Biocentrism: Multiple Universes, Afterlife and Consciousness

Recently, I made an exciting discovery: the first scientist to analyze the origin of everything from a biological and cosmological perspective.

While browsing through my Twitter feed, I was struck by an article that challenges our entire understanding of life and consciousness. The tweet's title read: "Scientists claim that quantum theory proves consciousness moves to another universe after death." Imagine having your entire life flash before your eyes after reading that statement; that's exactly how I felt in that moment.

I didn't know how or why that title referred to a scientific reality, so when I clicked on the article link, I found the most challenging theory I've ever come across: Biocentrism.

In this article, I explain in a simple and concise manner what Robert Lanza's Biocentrism is and share some of my own opinions about the theory. So, are you ready?

What is Biocentrism?

Biocentrism, as defined by Lanza, argues that the universe arises from consciousness and that it couldn't exist without it. To support this idea, Biocentrism relies on the double-slit experiment, in which an electron is determined to be a particle when measured but behaves as a wave of possibilities until its precise location is observed. This experiment gave rise to the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, which states that our observations can have some effect on the atomic world.

Biocentrism and Life After Death

In addition to the double-slit experiment, Lanza claims that Biocentrism is similar to the idea of multiple universes, suggesting that consciousness can exist in "other worlds" since there are infinitely many universes that coexist with ours. According to the scientist, death would be an illusion created by our minds because life, for Lanza, transcends the linearity to which we are accustomed to observing. He believes that death is a belief and that time and space do not objectively exist but are merely tools of our minds to comprehend the universe.

Considerations

Many viewpoints found in this theory are very similar to ideas that science fiction has been promoting for years, such as multiple universes and the persistence of consciousness after death. This makes everything even more fascinating, in my opinion, because we live in times when many things have ceased to be fiction and have become reality.

After reading Stephen Hawking's latest work, I realized that many concepts in physics are being radically questioned. His viewpoint even explores the possibility that the laws of physics are the results of our evolution, which logically makes complete sense. These facts have led me to delve deeper into Lanza's thoughts on Biocentrism, but I won't lie, I still have many doubts about this theory.

Consciousness is a field of study with very limited data. We know very little about what it is and how it functions, so there are still many things we need to unravel to determine if Lanza is correct about the origin of everything. But that doesn't make it any less thrilling.