In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 181 – General Principles: 'Consciousness as a consequence of efficient broadband, multi-nodal, self-consistent information processing.' August 15, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, so, we have these general distinctions between fields. We have physics. We have chemistry. We have biology. IC, as we conceive of it, …
Born to Do Math 180 – Dissolution, Disintegration, Decay, Decomposition, Defunction and Putrescence
In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 180 – Dissolution, Disintegration, Decay, Decomposition, Defunction and Putrescence August 8, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How can the universe lose information, part of it structure, internally, in other words? Rick Rosner: Assuming: Let’s say one way to lose information that is uncommon is to find …
Ask A Genius 569 – Risk and Its Contents
In-Sight Publishing August 6, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You had some thoughts about risk. Can you set the context here? Rick Rosner: Part of the risk in talking about coronavirus in the U.S., depending on your politics, the idea of what you consider acceptable risk is different. The basic structure of …
Born to Do Math 179 – Convergent Precision and Imprecision in the Perception
In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 179 – Convergent Precision and Imprecision in the Perception August 1, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: In the last couple of sessions, we have been pushing towards the idea of the universe as an association engine in which things cluster over time. Hydrogen atoms fuse into heavier …
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Ask A Genius 568 – Wholesome High School Shows Gone Bad
In-Sight Publishing July 27, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What was the Kissing Booth? This was when Carole was calling you “Loudy.” Rick Rosner: You’re going to be reading a transcript of this. When I am very interested in a subject [Laughing], I get louder and was shouty discussing high school. Jacobsen: …
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Ask A Genius 567 – Auschwitz Memorial on Twitter
In-Sight Publishing July 23, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the Auschwitz Memorial? Rick Rosner: I’ve started following the Auschwitz Memorial on Twitter. Most of what the Auschwitz Memorial does is show a picture and say, “Here is so and so,” when they were born, sent to Auschwitz, and when they …
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The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 58 – Heterodox Economics
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 58 – Heterodox Economics July 23, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Ok, so, heterodox economics, as a formal definition, is any economic theory that contrasts with orthodox schools of economic thought. What are your thoughts? Rick Rosner: All right. So, having that idea …
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The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 57 – American Standard Economics
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 57 – American Standard Economics July 23, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, economics, the United States is characterized by massive income inequality. I think that's a big marker, unhealthy. Rick Rosner: Economic arguments right now in the United States are more because …
Born to Do Math 178 – Modern Atomism: Indivisible Cross-Sections of the Universe
In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 178 – Modern Atomism: Indivisible Cross-Sections of the Universe July 22, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, outside of photons, based on the last session, what would be some other indivisible things, as in an extension of the atomists? Rick Rosner: Neutrinos and anti-Neutrinos, electrons (kind of), …
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Ask A Genius 566 – 15 Weeks
In-Sight Publishing July 21, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: It is 15 weeks until the election. What is the deal now? Rick Rosner: Trump has gone from 45.8% approval to 40.3%. That’s the difference between making it a close election and it being not close. So, I look at those approval numbers …
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