But a universe where consciousness is woven into the very nature of matter would seem to explain both the greatest quantum puzzles as well as our subjective experience of life. The proposal, sometimes known as biocentrism, and championed by an American doctor named Robert Lanza, protects us from an eternity of individual consciousness while still lifting us out of the meaninglessness of pure biology. Critics say that biocentrism is not a legitimate theory because it can’t be tested, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. If consciousness comprises an essential part of the physical universe, the
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