In-Sight Publishing Dear Rick 7 - Joke Writing Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 6, 2016 Scott: How do you write a joke? Rick: In my opinion, and the opinion of George Saunders, laughter is an expression of joy at information received at a discount. As humans, our model for dealing with reality is to accumulate information. We're generalists or omnivores of …
Ask A Genius 28 – Informational Cosmology 4
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 28 - Informational Cosmology 4 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 6, 2016 Scott: If “guarantee” and “can” have similarity there, the winking out you’re talking about is imperceptibly small, to us, moments linked together with an implied past and set of possible futures. Rick: The way I look …
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Ask A Genius 27 – Informational Cosmology 3
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 27 - Informational Cosmology 3 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 5, 2016 Scott: One thing comes to mind. The separation in magnitudes between the quantum and the relativistic. Persistent structures such as electrons being locked into orbit around nuclei, protons and neutrons. Those are informationally something. Higher-up, you …
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Ask A Genius 26 – Informational Cosmology 2
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 26 - Informational Cosmology 2 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 4, 2016 Scott: What form would the math of IC take into account? What would it describe informationally? How would this involve metaphysics? Rick: A lot of stuff in math and science works independent of ultimate framework. Eugene …
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Dear Rick 6 – Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements
In-Sight Publishing Dear Rick 6 - Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 4, 2016 Scott: What vitamins, minerals, supplements should people be taking? I have skepticism here. Rick: Some stuff gets debunked, like Vitamin E is currently not popular because some studies have debunked its efficacy. Besides vitamins or supplements at all, I'd say floss your teeth to lower the probability of getting heart disease. …
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Ask A Genius 25 – Informational Cosmology
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 25 - Informational Cosmology Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 3, 2016 Scott: As a preface to all of this, we're two guys having fun, think for yourself on this. Regardless, if it's true, then it's true, conceptually with a little math at the moment. Informational Cosmology is an …
Dear Rick 5 – High School Girlfriend 2
In-Sight Publishing Dear Rick 5 - High School Girlfriend 2 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 2, 2016 Scott: What else - on getting a girlfriend? Rick: There's a semi-creepy or fully creepy pickup artist movement. Guys work with each other to try to develop techniques for picking up girls. There's a lot that's creepy about that. It is manipulative. It objectifies …
Ask A Genius 24 – The Future of the Big Bang
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 24 - The Future of the Big Bang Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner December 1, 2016 Scott: If you look at the Big Bang, one thing that might puncture holes in it is if you find extremely large, young objects in the universe or things not expected in the …
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Dear Rick 4 – High School Girlfriend
In-Sight Publishing Dear Rick 4 - High School Girlfriend Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner November 30, 2016 Scott: For high school students, how do they get a girlfriend? Rick: When I was in high school, nerds had a hard time getting girlfriends. You can find people to get you through the awful high school years. That's one way of getting a girlfriend, be patient. Most people who want a relationship …
Ask A Genius 23 – The Future of Genetic Engineering 3
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 23 - The Future of Genetic Engineering 3 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner November 29, 2016 Scott: What about the business of genetic engineering? Rick: Genetic engineering will be a gigantic industry. I don't know if one or more companies will dominate the industry as Apple has dominated its …
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