Neil Theise, M.D. Is a practicing pathologist and leading stem cell researcher as well as an explorer in the nature of consciousness and its relationship to us and the cosmos as revealed in complexity theory. He is also a senior student of Zen Buddhism at the Village Zendo in New York City under the guidance of Roshi Enkyo O'Hara. He is the author of Notes On Complexity: A Scientific Theory Of Connection, Consciousness And Being. (Spiegel and Grau 2023)

Interview Date: 2/25/2023  Tags: Neil Theise, physics, chaos theory, complexity theory, ant colony, biological cells, quantum level of reality, spacetime, nature of mind, consciousness is fundamental, materialistic science, Newtonian mechanics, quenched disorder, AI, artificial intelligence, panpsychism, consciousness, mind is not the brain, materiality, materialism, non-material, randomness, covid pandemic, human heart, Science, Buddhism, Personal Transformation