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Biocentric universe (from Greek: βίος, ''bios'', "life") — also known as biocentrism — is a concept proposed in 2007 by American doctor of medicine Robert Lanza, a scientist in the fields of regenerative medicine and biology,〔(Dr. Robert Lanza | Gary Rabin | biotechnology | Senior Executive Officers | Advanced Cell Technology )〕 which sees biology as the central driving science in the universe, and an understanding of the other sciences as reliant on a deeper understanding of biology. Biocentrism states that life and biology are central to being, reality, and the cosmos — consciousness creates the universe rather than the other way around. It asserts that current theories of the physical world do not work, and can never be made to work, until they fully account for life and consciousness. While physics is considered fundamental to the study of the universe, and chemistry fundamental to the study of life, biocentrism claims that scientists will need to place biology before the other sciences to produce a ''theory of everything''. Critics have questioned whether the theory is falsifiable. Lanza has claimed that future experiments, such as scaled-up quantum superposition, will either support or contradict the theory. ==Hypothesis== Biocentrism was first proposed in a 2007 article by Robert Lanza that appeared in ''The American Scholar'', where the goal was to show how biology could build upon quantum physics.〔( "A New Theory of the Universe" ), Spring 2007 ''The American Scholar''〕 Two years later, Lanza published a book with astronomer and author Bob Berman entitled ''Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe'', which expanded upon the ideas that Lanza wrote about in his essay for the ''Scholar''. Biocentrism argues that the primacy of consciousness features in the work of Descartes, Kant, Leibniz, Berkeley, Schopenhauer, and Bergson.〔 He sees this as supporting the central claim that what we call space and time are forms of animal sense perception, rather than external physical objects.〔("Biocentrism: How life creates the universe" ), ''MSNBC.com''〕 Lanza argues that biocentrism offers insight into several major puzzles of science, including Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, the double-slit experiment, and the fine tuning of the forces, constants, and laws that shape the universe as we perceive it. According to Lanza, and Bob Berman, “biocentrism offers a more promising way to bring together all of physics, as scientists have been trying to do since Einstein’s unsuccessful unified field theories of eight decades ago.”〔(“The Biocentric Universe Theory” ), May 2009 “Discover magazine”〕 Seven principles form the core of biocentrism.〔 The first principle of biocentrism is based on the premise that what we observe is dependent on the observer, and says that what we perceive as reality is “a process that involves our consciousness.” The second and third principles state that “our external and internal perceptions are intertwined” and that the behavior of particles “is inextricably linked to the presence of an observer,” respectively. The fourth principle suggests that consciousness must exist and that without it “matter dwells in an undetermined state of probability.” The fifth principle points to the structure of the universe itself, and that the laws, forces, and constants of the universe appear to be fine-tuned for life. Finally, the sixth and seventh principles state that space and time are not objects or things, but rather tools of our animal understanding. Lanza says that we carry space and time around with us “like turtles with shells.” Lanza has said that he intends to publish aspects of biocentrism in peer-reviewed scientific journals.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Biocentric universe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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