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Read Book Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys To BIOCENTRISM: HOW LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS ARE THE KEYS TO THE TRUE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Robert Lanza,Bob Berman,Peter Ganim | none | 09 Dec 2014 | BRILLIANCE AUDIO | 9781491581612 | English | United States Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to the True Nature of the Universe PDF Book The evidence he has isn't evidence so much as misinterpretation and manipulation of data. Things do not make sound - we perceive certain phenomena as sound. The universe is fine-tuned for life, which makes perfect sense as life creates the universe, not the other way around. The only reason why anything exists is because we exist to perceive it. View 1 comment. Lanza was among the top four on the list, alongside James Thomson and Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka. Why Does Life Exist? This is a bit of subatomic strangeness that can only be reconciled in the face of an observer. Is it probable a general reader can understand this book, or is a background in physics recommended? How did inert, random bits of carbon ever morph into that Japanese guy who always wins the hot dog eating contest? Where is the universe? Lanza spends a fair bit of time explaining the evidence for this in quantum physics, and is not above criticising the greats in doing so, but really his basic contention is that Science has found this so unbelievable that it has gone to enormous lengths to come up with alternate suggestions, ones which preserve an 'objectively existing' universe. Questions about the absolute nature of a world separate from human consciousness of that world cannot be answered in any meaningful way, and as far as we know, because it is the only way we can know, "reality" arises as correlated subject and object, whatever that means. The discoveries of Quantum Mechanics, beginning in the 20th century, turned the ontological basis of science on its head. Show discussion. The bottom-line issue here is if no consciousness existed at all, in what sense would the Moon persist, and in what form? I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys exploring the age-old quandary of the origin of the universe. But if you put the time into it and really apply the concepts, it could open you up to a world you never knew was around you. Readers also enjoyed. Observing one photon which is a subatomic particle causes it to change and exhibit wave characteristics with vertical polarization. That's a kind of science we could use a little more of, even if I'd like it with a little more detail and a little less skimming over the contradictory bits Everything I had learned and everything I thought I knew just exploded in my mind and, as possibilities first erupted and then settled down, a completely new understanding emerged. It is not like anything else. Read entire article. Natural areas of biocentric research include the realm of brain-architecture, neuroscience, and the nature of consciousness itself. As we saw earlier, the profound influence of the observer is also clear in the famous two-hole experiment, which in turn goes straight to the core of quantum physics. Appendix 2 Einsteins Relativity and Biocentrism. At Home with Robert Lanza, stem-cell and cloning pioneer. I read this book at the prompting of a friend from a church I frequent. Lanza has worked with some of the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel Laureates Gerald Edelman and Rodney Porter. But now I know it isn't. He asserts that current theories of the physical world do not work, and can never be made to work, unless you include consciousness the observer in the equation. On the other hand if you yourself have given much thought t Many seem to either love or hate this book, or rather to either embrace it or harshly criticize it. Its path, its trajectory, is no longer known. They age. The 21st century is predicted to be the Century of Biology, a shift from the previous century dominated by physics. I am into my second read and the clarity is overwhelming. This book helps. Lanza received his B. Interestingly, most models of physics do not even recognize this as a problem. His sisters never graduated from high school. Having given the author credit for presenting a synthesis, in some respects his original material represents a more accurate presentation of ancient ideas than when he is explicitly presenting "Eastern religion" or philosophy. Enlightening but I can't say I was able to completely wrap my arms around it. Lanza states it p. But his book Biocentrism is generating controversy on a different plane by arguing that our consciousness plays a central role in creating the cosmos. No Time to Lose The mind animates the world like the motor and gears of a projector. Relativity was the first clue that experience dictates the nature of reality - with changes to space and time taking place depending on the observer - and quantum mechanics has shown that it is not merely a late-stage artifact of reality, but at its very core. He is also quick to point out what so many physicists can't explain--how our observation of particle movement shapes that particle movement. Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to the True Nature of the Universe Writer When we feel poignantly that time has elapsed, as when loved ones die, it constitutes the human perceptions of the passage and existence of time. If Lanza is remembered one day as the man who saved millions from blindness, his story will provide a ready-made biopic for Ben Affleck. On the other hand if you yourself have given much thought t Many seem to either love or hate this book, or rather to either embrace it or harshly criticize it. But I zipped right through this book which leads me to believe that I am already on the path, or I totally don't get it. I have no idea whether it will prove to have merit as a description of how the world works. Of course the kitchen is there, unseen, all through the night. According to Lanza the physics model that Western science has employed has reached its limits in attempting to explain the age-old questions raised by philosophers and theologians regarding the cosmos, the origin of existence and consciousness. See all 4 questions about Biocentrism…. He won't provide a final conclusion - which couldn't be expected since it's about the ultimate question, after all - but he'll rather relate some very personal life events on the way that guided him to the perspective he takes. Language and custom say that it all lies outside us in the external world. They are statistical predictions — nothing but a likely outcome. Time and space do depend on perception. Instead, Lanza reinterpreted experiments like the double slit and boldly offered a vision that makes sense given the mind-boggling results. May 04, Neil Hayes rated it it was amazing. The book is an out- and-out challenge to modern physics, and its inability to reconcile the fundamental forces of nature and make sense of our universe. Sort order. Original Title. Omnipresence at the speed of light. Such efforts have now stretched for decades, without much success except as a way of financially facilitating the careers of theoreticians and graduate students. I actually have it on my Kindle because I read it over and over again. This new theory is certain to revolutionize our concepts of the laws of nature for centuries to come. Each physician must decide what to take and use from that intellectual palette and the decisions they make, in that regard, to a large extent define who they are, how they practice and what kind s of relationships they cultivate with patients and colleagues. It annoyed me to read in some of the reviews that this was a philosophy book when he clearly used experiments and data from the literature to prove every point he made. The body dies but the spirit lives on. Biocentrism completes this shift in worldview, turning the planet upside down again with the revolutionary view that life creates the universe instead of the other way around. I think everybody should read this book. Shall we count the ways? Beskrivning Every now and then, a simple yet radical idea shakes the very foundations of knowledge. For most humans of the 15th century, the notion of Earth as ball of rock was nonsense. Is this matrix of neurons and atoms fashioned in an energy field of Mind? However, that is only one possible conclusion that can be drawn and Lanza adds absolutely zero to the debate. Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to the True Nature of the Universe Reviews Fifth Principle of Biocentrism: The structure of the universe is explainable only through biocentrism. SciFi Gets Real What Is this Place? At the same time it will release us from the dull worldview of life being merely the activity of an admixture of carbon and a few other elements; it suggests the exhilarating possibility that life is fundamentally immortal. If I had to reduce this book to one statement it would be: My perceptions are reality. Aug 09, Jason rated it it was ok Recommended to Jason by: Dr. Lanza has worked with some of the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel Laureates Gerald Edelman and Rodney Porter. A UCLA ophthalmologist. Before reading this book, I had always thought of time as somehow real.
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