tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338469267514486594.post3766839122963774277..comments2017-04-19T16:58:53.375-07:00Comments on Biocentricity.net: Biocentric Universe, Part 3: WikiWorldEdward Currenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06772053738612119871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338469267514486594.post-66082631341638434822011-01-22T17:04:15.505-08:002011-01-22T17:04:15.505-08:003dbloke, sorry for the delay. Your question is a g...3dbloke, sorry for the delay. Your question is a good one and I wrestled with it for a while about a year ago. I think the most likely answer is that taking a digital photo, or recording an x-ray survey, is for all purposes similar to making an optical observation through a telescope. The technology is built by humans and is included in our causal history, so our observation-aiding technology is essentially part of the same biological superorganism that has been observing the universe for eons.<br /><br />A difficulty with Robert Lanza's own version of his theory is that he limits observation to humans and human consciousness only. That doesn't work for me, at all. It ignores 99.99% of life on Earth -- life forms that are very good at making observations (better than humans in many cases) -- and ignores technological observations altogether. If consciousness is the true agent here, one needs to explain or define the state of a digital photo that has been taken, but not observed by a human. Presumably it would be in superposition, but physically speaking I don't see how that could be possible.Edward Currenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772053738612119871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338469267514486594.post-13619278595306666942011-01-16T13:29:54.532-08:002011-01-16T13:29:54.532-08:00I find this all fascinating. I've been explori...I find this all fascinating. I've been exploring the biocentricity.net site and arrived here for more details. <br /><br />I have a question: if the act of observing a distant galaxy for the first time results in that galaxy resolving to a level of detail matching the observation, does this happen at the moment the data is received, even without human involvement, such as a digital photo or x-ray signal? Or does the new detail (the galaxy) only resolve when a human sees the new data?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com