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    #19137996 - 11/14/13 07:53 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2503370/Quantum-physics-proves-IS-afterlife-claims-scientist.html

I read an article today in which a professor from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina claims to have evidence that life and biology are central towards reality and that life creates the universe, not the other way around.

He also goes on to claim that death as we know it, is an illusion.

So, what do you think?

Did the universe create life?

Or did life create the universe?


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx] * 1
    #19138132 - 11/14/13 08:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

wowza yowza.  DA ftw. :thumbup::lol:

Seriously, nobody knows the answers to these questions and debating the same issue 1000+1 times won't solve it.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Icelander]
    #19138190 - 11/14/13 08:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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wowza yowza.  DA ftw. :thumbup::lol:

Seriously, nobody knows the answers to these questions and debating the same issue 1000+1 times won't solve it.



DA ftw :thumbup: if you don't want to discuss it no reason to plainly state that you don't, just dont. :lol:


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Icelander]
    #19138214 - 11/14/13 08:37 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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wowza yowza.  DA ftw. :thumbup::lol:

Seriously, nobody knows the answers to these questions and debating the same issue 1000+1 times won't solve it.




I mean, maybe? But I don't think that's fair to his argument. I've read about this guy before, and I personally wasn't impressed, but I do think that saying that "nobody knows the answers to these questions" kind of puts us in a corner to say that we'll never know. I mean, that could be right. We may never know; or we may come to know, but imprisoning ourselves in a box just limits the human capacity to learn. Some people never thought we could make it to the moon. :smile:


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Icelander] * 1
    #19138216 - 11/14/13 08:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Life is simply a biological hack of chemistry. We perceive what evolution has geared us to perceive. Of course different organisms see things differently, which then shapes that organisms view of the universe.

Example: An ant lives in the same climate as us, but see the world entirely differently. What prevents this same paradox from affecting us? Life is crazy as fuck, trying to uncover it in philosophical terms has been tried over and over.

I find it strange that we measure time in a circular fashion (I.E. a Clock) but we utilize it in a linear way. We can never go back from the starting point. Thus we live in a world of infinite continuity. Zeno’s paradox explains how motion is simply an illusion because of this.

When we get into this level of thinking, it is almost impossible to stay clear of paradoxes.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: r72rock]
    #19138224 - 11/14/13 08:41 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Personally, I haven't read his books or anything but I've always felt what he says about life creating the universe to be atleast partially true because, well, it is.

Even E=mc2 is just a mental construct we use, a map, to describe apart of the universe. The map is not the terrirory.

We get quantum effects because of how we the observer, effect reality, just by the act of observing it. Meaning all reality is truly a perception and that perception has much more to do with reality than "thats just like, your opinion man.".


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Gorlax]
    #19138257 - 11/14/13 08:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

If we start from the assumption that reality is comprised of an infinite number of alternatives (the theory of the multiverse) then isn't it implicit that we cannot know for sure whether biocentrism, or any metaphysical assumption, is in fact "universal?"


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx]
    #19138270 - 11/14/13 08:50 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Icelander said:
wowza yowza.  DA ftw. :thumbup::lol:

Seriously, nobody knows the answers to these questions and debating the same issue 1000+1 times won't solve it.



DA ftw :thumbup: if you don't want to discuss it no reason to plainly state that you don't, just dont. :lol:





I was discussing it.  Can't help it of you don't like that take on it. :shrug:


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx]
    #19138293 - 11/14/13 08:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Personally, I haven't read his books or anything but I've always felt what he says about life creating the universe to be atleast partially true because, well, it is.

I can see how our perceptions tell us what form the universe seems to take but how is that necessarily creating the actual universe? There may well be something distinct out there but our brain perceives it in some other way.  That's different than the act of "material" creation imo.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Icelander]
    #19138386 - 11/14/13 09:08 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

If "this sentence is false" is true, then the sentence is false, which is a contradiction. Conversely, if "this sentence is false" is false, then the sentence is true, which is also a contradiction.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Icelander]
    #19138462 - 11/14/13 09:20 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

That was so poorly written. It just kept repeating the same few sentences over and over.

Also, I hope you are aware that observation changes the results because the instruments used to measure subatomic particles effect the particles themselves. Electrons are so small that photons, which have no mass, can still effect the movement of the electron.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx] * 1
    #19139033 - 11/14/13 11:20 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

It seems the subject is difficult because at best it appears there are two correct answers which are at odds with each other. The same problem can be seen in the difficulty resolving mechanics with randomness. We do see unpredictability at work in nature so it seems clear that the whole contains elements which when defined don't need or lead to the other. They simply exist together. Determinism can be proven. Randomness can be proven. We can't prove how one causes the other, we can only prove a hierarchy of causality. This would indicate that consciousness is more basic than matter if one considers the quantum level being a necessary function of matter springing into existence. But for me there's a great leap of logic between an eternal potential for something to occur in space-time and saying it's an eternal happening. No proof was given and nothing on the page convinced me of it.

It matters little in the end because it's the 'ego' that will die, and it's the ego that is worried about dying. It's a function of being alive that is simply happening along with everything else. You can flog it, love it, ignore it, reason with it but it will always be an ego. Eventually we can let go of it. By seeing the self as an expression manifested from an eternal potential I think a person can find a way to rationalize their own death being of no consequence. Life goes on. These bodies don't have to go away mad, they just have to go away.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: Rahz]
    #19139065 - 11/14/13 11:28 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

That doctor author is as flakey as they come.
His explanation of double slit conclusions is whacked.
The cornerstones of his his arguments are flawed.
But this doesnt mean he cant publish books or sell creams. Maybe he has a biocentric hair gel?


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: redgreenvines]
    #19139081 - 11/14/13 11:33 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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That doctor author is as flakey as they come.
His explanation of double slit conclusions is whacked.
The cornerstones of his his arguments are flawed.
But this doesnt mean he cant publish books or sell creams. Maybe he has a biocentric hair gel?



:stoned:

possibly lol

I think i'm going to give his book a read though


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: White Beard]
    #19139278 - 11/15/13 12:18 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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That was so poorly written. It just kept repeating the same few sentences over and over.

Also, I hope you are aware that observation changes the results because the instruments used to measure subatomic particles effect the particles themselves. Electrons are so small that photons, which have no mass, can still effect the movement of the electron.



the instruments as in our own eyes/brain


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx]
    #19139285 - 11/15/13 12:21 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

You can affect your environment, but can you pull a rabbit out of your hat?


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx]
    #19139633 - 11/15/13 03:28 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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That doctor author is as flakey as they come.
His explanation of double slit conclusions is whacked.
The cornerstones of his his arguments are flawed.
But this doesnt mean he cant publish books or sell creams. Maybe he has a biocentric hair gel?



:stoned:

possibly lol

I think i'm going to give his book a read though





I'm sure you'll find a way to embrace it's truth. :lol:


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: hTx]
    #19139767 - 11/15/13 06:00 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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That was so poorly written. It just kept repeating the same few sentences over and over.

Also, I hope you are aware that observation changes the results because the instruments used to measure subatomic particles effect the particles themselves. Electrons are so small that photons, which have no mass, can still effect the movement of the electron.



the instruments as in our own eyes/brain




Nope, sorry. I suggest you read up on the double slit experiment rather then wasting your time with this pseudoscience.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: White Beard]
    #19140331 - 11/15/13 10:14 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

A pretty cool theory but it wouldn't take it to seriously.  Any metaphysics theory shouldn't be taken too seriously.


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Re: Biocentrism [Re: White Beard]
    #19140525 - 11/15/13 11:07 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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White Beard said:
That was so poorly written. It just kept repeating the same few sentences over and over.

Also, I hope you are aware that observation changes the results because the instruments used to measure subatomic particles effect the particles themselves. Electrons are so small that photons, which have no mass, can still effect the movement of the electron.



the instruments as in our own eyes/brain




Nope, sorry. I suggest you read up on the double slit experiment rather then wasting your time with this pseudoscience.



:rolleyes:
I suggest you read up on quantum theory. Yes, the instruments used to measure subatomic particles do effect the particles themselves, but this isn't the reason why a system exists in 'yes, maybe, no' until observed.

Take shrodingers cat for example.

Quantum physics informs us that a system exists in superposition — that is, in all possible states — until we observe that it is only in one specific state.
The act of observation happens with or without instruments.

What your suggesting is that quantum physics is based off a mistake caused by photons effecting the measurement...which is a pretty wild claim.


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