Thanks Arlo,
John has mentioned Biocentrism and Robert Lanza before. I bought the book but it's still in the pile next to my bed. It was a good article. Marsha On Jan 20, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Arlo Bensinger wrote: > All, > > Does "experience create reality"? > > In regard to the "science" issues being discussed now across several > different threads, I stumbled upon an interesting article today from the May > 2009 Discover magazine. Titled "The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates > Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself", it offers some criticisms of directions > scientific thought has gone, as well as opening up some new ideas about where > it could go. > > Some excerpts: > > "We humans, too, lie at the heart of a great web of space and time whose > threads are connected according to laws that dwell in our minds." > > "For centuries, scientists regarded Berkeley’s argument as a philosophical > sideshow and continued to build physical models based on the assumption of a > separate universe “out there” into which we have each individually arrived. > These models presume the existence of one essential reality that prevails > with us or without us. Yet since the 1920s, quantum physics experiments have > routinely shown the opposite: Results do depend on whether anyone is > observing." > > "The strangeness of quantum reality is far from the only argument against the > old model of reality. There is also the matter of the fine-tuning of the > cosmos. Many fundamental traits, forces, and physical constants—like the > charge of the electron or the strength of gravity—make it appear as if > everything about the physical state of the universe were tailor-made for > life." > > "At the moment there are only four explanations for this mystery. The first > two give us little to work with from a scientific perspective. One is simply > to argue for incredible coincidence. Another is to say, “God did it,” which > explains nothing even if it is true." > > "The third explanation invokes a concept called the anthropic principle,? > first articulated by Cambridge astrophysicist Brandon Carter in 1973. This > principle holds that we must find the right conditions for life in our > universe, because if such life did not exist, we would not be here to find > those conditions." > > "The final option is biocentrism, which holds that the universe is created by > life and not the other way around." > > "In daily life, space and time are harmless illusions. A problem arises only > because, by treating these as fundamental and independent things, science > picks a completely wrong starting point for investigations into the nature of > reality." > > "By inclination and training these scientists are obsessed with mathematical > descriptions of the world. If only, after leaving work, they would look out > with equal seriousness over a pond and watch the schools of minnows rise to > the surface. The fish, the ducks, and the cormorants, paddling out beyond the > pads and the cattails, are all part of the greater answer." > > "Biocentrism should unlock the cages in which Western science has unwittingly > confined itself. Allowing the observer into the equation should open new > approaches to understanding cognition, from unraveling the nature of > consciousness to developing thinking machines that experience the world the > same way we do." > > Full article: > http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/01-the-biocentric-universe-life-creates-time-space-cosmos > > Arlo > > 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/ _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... 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/
