Hi Ham, I just got home, On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Ham Priday <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi John -- > > I recall your mentioning Robert Lanza, whom I cited on this forum in 2007 > after republishing his essay "A New Theory of the Universe" on my Values > page. Dr. Lanza is an executive at Advanced Cell Technology and teaches at > Wake Forest School of Medicine. He has supposedly written some 20 books. Do > you know if any of them lay out the theory of Biocentrism? > An excellent place to start would be the abridgement of his book, Biocentrism, How Life Creates the Universe, at this link which I had posted a while back.... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31393080/ns/technology_and_science-science/ I'm glad you have a prior interest in Lanza, as I find this new development in philosophy very relevant to the MoQ and the Perennial... > > This is the aspect of 'biocentrism' I don't understand. If consciousness > is not the function of the brain and nervous system, how can the precept of > space and time be considered biological? > Well one way to look at it, in a general upper room sort of view, is that since "brain" and "nervous system" are themselves ordered parts of the cosmos they observe, then the discrepancy isn't as big as we "thought". But I think biocentrism points to a deeper meaning than life creating the cosmos or the cosmos creating life. I think it demonstrates empirically grounded values revealed in resonant energies responsible for both. Perhaps leading to an "intelligent design" permutation of some stripe. But what appeals to me the most is that ultimately Nature makes the most sense as our ultimate source of value. > > I agree with the epistemology; I just don't see how it centers on biology. > If you can explain the conscious precepts-to-biology connection, I might > join in your exploration of Biocentrism. > > Thanks, John, > > --Ham > > > Well follow the link and let the author explain it best in his own terms. Only Hegel was a true Hegelian. I just know this, there has been more hard factual research linking mind and matter in the last decade, than philosophy has had time to catch up with. imvho John > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
