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.