Beyond Biocentrism

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Biocentrismshockedtheworldwitharadicalrethinkingofthenatureofreality.Butthatwasjustthebeginning.InBeyondBiocentrism,acclaimedbiologistRobertLanza,oneofTIMEMagazine's"100MostInfluentialPeoplein2014,"andleadingastronomerBobBerman,takethereaderonanintellectualthrill-rideastheyre-examineeverythingwethoughtweknewaboutlife,death,theuniverse,andthenatureofrealityitself.Thefirststepisacknowledgingthatourexistingmodelofrealityislookingincreasinglycreakyinthefaceofrecentscientificdiscoveries.Sciencetellsuswithsomeprecisionthattheuniverseis26.8percentdarkmatter,68.3percentdarkenergy,andonly4.9percentordinarymatter,butmustconfessthatitdoesn'treallyknowwhatdarkmatterisandknowsevenlessaboutdarkenergy.Scienceisincreasinglypointingtowardaninfiniteuniversebuthasnoabilitytoexplainwhatthatreallymeans.Conceptssuchastime,space,andevencausalityareincreasinglybeingdemonstratedasmeaningless.Allofscienceisbasedoninformationpassingthroughourconsciousnessbutsciencehasn'tthefoggiestideawhatconsciousnessis,anditcan'texplainthelinkagebetweensubatomicstatesandobservationbyconsciousobservers.Sciencedescribeslifeasanrandomoccurrenceinadeaduniversebuthasnorealunderstandingofhowlifebeganorwhytheuniverseappearstobeexquisitelydesignedfortheemergenceoflife.Thebiocentrismtheoryisn'tarejectionofscience.Quitetheopposite.Biocentrismchallengesustofullyaccepttheimplicationsofthelatestscientificfindingsinfieldsrangingfromplantbiologyandcosmologytoquantumentanglementandconsciousness.Bylisteningtowhatthescienceistellingus,itbecomesincreasinglyclearthatlifeandconsciousnessarefundamentaltoanytrueunderstandingoftheuniverse.Thisforcesafundamentalrethinkingofeverythingwethoughtweknewaboutlife,death,andourplaceintheuniverse.

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Robert Lanza

Cercetător american în domeniul celulelor stem (născut în 1956)

Robert Lanza este un medic și om de știință american, în prezent director al Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine și director științific al Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Este profesor asociat la Wake Forest University School of Medicine.