Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What's the one fashion choice you regret? Rick Rosner: I've had a lot of them. In high school, I wanted to see what I might look like as a blonde, and I tried to peroxide my hair. If you don't …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What's the worst you've ever been hit in the nuts? Hitting the nuts? Rick Rosner: If I had to pinpoint it, it was probably in elementary school. Judy hit me in the nuts. I didn't get along with Judy in …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the difficulty of constructing a high-range test? For the sake of conversation, people have different definitions in these communities. I will keep it simple: anything above and not including a 160 IQ on a standard deviation of 15 …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You played golf? Rick Rosner: I've only played Wii Golf and putt-putt. Have you? Jacobsen: I played golf a lot when I was younger. Rosner: It seems it would be fun and frustrating. You have to learn to be calm. Jacobsen: It's both. My …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Do you think the mind is ultimately a black box even though we might understand its engineering, information processing style, and how the structure relates to that information processing? We won't necessarily know a person's or another sentient being's internal …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Authenticity versus narcissism. What does that trigger for you? That dichotomy? Rick Rosner: I'm looking at everything regarding the election, and that's a good point of reflection for those two concepts. Trump is highly narcissistic. His base doesn't mind. Hillary …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: We didn't talk about women. We didn't talk about women in technology. So, let's do that for a second. Rosalind Franklin was famously screwed over by Crick and Watson and maybe Maurice Watkins in the discovery of the structure of DNA. …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Who is the least full-of-shit technologist on the scene? We have your Musks and others. Rick Rosner: Right. I have a lot of experience with Elon Musk since Twitter is my only social medium. He's owned it for close to …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Do you play any instruments? Rick Rosner: Yes. Jacobsen: What did you play? Rosner: My mom was very musical. She wanted her kids to be musical, but neither my brother nor I were. She made us take piano lessons. We …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How about the upper echelons of the table of elements? Yes, Mendeleev had the original structure, which was filled in later. Then, we started making synthetic elements beyond uranium, which is 92. So yes, uranium is 92, and plutonium is …
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