weird interview just read in wired ...
For years, scientists have tried to develop a universal theory of everything. Steven Hawking predicts that such a theory will be discovered in the next 20 years. A new theory asserts that biology, not physics, will be the key to unlocking the deepest mysteries of the universe, such as quantum mechanics.
"The answer to the universe is biology -- it's as simple as that," says Dr. Robert Lanza, vice president of research and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology. He details his theory in The American Scholar's spring issue, published on Thursday. Lanza says scientists will establish a unified theory only if they radically rethink their understanding of space and time using a "biocentric" approach. His article is essentially a biological and philosophical response to Hawking's A Brief History of Time, in which he questions how we interpret the big bang, the existence of space and time, as well as many other theories -- assertions that might ruffle the feathers of some physical scientists.
(LS)
Saturday, March 10, 2007
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I sort of read the original text at http://www.theamericanscholar.org/. What a horrible bunch of randomly collected and unreflected ideas from philosophy and a complete ignorance and misconception of quantum mechanics, combined with the most frequent illness among scientists: the vast overestimation of the own science and the own point of view. UNSWALLOWABLE!
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