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.
Chapman University Bio
Wikipedia Page
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
Transcript of this interview
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