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biocentrism

biocentrism

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Noun

biocentrism (uncountable)

  1. An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience.
  2. A cosmological 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.

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