How is consciousness fundamental to the universe? - Menas Kafatos, Chronicles 3

ABOUT THE CHRONICLES

The Consciousness Chronicles is a DVD series that explores the phenomenon of consciousness from many different angles. Each volume features exclusive in-depth interviews with some of the world's leading pioneers in consciousness research.

In this extract from Chronicles 3, quantum physicist Menas Kafatos describes how consciousness could be a fundamental property of the universe.

Each volume of the Chronicles looks at four specific areas of research.

VOLUME 1 - Two disc set, 255 minutes
• Introduction to studying Consciousness - David Chalmers, Susan Blackmore
• Time and Space - Rupert Sheldrake, Dick Bierman, Harald Atmanspacher, John Jacobson
• Altered States - Marilyn Schlitz, Frank Echenhofer, Zoran Josipovic, Arthur Hastings
• Quantum Theory- Stuart Hameroff

VOLUME 2 - Two disc set, 288 minutes
• Aritificial Intelligence and the Singularity - David Chalmers, Ben Goertzel, Anirban Bandyopadhaya
• Consciousness and Creativity - Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Pepperell, James Kerwin
• Sex and Consciousness - Jenny Wade, Torsten Passie, Kelopatra Ormos, Barry Komisaruk
• Embodiment - Henrik Ehrsson, Frederique de Vignemont

VOLUME 3 - Two disc set, 289 minutes
• What is Reality? - Menas Kafatos, Deepak Chopra, Paavo Pylkkanen, Lothar Schafer
• Transformation of Consciousness - Cassandra Vieten, Za Choeje Rinpoche
• Synesthesia - Maureen Seaberg, Berit Brogaard, Jason Padgett
• Consciousness and the End of Life - Pim van Lommel, Rudolph Tanzi, Peter Fenwick



Constructive comments are welcome - Moderator

[MrMadness]

This idea coincides perfectly to a time, a few months ago, that I felt like I was everything after many months of meditation and "being in the now". I felt that my consciousness was part of all the empty space, flowing inside and outside of me. As if all this emptiness was a sea of consciousness, more like being in an ocean, and we are all "fish" so to speak.

[dankeswx]

I just want you to be aware of physicist and Consciousness expert
Thomas Campbell

[shiz]

He's the kinda guy you want to sit and have coffee with

[qubitz]

You can only come to these types of conclusions he coming to, if you believe, or take at all seriously, descartes mind-body dualism. His conclusions are based on the premise that there is this split between the physical and mental, but the mental is generated by the physical brain, so for me descartes go this badly wrong as does anyone that believes this.