Ask A Genius 1037: The Mind as a Box, then Its Aperture

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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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Ask A Genius 1035: Some Women and Contemporary Technologists

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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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Ask A Genius 1034: “Enshittification” and Contemporary Technologists

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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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Ask A Genius 1033: Music and “Toy” Unethical Behaviour

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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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Ask A Genius 1032: Elements and Informational Correspondence

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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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Ask A Genius 1031: And the winner? To be decided.

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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: There probably isn't enough time to hold another Democratic primary. Almost everybody who's not an asshole is throwing their support to Harris. However, somebody has to figure out how that works within some rules without making voters who voted for Biden …

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Ask A Genius 1030: Being wrong is a time for lessons

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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 most wrong you've been? Rick Rosner: So, where was I wrong? The other people were too. I was on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." We've talked about this before, but this was a huge mistake. They gave …

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Ask A Genius 1029: No big toe extra stability

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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: Is it possible the size of your second toes forced the restructuring of your entire foot and ankle to accommodate it? Rick Rosner: Nope. My second toe may give me extra stability. It means my shoes have to be bigger, …

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Ask A Genius 1028: Maybe, interview celebrities?

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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: You can call people up and you get a hundred, if not a thousand, of different people in high positions to talk to you. Now, Lance never wants to take anybody else's advice about what to paint, but here's a suggestion …

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