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Read the passage below. Comment on whether you accept the claim for which the source, Robert Lanza, is cited as an authority. Specifically,

(a) identify the main claim(s) which the source is being used to support

(b) state whether you would accept the claim(s) on the source's word and explain your answer (Position to Know, Reliability, Corroborating Evidence)

 

Is there an afterlife? After the body dies, does life go on? Is there any proof to the afterlife? My honest answer to that question is yes. As a free thinker and someone who looks for that piece that fits in the mysteries of life, I have always wondered how the concept of the afterlife has fit into science. For many years, I have been so intrigued with quantum physics.

 

But don't take my word for it! Robert Lanza, MD, claims that quantum physics proves there IS an afterlife. In his book Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys for Understanding the True Nature of The Universe, Lanza proposes a new perspective that our current theories of the physical world do not work and can never be made to work until we account for life and consciousness. One of his main theories is that Life creates the universe and not the other way around. [In] his theory of Biocentrism, Lanza claims that death is an illusion created by our consciousness, and space and time are tools of our mind. With these theories, we have revolutionized our concept of the afterlife and answer the question that life does go on after physical death and fades into the afterlife, where the journey continues.

 

Excerpt adapted from "Faded: The Circle of Life to the Soul" by Trish Avery

 

Background information on Robert Lanza:

Robert Lanza M.D. is currently Head of Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine, and is Chief Scientific Officer of the Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Adjunct Professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine. His research focuses on stem cells and regenerative medicine and their potential to provide therapies for some of the world's most deadly and debilitating conditions. He has been touted as one of the most respected scientists in the world—a US News & World Report cover story called him a "genius" and a "renegade thinker," even likening him to Einstein.