The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality

by Robert Lanza

Moreover, experiments since the 1920s have unequivocally revealed that the mere presence of the observer changes an observation. Treated then and now as an oddity or inconvenience, this phenomenon strongly suggests that we are not separate from the things we see, hear, and contemplate. Rather, we—nature and the observer—are some sort of inseparable entity. This simple conclusion lies at the heart of biocentrism.

This possibility of a life-threatening situation made red the traditional signal of bad news that shouldn’t be ignored. We know this instinctively, which is why no one except a contrarian teenager would dream of painting their bedroom a bright red, at least not if they valued a tranquil environment.

Simply count the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds and add 40. That’s the current temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.* What could be simpler? And Dolbear’s law is accurate to a single degree.

It was just a dream, but so real that life could learn from it. —Matej Bor

Sometimes, a problem—whether a personal matter or one of science—seems insoluble due to inertia or a simple unwillingness to flexibly evaluate a new circumstance.

James Watson—who discovered the DNA double helix—once remarked, “You’ve got to be prepared sometimes to do some things that people say you’re not qualified to do.” He also said, “Since you know you’re going to get into trouble, you ought to have someone to save you after you’re in deep shit. So you better always have someone who believes in you.”