Life & Consciousness

Biocentrism

speculative Contemporary 2007

A fringe proposal that consciousness/life is primary and generates the physical universe, rather than being a late product of it — inverting the usual matter-first assumption.

Proponents

Robert Lanza

Evidence For

Draws loosely on genuine quantum-mechanics observer-effect experiments (e.g. the double-slit experiment) as suggestive analogies.

Evidence Against

Considered fringe by the mainstream physics and neuroscience communities; critics say it misapplies quantum observer effects, which do not require a conscious mind, only a measurement interaction.

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