@kmicu I don't know if these credentials are good or bad; they sound bad to me too.

But what about the idea?

(Btw, there is another book with a similar thesis, called Biocentrism. I don't think that the idea depends on religion at all or anything supernatural.)

@orbifx my problem is that the author starts with talking about physics with verifiable experiments, moves to things that physics cannot explain yet and from there extrapolates to some non-falsifiable statements. This is not how science works.

Searching for truth is not about [quoting the author] ‘ultimately defending our views’. That’s how religion works.

This is not the first time Aeon published a fishy article. I hope in a week or two they publish a rebuttal (like in the past).

@kmicu @orbifx
IMHO this is a good read about consciousness:
https://www.aurobindo.ru/workings/satprem/adventure_of_consciousness_e.htm

@sartre @kmicu

Would like to see a rebuttal. I think this theory hasn't had serious consideration to consider possible experiments.

So far books I've read on reality seem to hit a limit and then speculate, mostly parallel universes, which presently are also non-falsifiable from what I read.

Note that general relativity took decades to verify and initially was rejected as whacky. Same goes with quantum mechanics.

We start with theory or observations, and move to experiments.

@sartre @kmicu wow that's a big read there. Want to tell us more first? Also is it theistic or "super-naturalistic" cause I'm not very interested in such theories.

@orbifx @kmicu
It's not that easy to explain Sri Aurobindo in few words. I think one has to slowly discover him by himself and this read from one of his follower could be just a good start

@kmicu @orbifx
Anyway, Sri Aurobindo developed a theory about the evolution of man by practising what he called Integral Yoga which is kind of a metaphysical vision of the Universe