According to the crudely named ‘theory’ of biocentrism debunked by Dr. Robert Lanza, life and biology are at the center of the universe and the universe itself. It is in conflict with the orthodox physicalist/ materialist world view of physics and cosmology by positing that life and consciousness are baseline constituents of the universe. Nevertheless, biocentrism debunked has become an interesting and revolutionary concept but it has received quite a negative response and it was met by skepticism of scientific community. To prove that the assertions of biocentrism debunked have no truth in them, this blog post seeks to give a quashing of the fundamental postulations by discussing certain scientific facts and logics that contradict its general tenets.
Understanding Biocentrism
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What is Biocentrism?
Biocentrism, as put forward by Robert Lanza is a theoretical view which states that life brings organs into existence instead of the reverse. In this theory, it is suggested that space and time are not entities existing apart from our biological sensing ability, but rather phenomenal appearances of it. biocentrism debunked therefore unites quantum mechanical theories with biological perceptions of reality, which postulates that consciousness as well as life are constituent features of universe.
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This is the basic guideline of biocentrism better still known as the Core Tenets of Biocentrism.
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Life and Consciousness:
The universe was not organized then disorganized with life and consciousness as afterthoughts; they are inherent building blocks of reality.
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The Observer Effect:
The tenets of biocentrism debunked which derives from quantum physics postulates that the universe is because consciousness or perception by living objects.
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Misinterpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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Misleading Analogies:
A lot of biocentrism draws upon quantum mechanics and returns to Earth and analogies which don’t have any actual validity scientifically.
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Biological Status vs. Cosmic Status
Biocentrism as a theory states that life and biology using illustrious elements form the elementary cornerstone of the universe; this we allow contradict against creadble cosmosological evidence.
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Anthropic Principle:
What the anthropic principle has posited is that given the conditions that the universe obtains today there can exist observable forms of life; the anthropic principle however does not equate that life is inherent in the cosmos. Instead, it states that observers would only be in a universe capable of supporting life , meaningful in the framework of that idea.
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Cosmic Microwave Background:
The conclusion from the observations of the CMBR by COBE and many other scientific discoveries in fundamental physics are supportive of the Big Bang and the evolution of the cosmos, the universe separately from living organisms.
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Space & Time as Constructs
As explained earlier, two of the ten premises of biocentrism debunked do conflict with well-set physical theories: the postulates that space and time are actually products of the biological mind.
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Neuroscience:
Scholars in the neuroscience field have posited that wakefulness results from dynamic brain activities. It is indeed something that arises from the properties of the elements and not a feature of existence at core level.
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No Evidence of Universal Consciousness:
Science at the present does not ‘prove’ that there is a consciousness beyond a biological organism that has consciousness. Such a theory is semi-fictional and doesn’t find its base in reality research and testing.
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Epiphenomenon:
Most very scientists have postulated that consciousness is mere epiphenomenon – product of neural process but not a cause.
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Evolutionary Perspective:
Consequently, it is not valid to assume that consciousness is an inherent part of the universe because we exist, well-existed, or are going to exist; moreover, consciousness exists because it confers adaptations, rather than being a part of the innate attributes of evolution.
Philosophical and Logical Challenges
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Philosophical Objections
Logically and conceptually, biocentrism poses major theoretical problems to some philosophers that make lighter of scientifc explanation of phenomenon.
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Solipsism:
I also want to mention that, when taken to the extreme, biocentrism starts to resemble solipsim, according to which only one’s mind exists.
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Lack of Falsifiability:
Another key characteristic of a theory is that it has to be testable, or in other words, it should be refutable. In a series of blog posts, tinted with the undeniable conspiratorial approach, Bidne attempts to debunk the theory proposed in Biocentrism book, where the author delineates 10 principles that guide the world.
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Logical Inconsistencies
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Circular Reasoning:
The principle of constructing conclusions in biocentrism debunked is often circular and illustrates that the universe first brings forth life and then gives birth to the universe.
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Inconsistent Application:
The theory use quantum mechanical logic in consistently choice manner thus bring inconsistency to it.
Conclusion: Concluding Biocentrism
As an attempt at a new paradigm for understanding the universe biocentrism debunked may indeed offer interesting insights that may alter the ways in which people view the world but from a logical and scientific standpoint it is flawed. Based on these facts I have established that some of the major problems with the theory include misconceptions of quantum mechanics the conflict with cosmology the philosophical and logical problems that makes the theory invalid in scientific production. Though which comes first, consciousness and life in the universe is the greatest mystery, still the facts do not support this theory of biocentrism.
The start of the scientific enterprise is the recognition of informative speculations from the purely speculative ones which are the less informative popular philosophies of the cosmos. Amid the clash of philosophic and metaphysical systems the culture of scientific approach based on empirical, verifiable, and refutable data continues to serve as our only dependable key to the enigmas of being.
