BiocentrismBob Berman, Lanza Robert
Biocentrism
by Bob Berman, Lanza Robert · first published 2010
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…observer effects of quantum physics) demonstrates this, but we try to find other ways it can't be true. An awesome book that does a great job logically explaining how consciousness may be fundamental is "Biocentrism" by Robert Lanza
on “I feel therefore I am” ↗…Consciousness as the foundation of everything, it all makes a lot more sense. Everything fits together much more easily. A lot of religions have also come to this conclusion. There is a book called Biocentrism by Robert Lanza, which I thought was really good and went into details about this.
on “What’s so hard about understanding consciousness?” ↗…consciousness is too profound to be simply created by matter. Check out this video by David Chalmers, who explains it well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK1Yo6VbRoo Also there is a great book called "Biocentrism" by Robert Lanza which explains a lot of the scientific reasons why consciousness may not come from the brain.
on “Consciousness Is Worth Thinking About” ↗The book "Biocentrism" is pretty awesome and goes into detail to propose a theory about life/consciousness and quantum mechanics
on “Life is quantum” ↗…false. I think consciousness must be the fundamental nature of reality, and our minds are shards or prisms of it. And the experience of the material world is itself emergent. You might like a book called Biocentrism by Lanza and Berman.
on “Empirical failures of the claim that autistic people lack a theory of mind” ↗Make sure to also check out "Biocentrism" by Robert Lanza
on “I feel therefore I am” ↗…Jason Vale * Hide And Seek (Inspector Rebus) - Ian Rankin * Tooth And Nail - Ian Rankin * Nexus (The Nexus Trilogy Book 1) - Ramez Naam * Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - Yuval Noah Harari * Biocentrism - Bob Berman
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗…'consciousness,' 'wavefunction collapse', 'decoherence', and every complex or unsolved issue in science. His argument is mindbogglingly anthropocentric. For humans who like to feel important, and eternal, 'biocentrism' is made for you.
on “Dreams Are More Real Than Anyone Thought (2021)” ↗Biocentrism is a theory first introduced by Robert Lanza in 2007. According to this theory, consciousness is what control the universe. Everything else is simply a byproduct of it. More importantly, Biocentrism says…
on “How the Cloudflare global network optimizes reboots during low-traffic periods” ↗