[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Does anyone else in your family possess extraordinary intelligence? Rick Rosner: Yeah, quite a few actually. My dad was among the top CPAs in New Mexico's history. He had a knack for handling people's taxes with remarkable precision and integrity. The guy never lost an audit in nearly 60 years, …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 642: Extraordinary Intelligence Runs in Families
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: We've delved quite a bit into IQ, its history, and tests related to aptitude, like the SAT. The SAT, as we know it now, came about after World War II, mainly because the GI Bill was made available to veterans, though African Americans, despite their service, often didn't receive these benefits. …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 641: The History of IQ and the SAT with a bit of Cumberbatchery
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are other grotesque things about your anatomy or physiology that you find? Rick Rosner: I’ve been thinking, if this Kevin Kretschmer show happens, about giving a tour of my various grotesqueries. The second one would be my balls, which feel like big sacks of spaghetti due to a bunch …
[Recording Start]Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What's up with your big second toe? Rick Rosner: My big second toe? Jacobsen: Yeah, we met in person when you were sick. You have this big-ass toe, and Jimmy Kimmel even had a cat. Rosner: Yeah, someone made a gift for him – a silicon, very lifelike replica of my …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: And the main issue that comes up is, well, this is a potential human life. So even when it's just 8 cells, 16 cells, or 64 cells, there's this belief that those cells have a right to life. Yet, a quarter or a third of all these early-stage embryos are miscarried …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, go ahead. Rick Rosner: Alright, related to our earlier topic, and I think we brought this up years ago, is that AI, along with other high-powered technologies, is on the brink of leading to replicable brains. Within the next 20 to 30 years, we'll see the emergence of sentient …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 637: High-Powered Technologies
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Political forces and climate change are leading to rapid changes in the way billions of people live. You know, the point of what I'm saying right now is, around seven or eight years ago, we were among the few people talking about this. And now, there are quite a few people, …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 636: Political Forces and Climate Change
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, go ahead. Rick Rosner: Alright. So when you and I started chatting, what was it, eight years ago now? Jacobsen: God, it must have been. You were still writing for Jimmy Kimmel when I first came across your work. Rosner: Okay, so I got fired almost eight years ago, …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 635: The Firing Serendipity Do Da Years
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Hey. Rick Rosner: Hey, man. Jacobsen: Okay, I'm going to record this. Yes, it's okay. So hello, I can hear you. Rosner: Alright, so I'm writing about the near future, where we're at the very beginning of what you might call a Cambrian explosion in non-human and augmented human consciousness. …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, I wanted to discuss simulations and their popular depictions, like 'The Matrix.' I hear there's a sequel coming out, 'Matrix Resurrection' or something. Given that you're in Hollywood, you're probably more in tune with this stuff. So, what can you tell us about these popular portrayals? Rick Rosner: Can …
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