In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 177 – Political Movements (Part 3) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 24, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I don’t agree with that at all. I think they’re real problems, but I do think they’re in proportion to other real problems people are facing. I think …
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In-Sight Publishing Cognitive Thrift 14 - Billions Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 24, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: That does seem overly optimistic. Some of the best projections look at 9-10 billion, and even 12 billion at the extreme, by the end of the century. Rick Rosner: Anything that slows it …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 176 – Political Movements (Part 2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 23, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Jacobsen: This is the game that is played. It seems like a very conscious setup. Rosner: You call it a game. I would say it is partly a game. But I …
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In-Sight Publishing Cognitive Thrift 13 - Population Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 23, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: That leads to a population implosion, which seems like the major concern in Japan and Singapore, for instance. Rick Rosner: A population implosion is not the worst thing in the world if it's …
In-Sight Publishing The Future of... 4 - Time Travel Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We were taking off-tape about the future of time travel and how it will not be a thing. Rick Rosner: We talked about what will and won’t happen. Those aren’t …
In-Sight Publishing Advice to Gifted and Talented Youth 2 - Age and Ethnic, and Class, Differences Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What age? Rick Rosner: Super early for back then, 3 3/4, I was ready and able to read anything, just any adult stuff. …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 175 – Political Movements (Part 1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Active political movements have shifted the conversation. Where it is of utility to look at things in terms of groups, but, at the same time, it is percentages …
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In-Sight Publishing Cognitive Thrift 12 - Rich and Poor Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I see some room for additional extension of that argument into more practical realms: statistical geographical, global perspectives. If you look at the most prosperous nations, the least religious nations, the …
In-Sight Publishing Tragedy + Time = Comedy 51 - Things Guys Like (Part 1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: So in college, trying to become a better person, or at least a person worthy of being in a relationship, I took four women’s studies classes, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 174 – The 'Real World' (Part 4) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 21, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: There's also the mapping onto the universe. Standard set theory, which underlies various fundamental fields, is static. it describes single states. So if you describe the universe …
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