Thanks Rex, I'll point you to Rupert Sheldrake (and I can see your eyes rolling already). Sheldrake has been skewered by the scientific establishment and I don't buy much of what he says, like about morphic resonance and all that. However, as Sheldrake sceptic John Horgan points out, Sheldrake's credentials are solid and he provides enough reason for Horgan to doubt his doubts. Any response?

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/scientific-heretic-rupert-sheldrake-on-morphic-fields-psychic-dogs-and-other-mysteries/