Dr. Menas Kafatos is The Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics and Director of Excellence at Chapman University. He received his B.A. in Physics from Cornell University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. After postdoctoral work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, he joined George Mason University and was University Professor of Interdisciplinary Sciences there from 1984-2008. He has authored and co-authored numerous books including The Conscious Universe, The Non-local Universe, and Principles of Integrative Science. He is a recipient of the Rustum Roy Award from the Chopra Foundation, which “honors individuals whose devotion and commitment to their passion for finding answers in their field is matched only by their commitment to humanity” and the IEEE Orange County Chapter – Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award. He has been interviewed numerous times by national and international TV networks, newspapers and radio programs.
Books:
- The Non-Local Universe: The New Physics and Matters of the Mind
- The Conscious Universe: Parts and Wholes in Physical Reality
- Looking In, Seeing Out: Consciousness and Cosmos
Interview conducted 3/15/2014
Menas Kafatos, in Panel Discussion on Kashmir Shaivism
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction: Menas Kefatos and his research interests
- 00:04:03 – The Nature of Consciousness
- 00:08:33 – The Nature of Emptiness and Conscious Awareness
- 00:13:09 – Complementarity: Physics and Mysticism
- 00:17:32 – Perception of the Self in Others
- 00:22:02 – The Play of Universal Consciousness
- 00:25:50 – Transformation after Death
- 00:29:39 – The Collapse of the Quantum World
- 00:33:43 – Division and Complementarity
- 00:37:38 – The Evolution of Consciousness and Complementarity
- 00:41:46 – The Play of Existence
- 00:45:46 – Consciousness and the Hard Problem
- 00:49:53 – The Observer and the Act of Observation
- 00:53:53 – The Conscious Universe
- 00:57:45 – Quantum Principles Applicable to Everyday Life
- 01:00:48 – The Principle of Complementarity
- 01:04:14 – Non-locality and complementarity
- 01:08:21 – Non-locality and the Infinitely Correlated Nature of Creation
- 01:11:32 – The Interconnectedness of Principles
- 01:14:53 – The Emergence of the Pauli Exclusion Principle
- 01:18:50 – The Awareness of Atoms and Electron Interaction
- 01:22:48 – Unity in Diversity and the Bigger Picture
- 01:26:28 – The Conscious Universe and Universal Intelligence
- 01:30:12 – The Meaning and Purpose of Life
- 01:34:01 – Consciousness and the Clockwork Universe
- 01:37:23 – The Many Perspectives of Reality
- 01:40:57 – The Psi Phenomenon and Scientific Research
- 01:43:57 – The Debate on Climate Change and Global Warming
- 01:47:29 – Catastrophic Implications and Irreversible Damage
- 01:50:07 – The Conflict Between Environmentalism and Fossil Fuel Industry
- 01:52:45 – The Intelligent Universe
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