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LIVING IN MEANINGFUL COINCIDENCE: REFLECTIONS OF A PHYSICIST
Guest: F. David Peat Program 3204
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 4/30/2007 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: Physicist F. David Peat is one of the most interesting and innovative thinkers of our time. In this reflective look at the synchronicities of his life, Peat reminisces about his friendship with colleagues like fellow physicist David Bohm, brain researcher Roger Penrose, sculptor Anish Kapoor and high school physics teacher Dicky Blink. Peat's life is a kaleidoscope of meaningful coincidences in which people and ideas came to him as if by magic. He points out there is something deeper at work in the universe and in our personal lives than chance or even rational thought. "We are much more than our cognitive strategies," he insists. Through his stories he explores the relationship between science, art, creativity, and culture. His interaction with native peoples has led him to the conclusion that the future has an ancient heart. 1 Hour
F. David Peat has a PhD in theoretical physics and is the author of over twenty books including Pathways of Chance (Pari Books 2006, 2007), Blackfoot Physics (Weiser Books, 2006), and From Certainty to Uncertainty: the Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century (Joseph Henry Press 2006). Peat is the founder of the Pari Center for New Learning in Northern Italy. To learn more about the work of F. David Peat go to www.fdavidpeat.com
Topics explored in this dialogue:
When a synchronicity is most likely to occur
How music and poetry can enhance your consciousness
Why purity of language was so important to physicist David Bohm
What language did Bohm think best reflected the quantum world
Why Peat believes everything is not consciousness
How some admirers of David Bohm have distorted his essential view of things
