Why Current Science Cannot Explain Consciousness? Ask Deepak Chopra!

Description: Deepak Chopra explores the relationship between scientific theories and consciousness.* If scientific theories are conceived within consciousness, how do they explain consciousness? Or, if science is the offspring of consciousness, can it ever explain consciousness? Looking at each of the steps of the scientific process - theory, experiments, and observation - Deepak unpacks some of the complexities of understanding consciousness through the lens of science.

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[YuiTeub]

It did make perfect sense to me thank you so much!

[alonefirsttime]

Ok i wrote a whole thing and it didn't post that's why i wrote hello - anyway - scientists in quantum physics have come up with a theory that proposes that in order for anything to happen it is necessary for there to be an observer. The obvious inference to me is that in order for the big bang to happen there had to preexist a consciousness in order to witness it.

[ethansmall]

It makes perfect sense. But why, if it's so obvious that consciousness comes FRIST, is it so widely rejected? How do scientists respond to this? It clearly can't be any other way.

[alonefirsttime]

particles don't make up a space/time event before one observes it - hence everything behind you when you are looking fwd is all a bunch of possibilities/probabilities and don't come into being until you turn around and look - we make our universe together with our combined consciousnesses.

[alonefirsttime]

It will be interesting to see what the scientists make of the fact that consciousness is the ground of being as opposed to what mystics make of that statement.

[waqaramin]

Mr chopra i am your fan but i have a question now.if science is within conciousness then r u thinking this outside the conciousness?

[alonefirsttime]

furthermore experiments have shown to have been affected greatly by just the observation of them. Obviously we will never be able to discern the nature of consciousness as it is the ground upon which we are able to BE. But at least we are making way in how consciousness affects the universe and having understood it's importance we will be looking into it.

[GabrielaaCOLOMBIANA]

Any scientist would laugh at these claims.