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Ervin László (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɛrvin ˈlaːsloː]; born 12 May 1932 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian philosopher of science, systems theorist, integral theorist. He also believes in psychic phenomena and is considered by some a new age guru who writes "philosophy-fiction" otherwise known as Pseudoscience^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]. He has published about 75 books and over 400 papers, and is editor of World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution. He uses a holistic perspective in his analysis which he refers to as "quantum consciousness".^[5] In addition to his many writings, Laszlo has also recorded several piano concertos.

Criticism

Ervin László has indicated a belief in psycic phenomenon such as remote healing, talking to the dead, in prophesy and has disseminated pseudoscience ^[6]. He has been criticized for his prophecy that there was going to be a critical tipping point in the Akashic Field in 2012 ^[7] which is akin to religious millennialism and also his misrepresentation of Darwin's Theory of Evolution incorporating teleological argument (physico-theological argument which replaces God with the Akashic Field) ^[8]. Some of Ervin Laszlo's ideas have been designated as pseudoscience such as his notion of "quantum consciousness" because he relies on the misuse of quantum physics similar to Deepak Chopra or Stanislav Grof ^[9]^[10] ^[11]. Also he also misuses the word theory, using it to have the common meaning of an idea, similar to hypothesis, instead of the precise scientific term of a group of ideas that has systematically (using the scientific method) shown to explain data, be predictive and be falsifiable such as climate change or evolution see Scientific theory. It has been argued that the Akashic Field is not a theory because it is not-even-scientific (Not even wrong) because it does not pass the falsifiability test (using the word science in a title does not intrinsically make a book scientific) and there is no scientific consensus let alone evidence^[12] regarding his "theory," because of this his ideas may not only be dishonest and wrong but may be harmful because it is actively anti-science ^[13]^[14]^[15]. Despite this inherent pseudoscience and anti-science in his work he was given the role of science advisor for UNESCO^[16].

[1] After the New Age: A Novel about Alternative Spiritualities By Steven H. Propp. p. 534

[2] ttp://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Medawar/phenomenon-of-man.html

[3] ttp://www.soulsofdistortion.nl/tors2.html

[4] ttp://www.swans.com/library/art19/barker133.html

[5] Cosmic Symphony: A Deeper Look at Quantum Consciousness

[6] ttp://www.swans.com/library/art19/barker132.html

[7] ttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ervin-laszlo/worldshift-movement_b_850307.html

[8] ttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ervin-laszlo/worldshift-movement_b_850307.html

[9] ttp://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/05/06/move-over-deepak-theres-a-new-woo-meiste/

[10] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdcB7FIrXXI

[11] ttp://www.swans.com/library/art19/barker132.html

[12] ttp://www.swans.com/library/art19/barker133.html

[13] ttp://blog.johan-mares.be/skeptic/ervin-laszlo-flying-under-the-skeptic-radar/

[14] ttp://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_23_3_mcdaniel.pdf

[15] ttp://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ervin_László

[16] ttp://www.swans.com/library/art19/barker133.html

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