting people to look at these questions more openly.
A beautiful discussion which has embraced my self (consciousness), perhaps the only part of US that is permanent and interlinked to all others and the universe. I really like thae view that we are a part of nature, as opposed to it's masters. I dare say I am a Hindu in the West and I feel this discussion makes me feel comfortable, particularly as the interviewer is from the next generation. Please keep up the great work.
This man is a model of what scientists should be- instead he's vilified and dismissed showing the closed minds of scientists same as the closed minds of most of the religious- I'm a jazz piano player and i can vouch for morphic resonance from experiencing it on stage- tapping into consciousness beyond the braiin- when you're playing you aren't thinking so where are the notes coming from?
Jimyblues We haven't moved much forward in terms of mindset since the times of Galileo, have we? Only once you needed to be a Bishop to refuse to watch through a telescope, now you just need a tenure in any subject....
I have seen Auras all my life, my Mother finally admitted she had that “gift”. This gift can be a curse in a crowd. I have felt the life force I all things, even in real works of art, one can feel the emotion instilled in the piece. I have openly questioned some masterpieces as fakes, if no real emotion can be felt. As a finance manager, I could get the story of all people I saw and I could get many financed. The down side, I could feel the anxiety of of individuals in crowds.
@ Charles Mims How remarkable Charles! I immediately wondered what you would see/feel/perceive if you looked at the Helga paintings of Andrew Wyeth, or any painting by Hopper. Even ordinary people can feel the powerful 'vibe' in these works, but you might sense so much more.
@@theinkbrainThats very cool! I am an artist (emotionally driven) Mostly abstract vivid contrasting colors and flowing lines all done by feeling... I was very clairvoyant. I could find things for people, knew when things would happen, could tell when people lied and could figure out people's true motives easily. Then i dated this girl for ten years who would manipulate my gift so badly it totally screwed up my calibration. I would believe her and stopped trusting my intuition. It got to the point where it broke me mentally and trashed my self esteem. #PsychicVampireSuccubus
Those who have been on the other side of the veil know that we came from that side as beings who already existed, and we will return upon the death of this temporary avatar, the human form. They also know that the other side is more real than THIS side... The Creator exists.
Entheogens seem to enhance eloquence (and give you more to talk about, the otherwise unvisited knowledge) ....I mean, this is someone who has been there with Terence McKenna, Gnostic Saint!
I thought so in the 70thies. Reading it now It still has debt, but I notice how he never predicted something sientific. (like say, the explanding of the universe ) lso for a ancient ubersoul, Seth could have (for example) told everyone to stop moking, ( instead he even had smoking breaks'..;)
At about 26:42 he talks about a depressing world view and all the depressed people in our culture. So he is much more effective than most psychotherapist with his suggestion. Wow !!
Krisha said, You cant go back to past to change, you cant see or build future now, so is easy to be in bliss is to remain in present moment, and that’s all we have.
The Dark ages were not very dark. The people of medieval Europe were much wiser then we take them for. The age of enlightenment was anything but enlightened. The Crusades were a reaction to massive islamic invasion not the other way around. God bless Mr Sheldrake. Deo Vindice
Mother Earth 🌏 is alive and in communication with us, but we stubbornly refuse to listen...as a result we have become a danger to ourselves and all sentient beings.
I think the brain is a lens. It focuses consciousness from past, present and future of the spaces it inhabits, into the spot that is your body. And the earth and the stars and the brain is itself a consequence of that universal consciousness focusing, materialising.
Wimhof method is some sort of mind bending technique and it has a simple shortcut to get to that hightened state of mind that a long practice of yoga can get you to.
Intention can perhaps be compared to the Hindu concept of Sankalpam सङ्कल्प - Samkalpa - is a Sanskrit word meaning a resolution; a free will or a determination. The word Sankalpa itself means good intention, an oath or a resolution to do something, a solemn pledge to do something good.All Yagnas and worships are accomplished after taking a vow for its performance. Sankalpa is nothing but an expression of feeling which the Saadhaka (doer) has for accomplishment of a Saadhana (task). By making a pledge a person becomes committed towards the accomplishment of his goal. Taking sankalpa as also oath means becoming committed to something and making Paramatma /Ista-Devata witness of it. Samkalpa or will and its purpose is discussed in Chandogya Upanishad - Adhyaya 8 - Kanda 4. संकल्पो वाव मनसो भूयान्यदा वै संकल्पततेऽथ मनस्यत्यथं वाचमीरयति तामु नाम्नीरयति नाम्नि मन्त्रा एकं भवन्ति मन्त्रेषु कर्माणि ||१|| Will is greater than the mind.For one wills ,then he reflects , then he utters speech , and then he utters it in Name. In the Name the mantras become one ; and in the mantras sacrifice become one. The examples of the power of the will (Samkalpa) are given in next mantra. तानि ह वा एतानि संकल्पैकायनानि संकल्पात्मकानि संकल्पे प्रतिष्ठितानि संकृप्तां द्यवापृथिवि संकल्पेतां वायुश्र्चाssका शं च संकल्पन्तां ssपश्र्च तेजश्र्च तेषां संकृप्तयै वर्ष संकल्पते वर्षस्य संकृप्त्या अन्न. ....||2| The Heaven earth willed ; the air and Akasha willed ; the water and fire willed. Through will of these , Rain wills ; through the will of Rain food wills ; through the will of the food the Breath wills.through the will of breath Mantra wil; Through the will of Mantra sacrifice will.Through the will of sacrifice the world wills through the will of the world , all things will , this is will meditate upon will .
At around 6 minutes Rupert comments on the lack of funding for research into complimentary medicine. That reminded me of this BBC documentary that concludes with an interesting experiment focused on a single acupuncture point with the patient's reaction recorded on MRI brain scans. th-cam.com/video/D53UwyJWa3w/w-d-xo.html
I’d love to ask Rupert and his ilk who exactly got those kids out of that submerged cave in Thailand a few years ago? Was it those pragmatic divers or the spiritual monks waving fishing nets at the mountain goddess whom they believed trapped the kids on purpose….when actually they became trapped because of an oversight when it rained a lot making the entrance submerged.
Good grief, Sheldrake never implied anything of the sort as suggested in your comment. You're obviously one of the closed minded logical positivists he speaks of.
Of course the cosmos is intergrated...how can apart of it ie the mind be seperate.that would be odd a seperate human mind and kind of ridiculous. It is one.
"To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life's meaning - experiences for which all spiritual seekers seek." How much loony stuff can you take???
I’ve watched a number of his talks and can’t think of a single example that’s he’s backed up with any evidence. Footballers are telepathic, good grief. They play within the boundaries of a pitch knowing the rules and having practiced repetitively, I would suggest it’s just where the team player is likely to be based on probability. Just like the assertion dogs can hear their owners car from across the city because the dog knows they just made a conscious decision to come home. Waffle: dogs are creatures of habit that default to routine, it’s why you can train them with food. As for his belief all matter is conscious except when it’s asleep…fancy offering any evidence instead of attempting to take us back to the dark ages?
Hey, if you're genuinely interested in evidence then Rupert has written about 90 scientific papers. He has published data and evidence, all of which can be found in his website. He has described about his experiments in a lot of talks, If you have really watched his lectures as you claim. There is even a documentary about his experiments. You might as well want to check out Russel Targ and Dean Radin, again only of you're genuinely interested and not a troll.
There has been a dog experiment, carried-out according to the scientific method, which proves that a dog can 'feel' when its owner decides on the spot to come home, on a non-routine time, from unknow location, in a car which is not the owner's. So, the idea of telepathy in dogs is shown to be a real thing. th-cam.com/video/aA5wAm2c01w/w-d-xo.html
What the heck!? Everytime I click a video he's repeating himself literally word for word. Like he was giving a script and rehearsed it in front of the mirror a thousand times. Does he have any new evidence or material before I waste my time
The interviewer asked overly specific guided questions, causing Rupert to have to give very specific answers. At times, he even offered an answer to his own question before a response could be given. The interviewer also displayed a high level of narcissism (not saying that's bad, but certainly not conducive for an interview), so the answers he felt comfortable giving did not tend to stretch far outside what he's most publicly known for, likely as he didn't want to trigger the guy.
He's one of my idols... Love him. Beautiful open mind, and such a lovely person.
What an incredibly wise man is that Sheldrake.. So pleasant to listen to him.
He is amazing.
The experiences I have had on mushrooms changed my world view and remain the most profound spiritual experiences I have ever had.
I've had very profound experiences too. But I've understood that it's not in the substance per se. It's that certain substances remove the "veil" that keeps us focused in a 3-D world and we see beyond to reality. So what you notice is TRUTH, not the drug itself. That's the profundity.
@@margaretlouise6200 So what's "the truth" ? (for those of us who've never done magic mushrooms...)
@@jasminejones9937 There's a broad range of experiences. Mine have typically had an archetypal theme and some psychedelic visuals but I haven't had an experience that led to permanent spiritual growth. Others have, it's just that the people I met who really got deep into it were a bit weird and spacey so I always did it in moderation so as not to become a burnout.
I found my experiences very enjoyable, but I knew to be cautious, especially with stuff like molly and ecstasy because they're known to be more addictive than mushrooms and LSD (although it's a myth that you can't get addicted to these, I've met people who were). Never managed to get my hands on ayahuasca or DMT though so I can't speak on those, I understand they're probably the best for more profound spiritual experiences though.
These types of drugs are much more positive overall than stuff like tobacco, alcohol, meth etc. but I still think people who live completely clean lives are better off as a result.
Although I am not a practicing Christian...I am a great admirer of Sheldrake for shattering the barrier imposed on modern thought by reductionist materialism. It is a kind of voluntary imaginative lobotomy, in my opinion...and a cultural dead end. One of the great inspirational minds of our age.
rupert. the grandfather i always wanted, never had and finally found on youtube...
Dr. Sheldrake is a living display of a person who has forgotten more then most will ever know. My hat is off to you sir, forgive me.
Wonderful biologist, philosopher and scientist! A model to be emulated. A gift from above for any honest mind and soul.
Anyone wishing to keep up with timeless as well as current developments of highest knowledge should closely follow at least three contemporary thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, Thomas Campbell and Donald Hoffman. We are blessed to have them in these interesting but worrisome times.
Yes. Thank you
Amazing and insightful discussion the world needs more people like Rupert Sheldrake,
This guy is awesome. Explains why I love going so fast on my bikes and surfing any day there is a good wave!
He is much appreciated, not particularly by the western reductionist, devout followers of the materialism mechanistic gospels. I empathize for them as their purposeless universe disintegrates.
At 36:29 Rupert describes similarities between sports and meditation where "the flow" is achieved. Basically when you're in your groove and don't need to think about what you are doing because of the high level of skill attained. I've definitely experienced this as a musician as well. Especially when jamming (improvising) with other musicians or playing along with records and do whatever I feel without consciously thinking about it.
an important aspect being; you probably need to have mastery over that skill in order to achieve the flow state
test being done on brain activity on footballers reacting to the ball show that the more skilled the player the less brain activity is necessary for them to preform the re-action to play the ball. also implying that its is some sort of learned intuition.
What makes sense because footballers dont have the time to process all the possibility`s and possible outcomes of their play. On the otherhand,untrained people wont be able to perform these actions with succes with simular or more or less brain activity.
Wow! I so enjoyed what Rupert had to say. My favorite of your videos so far.
I really enjoyed what Rupert had to say also.
This is a really great discussion. Talking about the consciousness of planets, astrology is based on the idea that planets have consciousness and influence events. And this work of using scientific methods to demonstrate the positive effects of spiritual practices is also a great way of getting people to look at these questions more openly.
A beautiful discussion which has embraced my self (consciousness), perhaps the only part of US that is permanent and interlinked to all others and the universe. I really like thae view that we are a part of nature, as opposed to it's masters. I dare say I am a Hindu in the West and I feel this discussion makes me feel comfortable, particularly as the interviewer is from the next generation. Please keep up the great work.
This man is a model of what scientists should be- instead he's vilified and dismissed showing the closed minds of scientists same as the closed minds of most of the religious- I'm a jazz piano player and i can vouch for morphic resonance from experiencing it on stage- tapping into consciousness beyond the braiin- when you're playing you aren't thinking so where are the notes coming from?
@ACO 3000 hate much?
Jimyblues We haven't moved much forward in terms of mindset since the times of Galileo, have we? Only once you needed to be a Bishop to refuse to watch through a telescope, now you just need a tenure in any subject....
Amazing input about about the Musical notes. Iam not a musician, but I wonder if Jazz has similiraties to Indian music?
@@harishlathia9926 Yes, Jazz was inspired by Ravi Shankar and Indian classical music's approach of improvisation... 😎
well, thank the thick- headed materialist "neo-atheists" for that. now they're going after Peterson
I have seen Auras all my life, my Mother finally admitted she had that “gift”. This gift can be a curse in a crowd. I have felt the life force I all things, even in real works of art, one can feel the emotion instilled in the piece. I have openly questioned some masterpieces as fakes, if no real emotion can be felt. As a finance manager, I could get the story of all people I saw and I could get many financed. The down side, I could feel the anxiety of of individuals in crowds.
@ Charles Mims How remarkable Charles! I immediately wondered what you would see/feel/perceive if you looked at the Helga paintings of Andrew Wyeth, or any painting by Hopper. Even ordinary people can feel the powerful 'vibe' in these works, but you might sense so much more.
@@theinkbrainThats very cool! I am an artist (emotionally driven) Mostly abstract vivid contrasting colors and flowing lines all done by feeling... I was very clairvoyant. I could find things for people, knew when things would happen, could tell when people lied and could figure out people's true motives easily.
Then i dated this girl for ten years who would manipulate my gift so badly it totally screwed up my calibration. I would believe her and stopped trusting my intuition. It got to the point where it broke me mentally and trashed my self esteem. #PsychicVampireSuccubus
Wow, very interesting, especialy what you said about art!
Those who have been on the other side of the veil know that we came from that side as beings who already existed, and we will return upon the death of this temporary avatar, the human form. They also know that the other side is more real than THIS side... The Creator exists.
Oh yes rblibit....💯🙏
I believe you !
This man is a great hero of mine. He and Jung have influenced my scientific career in ways that can’t be understated.
Rupert is very eloquent.
excellent interview. the interviewer has a good style and is able to listen. this was MUCH APPRECIATED. I am looking forward to your content.
Appreciate your comment. The key to being a moderator is to be 'moderate'... ;)
Just listen to HOW he talks and you can tell he is connected with something clear and calm.
Entheogens seem to enhance eloquence (and give you more to talk about, the otherwise unvisited knowledge) ....I mean, this is someone who has been there with Terence McKenna, Gnostic Saint!
A fascinating, charming and uniquely intelligent and thoughtful individual.
When I take a look around it's very clear to me that this whole world is a living intelligence.
Mr. Sheldrake speaks truth.
I think the world threw the baby out with the bath water when it became scientific. Time to bring the baby back. Great talk!
Best explanation of consciousness is probably in the Seth Material.
I thought so in the 70thies. Reading it now It still has debt, but I notice how he never predicted something sientific. (like say, the explanding of the universe ) lso for a ancient ubersoul, Seth could have (for example) told everyone to stop moking, ( instead he even had smoking breaks'..;)
At about 26:42 he talks about a depressing world view and all the depressed people in our culture. So he is much more effective than most psychotherapist with his suggestion. Wow !!
Krisha said, You cant go back to past to change, you cant see or build future now, so is easy to be in bliss is to remain in present moment, and that’s all we have.
Excellent... thanks 🙏
This is what a genius sounds like.
One field further: further afield! 😂🤣 Great.
Great interview!
Great video! Thank you! It left me with this question. Could a device be invented to measure the wave field of vision intention?
The Dark ages were not very dark. The people of medieval Europe were much wiser then we take them for. The age of enlightenment was anything but enlightened. The Crusades were a reaction to massive islamic invasion not the other way around. God bless Mr Sheldrake. Deo Vindice
he is so eloquent
Mother Earth 🌏 is alive and in communication with us, but we stubbornly refuse to listen...as a result we have become a danger to ourselves and all sentient beings.
If the first guy never talks again i am ok with that.....
good talk Rupert the Richard
very very good
Rupert looks like James Bond's dad
One of those rare people who makes me wish cloning occurred.
I think the brain is a lens. It focuses consciousness from past, present and future of the spaces it inhabits, into the spot that is your body. And the earth and the stars and the brain is itself a consequence of that universal consciousness focusing, materialising.
The Universe is intelligent...
Instinct = morphic resonance?
Wimhof method is some sort of mind bending technique and it has a simple shortcut to get to that hightened state of mind that a long practice of yoga can get you to.
one of the man who actualy "see s"the fine world we (could?)live in...
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48:45 he's wrong. dogs "tell time" by diminishing smell.
👏👏👏
Sheldrake? Immediate like.
Sheldrake is brilliant. To think that in the vastness of the universe the only conscious beings are humans is just silly.
This man is like the new Alan Watts
In a late study Darwin concluded from lengthy observations that worms had minds.
Intention can perhaps be compared to the Hindu concept of Sankalpam
सङ्कल्प - Samkalpa - is a Sanskrit word meaning a resolution; a free will or a determination. The word Sankalpa itself means good intention, an oath or a resolution to do something, a solemn pledge to do something good.All Yagnas and worships are accomplished after taking a vow for its performance. Sankalpa is nothing but an expression of feeling which the Saadhaka (doer) has for accomplishment of a Saadhana (task). By making a pledge a person becomes committed towards the accomplishment of his goal. Taking sankalpa as also oath means becoming committed to something and making Paramatma /Ista-Devata witness of it.
Samkalpa or will and its purpose is discussed in Chandogya Upanishad - Adhyaya 8 - Kanda 4.
संकल्पो वाव मनसो भूयान्यदा वै संकल्पततेऽथ मनस्यत्यथं वाचमीरयति तामु नाम्नीरयति नाम्नि मन्त्रा एकं भवन्ति मन्त्रेषु कर्माणि ||१||
Will is greater than the mind.For one wills ,then he reflects , then he utters speech , and then he utters it in Name. In the Name the mantras become one ; and in the mantras sacrifice become one.
The examples of the power of the will (Samkalpa) are given in next mantra.
तानि ह वा एतानि संकल्पैकायनानि संकल्पात्मकानि संकल्पे प्रतिष्ठितानि संकृप्तां द्यवापृथिवि संकल्पेतां वायुश्र्चाssका शं च संकल्पन्तां ssपश्र्च तेजश्र्च तेषां संकृप्तयै वर्ष संकल्पते वर्षस्य संकृप्त्या अन्न. ....||2|
The Heaven earth willed ; the air and Akasha willed ; the water and fire willed. Through will of these , Rain wills ; through the will of Rain food wills ; through the will of the food the Breath wills.through the will of breath Mantra wil; Through the will of Mantra sacrifice will.Through the will of sacrifice the world wills through the will of the world , all things will , this is will meditate upon will .
JS Bach, A Well Tempered Clavier. Ohm, Ohm, Ohm.....
Future could be very interesting if be naturally creative ….…. 🌞
Also got this reference to intention: facebook.com/carlipamplindreamcoach/photos/a.104961339958513/501917063596270/?type=1&theater
At around 6 minutes Rupert comments on the lack of funding for research into complimentary medicine. That reminded me of this BBC documentary that concludes with an interesting experiment focused on a single acupuncture point with the patient's reaction recorded on MRI brain scans.
th-cam.com/video/D53UwyJWa3w/w-d-xo.html
Wow
I’d love to ask Rupert and his ilk who exactly got those kids out of that submerged cave in Thailand a few years ago?
Was it those pragmatic divers or the spiritual monks waving fishing nets at the mountain goddess whom they believed trapped the kids on purpose….when actually they became trapped because of an oversight when it rained a lot making the entrance submerged.
"we can't expect god to do all the work"
Good grief, Sheldrake never implied anything of the sort as suggested in your comment. You're obviously one of the closed minded logical positivists he speaks of.
Collective consciousness = Ergo putamus sumus (we think therefore we are)...
Of course the cosmos is intergrated...how can apart of it ie the mind be seperate.that would be odd a seperate human mind and kind of ridiculous. It is one.
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Scientists should be more open minded.
Very true about sports.
Does Rupert have Lupus?
especially dedicated to the scientific snail I ''ll meet next week in the disastrous capital of Germany
what you don’t see is real and what you see is not real
graham hancock
"To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life's meaning - experiences for which all spiritual seekers seek."
How much loony stuff can you take???
I’ve watched a number of his talks and can’t think of a single example that’s he’s backed up with any evidence. Footballers are telepathic, good grief. They play within the boundaries of a pitch knowing the rules and having practiced repetitively, I would suggest it’s just where the team player is likely to be based on probability.
Just like the assertion dogs can hear their owners car from across the city because the dog knows they just made a conscious decision to come home. Waffle: dogs are creatures of habit that default to routine, it’s why you can train them with food.
As for his belief all matter is conscious except when it’s asleep…fancy offering any evidence instead of attempting to take us back to the dark ages?
Your comment betrays the fact that you've never played any sport skillfully or haven't seriously listened to this interview.
Hey, if you're genuinely interested in evidence then Rupert has written about 90 scientific papers. He has published data and evidence, all of which can be found in his website.
He has described about his experiments in a lot of talks, If you have really watched his lectures as you claim. There is even a documentary about his experiments.
You might as well want to check out Russel Targ and Dean Radin, again only of you're genuinely interested and not a troll.
There has been a dog experiment, carried-out according to the scientific method, which proves that a dog can 'feel' when its owner decides on the spot to come home, on a non-routine time, from unknow location, in a car which is not the owner's. So, the idea of telepathy in dogs is shown to be a real thing. th-cam.com/video/aA5wAm2c01w/w-d-xo.html
The entire universe is unconscious---except for us, or at least, except for the scientists who know that.
"Even the stone cries out, "I am!" Maimonides, 13th century
What the heck!? Everytime I click a video he's repeating himself literally word for word. Like he was giving a script and rehearsed it in front of the mirror a thousand times. Does he have any new evidence or material before I waste my time
The interviewer asked overly specific guided questions, causing Rupert to have to give very specific answers. At times, he even offered an answer to his own question before a response could be given. The interviewer also displayed a high level of narcissism (not saying that's bad, but certainly not conducive for an interview), so the answers he felt comfortable giving did not tend to stretch far outside what he's most publicly known for, likely as he didn't want to trigger the guy.