Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner discuss the overblown military presence in Los Angeles amid minor protests. Despite 6,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines deployed, LAPD maintains control with minimal unrest. Rosner emphasizes the contrast between political theatrics and on-the-ground normalcy, joking that even ice cream faced more danger than citizens.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore Iran’s uranium enrichment, nuclear weapons technology, Cold War infrastructure, and the precarious nature of deterrence. The discussion connects historical context, personal experience, and AI ethics with the global risks of nuclear ambiguity, accidental or deliberate launch, and destabilizing power shifts in future governance.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore the distributed nature of cognition, emphasizing neural and glial interplay, the evolving truth of historical narratives, and the adaptive flexibility of paraconsistent logic. Their dialogue highlights how brains process contradiction, update knowledge, and embody rational and irrational behaviors across multiple representational modalities.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore how paraconsistent logic challenges classical Boolean frameworks in computational cosmology and artificial intelligence. They discuss context-dependent truth, quantum mechanics, hybrid classical-quantum chips, and the brain's energy-efficient, error-correcting computation. This dialogue highlights how future computing might emulate the adaptable, context-switching architecture of human cognition.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner discuss the recent (hypothetical) Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care, large-scale protests labeled ‘No Kings,’ and acts of political violence. They examine partisan narratives, compare US protests to European strikes, and critique controversial legislation, highlighting tensions between governance, extremism, and public dissent.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
Rick Rosner talks about James Comey's cryptic "86 47" tweet sparked backlash, with critics accusing him of inciting violence against Trump. Experts argue the phrase more likely implies political rejection. The controversy echoes past misjudgments by Comey and others, as media attention shifts from substantive issues like Republican tax proposals.
Rick Rosner ended a twelve-year Instagram ban imposed by his family, resuming posts to showcase his passion for restoring micromosaics. Frustrated by limited podcast reach and disillusioned with Twitter, he is experimenting with Instagram again. He also discusses his novel exploring AI governance and accidental nuclear war risk in unstable political systems.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine paraconsistent logic, which manages contradictions without logical collapse, and discuss its conceptual parallels in quantum theory and cosmology. They relate these ideas to challenges in artificial intelligence, such as hallucinations and limited self-correction, considering how nonclassical frameworks could support more reliable and resilient AI systems.
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