Ask A Genius 346 – Faith Given Up and Taken Away

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 346 - Faith Given Up and Taken Away January 15, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material]   Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are the problems of faith? We have been talking about these for some time. Rick Rosner: When we were talking, you talked about what we're talking about, which are issues …

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Ask A Genius 345 – Snakes: Religious Politics, Political Religion

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 345 - Snakes: Religious Politics, Political Religion January 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: IC leads to infinities: different types - and relations amongst and between the types. Rick Rosner: So, that gets scary. Because anytime that you say there is an infinity or that there is …

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Ask A Genius 344 – Exceptional Giftedness

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 344 - Exceptional Giftedness January 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How do exceptionally gifted (IQ170+) children get support or other gifted children for that matter? Rick Rosner: There's an industry devoted to serving or several related industries devoted to serving kids identified as exceptional, but the …

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Ask A Genius 343 – Samaria’s and Judah’s God, Big Bang, Steady State, and IC (2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 343 - Samaria's and Judah's God, Big Bang, Steady State, and IC (2) December 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I have half-assedly worked on it, through 36 years with that stuff turning into what we have been calling IC or Information Cosmology, where the universe only looks big …

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Ask A Genius 342 – Samaria’s and Judah’s God, Big Bang, Steady State, and IC (1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 342 - Samaria's and Judah's God, Big Bang, Steady State, and IC (1) December 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, how has your philosophical view evolved? Because we’ve talked about, in previous sessions, growing up as Jewish and not questioning things, thinking of some of the stuff …

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Ask A Genius 341 –  A Time to Stand, A Time to Bounce

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 341 - A Time to Stand, A Time to Bounce December 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, what was your trajectory as a writer? What were the most difficult parts and how can you use that analysis to help others in their own writing? Rick Rosner:  In general, you could argue that I've been blocked …

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Ask A Genius 340 – Intelligence as Refuge and Strength

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 340 - Intelligence as Refuge and Strength December 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: To take a step back, who are personal heroes for you although you have qualms with those terms? Rick Rosner:  Alright. Heroes, people I am interested in finding more about or reading more of …

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Ask A Genius 339 – Godspeed – God Willing Means God Fearing

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 339 - Godspeed - God Willing Means God Fearing November 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Cultural hypocrisies, some reasons for realism, and other for cynicism. Like the fear of God in the bedroom. Rick Rosner: God-fearing but at the same time everyone is looking at porn. So, …

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Ask A Genius 338 – Pain, Pain, Go Away, Come Back Another Day

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 338 - Pain, Pain, Go Away, Come Back Another Day November 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Jacobsen: What would a model of human thought and behavior look like with this information-based view of the universe framework? Rick Rosner: When we are talking about human tendencies, abilities, cognitive tendencies, abilities, and …

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Ask A Genius 337 – When the Presidenting Gets Tough, the Tough Twitter

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 337 - When the Presidenting Gets Tough, the Tough Twitter November 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the relationship between Watergate and Trump? Rick Rosner: In a nutshell, it looks probable that this will get worse than Watergate because Trump's support is holding up. During Watergate, …

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