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Beyond Biocentrism
- Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Biocentrism shocked the world with a radical rethinking of the nature of reality.
But that was just the beginning. In Beyond Biocentrism, acclaimed biologist Robert Lanza, one of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People in 2014", and leading astronomer Bob Berman take the listener on an intellectual thrill ride as they reexamine everything we thought we knew about life, death, the universe, and the nature of reality itself.
The first step is acknowledging that our existing model of reality is looking increasingly creaky in the face of recent scientific discoveries. Science tells us with some precision that the universe is 26.8 percent dark matter, 68.3 percent dark energy, and only 4.9 percent ordinary matter but must confess that it doesn't really know what dark matter is and knows even less about dark energy. Science is increasingly pointing toward an infinite universe but has no ability to explain what that really means. Concepts such as time, space, and even causality are increasingly being demonstrated as meaningless.
All of science is based on information passing through our consciousness, but science hasn't the foggiest idea what consciousness is, and it can't explain the linkage between subatomic states and observation by conscious observers. Science describes life as a random occurrence in a dead universe but has no real understanding of how life began or why the universe appears to be exquisitely designed for the emergence of life.
The biocentrism theory isn't a rejection of science. Quite the opposite. Biocentrism challenges us to fully accept the implications of the latest scientific findings in fields ranging from plant biology and cosmology to quantum entanglement and consciousness.
By listening to what the science is telling us, it becomes increasingly clear that life and consciousness are fundamental to any true understanding of the universe. This forces a fundamental rethinking of everything we thought we knew about life, death, and our place in the universe.
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- Praveer Shukla
- 17-07-22
awesome thoughtpiece
Lanza & Berman are experts and they've written a masterpiece. The reading was a bit stilted and a distraction at times.
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- Mikal
- 09-11-18
Here's the thing
First of all, let me address the concept of biocentrism and the naysayers:
There are people who desperately look for factual errors in the book, or any books like it, and use that to attempt to take credibility away from the authors and the concept. On the other hand, there are people who will seek to prove the authors to be credible so that they can take the book seriously. Understandable, but not sensible.
Just stop, read or listen to the book, use your own intelligence to evaluate what is being conveyed here. We can't judge a piece of information or wisdom based on who wrote it, or based on a miniscule part. Ironically this -is- one of the most important messages in the book, we have to look at things as a whole if we are to understand. This concept isn't a scientific theory, because the concept itself questions science as a platform to understand the world.
So trying to find scientific proof, which is by definition exclusively a concept of science, to prove a foundation that seeks to transcend science, is obviously pointless. The science parts of this book are there to help you understand, that's all. If you don't want to understand the book, then I would recommend not reading it. If you want to understand it, then start by understanding that it isn't based on science. Because as the book tries to explain (and does so very well) is that the scope of biocentrism is larger than the scope of science. This is not an unreasonable scope of a concept. The idea that the scope of science includes any of the fundamental questions about existence, is simply wrong. That is provable by thinking about it. "Uh real proof requires actual non-subjective data and-" bapp bapp bapp! No it does not, that is called scientific proof. You can (and I am so sad that some people will need to even have this explained to them) prove things with 100% certainty without any concrete data whatsoever.
Are you conscious? Prove it. You can't, but you know with 100% certainty that you are. This is outside the scope of science, so to assume that science is the study of the absolute is just ignorance.
I highly recommend this book. If you are someone who are ignorant enough to believe that nothing is of value without scientific proof, and you are not open to change that perspective, then you will waste your time here.
As for the performance, I can listen to it just fine. The narrator is very, very American. It kinda feels like a 7 hour long movie trailer. I've gotten used to it though, it's all about mindset!
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- Michael Harris
- 21-04-21
Wow. Just.. Wow!
Picked this out for fun, but learned so much and challenged in my thinking and assumptions, which I rather enjoy and consider a great conversation. Can’t wait to read more on Biocentrism!
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- JULIO
- 06-08-17
Not a science book
This is not a science book. I stopped reading this when the author mentioned conscious thoughts altering states in quantum mechanics. It takes 1h to read a paper on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and understand what the principle entitles.
I find it reprehensible when authors manipulate scientific theories to extrapolate into the realm of mysticism. Even disgusting because they know they're doing it.
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- John
- 05-06-17
A Huge "Thumbs Up"!!!!
Mortality, Science vs. Religion, cutting edge synthesis of the latest scientific research and progress in the study of consciousness. Provides science-backed information that to me at least make sense if it all. Even an attempt at a Theory of Everything, or Unified Theory in this read.
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- Elan Sun Star
- 19-04-17
An incredible synthesis
Would you listen to Beyond Biocentrism again? Why?
Yes I have listened already 2 times and the book was JUST released.
In fact I had just mentioned on a forum for Deepak Chopra's new book
"You ar the Universe" that I was hoping that there would be a new book/audiobook from Robert Lanza the author, and then th next day this arrived!!
What a powerful synchronicity!
This book is quite similar to Dr Chopra's new book
You are The Universe in fact.
What other book might you compare Beyond Biocentrism to and why?
Deepak Chopra's
You are the Universe
Any additional comments?
So excited that Dr lanza decided to continue in the popular media
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- Erin O.
- 26-10-20
Wonderful book flawed by poor narration
An amazing book that I will spend many years thinking about and digesting. I may buy the physical book to give myself pages to return to. I nearly turned it off after the first few minutes, though, because I found the narrator’s reading a truly awful combination of bored-sounding and haughty - like the world’s most arrogant and bored professor. It helped IMMENSELY to turn up the speed to 1.2x - made it much more listenable. I’d recommend everyone listening to do the same!
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- LH3748
- 07-02-19
Amazing, Accessible, Easy Fun Listening!
This book is AMAZING. Not only does it list the limits of what we know in science, it presents them in an accessible way. And the snark from the text + the narrators inflections had me laughing! : ) Entertaining, fun, serious, smart! A credit well spent.
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- Donna L Casey
- 03-08-17
Brilliance outside the box
I'm a physician and scientist. I loved every second of this book. I can't believe his critical thinking skills and ability to put so many fields together into one. There is also comic and wit and a great sense of humor.
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- Yoda
- 04-05-20
Mind Blowing
Some of the stuff in this book I had wondered about before I had ever heard of quantum mechanics. It "feel" right to me. I don't think there is a lot we are meant to know, as to the why, but the how, we might be able to unlock.
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- Dianne Rogers
- 07-06-18
Mind Expanding
I love anything that makes me see things in a new light. This did it!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-07-19
narrators voice
narrators voice is unpleasant to me. His faux vocal fry at the end of each sentence is un necessary and quite frankly irritating. The gutteral vibrations do not make the authors arguments any more convincing, rather his voice sounds smug and almost like the male version of the narrator from Desperate Housewives. What is happening to the American voice I wonder, this type of voice did not exist 20 or 30 years ago.
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- Maggie M.
- 02-05-17
Thinly disguised woo-woo
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This account lacks any depth of argument and contains instead a sneering (and often wilfully misconstrued) account of standard physics. The authors seem dumbstruck by the fact that our internal reality of the world is constructed in the brain through neuronal interconnetions and massive filtering of non-useful information. They strangely draw the conclusion that this all of reality. I looked for any (persuasive) development of this argument but gave up. My only disappointing audiobook purchase to date.
What will your next listen be?
I don't know but can I strongly recommend Marcus de Sautoy's 'What we cannot know' which satisfying and intriguely addresses the issues of the relationship between external reality and human awareness and the limits of our knowledge. Also - for the relationship between quantum physics and consciousness - Al-Khalili and McFadden's 'Life on the edge'.
Would you be willing to try another one of Peter Ganim’s performances?
no
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Beyond Biocentrism?
One of the authors gave an embarrassing personal account of being 'connected to everything'
Any additional comments?
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- vincent
- 21-07-17
amazing
Robert lanza awesome I'm going to read this book again and again and again I loved it
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- Michael Allen
- 30-05-17
Life changing...
Would you listen to Beyond Biocentrism again? Why?
Will definitely listen to this again... So much information to take in.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Beyond Biocentrism?
Too many to mention...
What does Peter Ganim bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
A good clear voice. He seemed to enjoy the book himself.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Too many to mention...
Any additional comments?
Very little grounding in physics needed to get yourself into this. Just let the ideas wash over you the first time and then listen to the book again more attentively.
This is a very important piece of work and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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- John
- 08-05-21
A non scientist linking quantum physics with woo woo
Cherry picked science linked to prove spurious claims that we never die. It’s another god of the scientific gaps theory with absolutely no proof just assumptions.
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- Smyly C.
- 13-11-20
Advaita Vedanta
You are no one and everything, you are everywhere and no where, combines the ideas of consciousness and quantum physics, it’s probably not 100% accurate but if you want to know why read the book. I would definitely recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-10-19
good book with very interesting points
this book was extremely informative and is worth listening too , the subjects which it talks about have profound implications. I dropped one star because I found that the author didn't explain some of his statements.
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- Mr. J. Lodge
- 01-09-18
the first one is much better
the first book is one of my favourites, this just seemed like a bunch of woo woo. if you like phrases such as oneness with the cosmos, you'll love this. if you're looking for something grounded in science , this isn't it. also nothing new from the first one.
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- Jonathan Hall
- 29-04-23
Connecting mind, body, universe and quantum mechanics
Fascinating insights in to the quantum world with its connections everyday consciousness and the world around us - however the narrator spoke as if it were a fictional suspense drama with his tone and inflections made it quite irritating words like ‘repulsive’ read out as a severe dislike as opposed to the magnetic field he was talking about - despite this narration the book was enjoyable
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- Kay
- 12-11-20
Mind-blowing
Well I can't tell you what the universe is made of that this was incredibly interesting.
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- Chris Daley
- 22-10-21
beyond our current reality
loved this book,helped me see reality for what it is,not as we all imagined it to be
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- Michael Hancock
- 07-12-20
Life changing, absolutely incredible book.
Without doubt the best book I have ever read. The moment I finished it, I went straight back to the beginning and listened again, this time I knew it would take no time to finish, because now I know time is just a construct of our mind to help make sense of the cosmos!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 25-12-19
very insightful
Very interesting, takes something as complex as quantum physics and makes it relatable to humanity, individual perception and collective concious..
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