Beyond Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
By Robert Lanza and Bob Berman
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But that was just the beginning.
In Beyond Biocentrism, acclaimed biologist Robert Lanza, one of TIME Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People in 2014," and leading astronomer Bob Berman, take the reader on an intellectual thrill-ride as they re-examine everything we thought we knew about life, death, the universe, and the nature of reality itself.
The first step is acknowledging that our existing model of reality is looking increasingly creaky in the face of recent scientific discoveries. Science tells us with some precision that the universe is 26.8 percent dark matter, 68.3 percent dark energy, and only 4.9 percent ordinary matter, but must confess that it doesn’t really know what dark matter is and knows even less about dark energy. Science is increasingly pointing toward an infinite universe but has no ability to explain what that really means. Concepts such as time, space, and even causality are increasingly being demonstrated as meaningless.
All of science is based on information passing through our consciousness but science hasn’t the foggiest idea what consciousness is, and it can’t explain the linkage between subatomic states and observation by conscious observers. Science describes life as an random occurrence in a dead universe but has no real understanding of how life began or why the universe appears to be exquisitely designed for the emergence of life.
The biocentrism theory isn’t a rejection of science. Quite the opposite. Biocentrism challenges us to fully accept the implications of the latest scientific findings in fields ranging from plant biology and cosmology to quantum entanglement and consciousness.
By listening to what the science is telling us, it becomes increasingly clear that life and consciousness are fundamental to any true understanding of the universe. This forces a fundamental rethinking of everything we thought we knew about life, death, and our place in the universe.
Robert Lanza
Robert Lanza is an American scientist and author whose research spans the range of natural science, from biology to theoretical physics. TIME magazine recognized him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World, and Prospect magazine named him one of the Top 50 “World Thinkers. He has hundreds of scientific publications and over 30 books, including definitive references in the fields of stem cells, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. He’s a former Fulbright Scholar and studied with polio-pioneer Jonas Salk and Nobel laureates Gerald Edelman (known for his work on the biological basis of consciousness) and Rodney Porter. He also worked closely (and co-authored papers in Science on self-awareness and symbolic communication) with noted Harvard psychologist BF Skinner. Dr. Lanza was part of the team that cloned the world’s first human embryo, the first endangered species, and published the first-ever reports of pluripotent stem cell use in humans.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is similar to the previous book written by the same authors, but without references to personal life stories. It takes a more scientific language and analysis compared to the previous one.Once again they cover the idea of shifting our frame of mind from the current mechanistic one, in order to understand the world better and overcome some of the current scientific dead-ends. It's worth reading if looking into different ways of understand the world or for inspiration.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Outstanding!! Very thought provocative...a most profound book...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When my mind wandered as a kid, it would occasionally wander to a near-glimpse of eternity, of infinity, and that glimpse would fill me with wonder and take away my breath for the micro-moment that it lasted. Reading this book let me get near those glimpses again, and for intervals that weren’t as fleeting. It’s a review of classical physics, an update on quantum physics, and a wonder-filled exploration of how quantum theory suggests that space and time -- indeed, everything we consider to be reality -- is never physical at all, but rather exists solely in the observations and meanings made by our mind’s consciousness. A provocative, awe-inspiring book.(Review based on an advance reading copy provided by the publisher.)
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