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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I think the title of this thread is "science ebook recommendations", and not "pseudoscience ebook recommendations". Looks to be standard Deepak Chopra-style malarky that is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of quantum physics - that an "observer" has to be conscious, or even alive. Or maybe it's based on the all too astute observation about what people will buy when you affix the word "quantum" to it.
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Lanza argues that reality is inextricably bound up with the act of observation and therefore consciousness, and that the study of consciousness has been woefully neglected by physics. I see nothing 'Deepak Chopra-style malarky' in that.
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I love that the book description on Amazon has this gem: "Robert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world". Strangely, it omits the fact that Lanza is a medical doctor, and not a physicist or evolutionary biologist.
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From wiki:
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Robert Paul Lanza is an American medical doctor, scientist, Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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Throughout history non-specialists have made breakthroughs in science. Your ad hominem criticism is narrow-minded. Read the book. You might surprise me.