[CraigS]

Ok .. this thread has been spawned by the 'Hawking leads by Faith' thread.

Wiki says about Biocentrism:

Biocentrism ... also known as the biocentric universe, is a theory proposed in 2007 by American scientist Robert Lanza. In this view, life and biology are central to being, reality, and the cosmos — life creates the universe rather than the other way around. Biocentrism asserts that current theories of the physical world do not work, and can never be made to work, until they fully account for life and consciousness.

Robert Lanza is an American Doctor of Medicine, scientist, Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Lanza's biocentric theory builds on quantum physics. While physics is considered fundamental to the study of the universe, and chemistry fundamental to the study of life, biocentrism places biology before the other sciences to produce a theory of everything.
Reception of Lanza's theory has been mixed. Critics have questioned whether the theory is falsifiable. Lanza has argued that future experiments, such as scaled-up quantum superposition, will either support or contradict the theory.

The basic principles are:
1) What we perceive as reality is a process that involves our consciousness.
2) Our external and internal perceptions are inextricably intertwined.
3) The behavior of subatomic particles, indeed all particles and objects, is inextricably linked to the presence of an observer.
4) Without consciousness, "matter" dwells in an undetermined state of probability.
5) The structure of the universe is explainable only through biocentrism.
6) Time does not have a real existence outside of animal-sense perception.
7) Space, like time, is not an object or a thing.

Lanza's original paper is here.

Its an interesting idea (philosophically), so it maybe worthwhile 'kicking around' a bit to see how it sits with the community.

I find some ideas interesting, as it does provide a perspective on science which serves as yet another reminder that there are things out there we may never fully understand, purely because of our own make-up.

Please note this thread and 'theory' is speculative. The ultimate testability of this one is already questionable (by peer scientists). The links to quantum physics I find, are tenuous. (Yep .. my opinion).

Interesting.

Cheers