[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I was having a percolating thought. Large-scale human institutions; everyone believes in them, has shared values around them, and these structure everything we do in terms of the course development of our lives, the fine-tuned stuff like little interactions. Things like the United Nations, the World Bank, nation states, democratic …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: You don't want a theory that says your current theory, say the Big Bang, is wrong and there's a bunch of evidence that it's wrong, you just can't see it. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: [Laughing]. Rosner: That's a bad coincidence. We have a theory that the Big Bang is wrong-ish but there …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: You and I just started talking off tape about inflation. In America there's a lot of greenflation which is companies realizing that they can get away with charging more than not have it affect their market share significantly. So, they just charge more even if it's not freaking fair and they …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Twitter has taught me that when somebody is front paging Jesus in social media, at least in America, there's a high chance at least on Twitter that they're super Trumpy and not at all Christian. I mean they call themselves Christian but anyway maybe this comment will be from a better …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is from Harrison Duffy. “My name is Harrison Duffy and I'm a researcher for a company called Large Eyes, a subsidiary of Matador content LLC. Most recently completing and releasing the Billy Eilish documentary. I specialize in the creation and production of high quality unscripted TV for premium networks. …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This one's from “Clammy”. “Doesn't it say in the Jewish scriptures for specific individuals to be isolated during sickness as opposed to everyone?” Rick Rosner: I don't know I mean scriptures say a lot of stuff. They say it's a sin to where two different kinds of fabric. The Old …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is number four in feedback for Rick Rosner. “Sure, vaccine proven effective and those sneaky Pharma companies have some pretty big lawsuits in the past” Rick Rosner: Yeah, there's a book by the guy who wrote The Blind Side, Michael Lewis. Anyway, about the CDC; U.S Centers for Disease …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is a third one for the new series on answering inquiries from website http://www.rickbrosner.org . You can ask comments at http://www.rick rosner.org/contact. Rick Rosner: Also, if you have like Dear Abby type questions, I'll try to answer those too. I read advice columns a lot and I usually end …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Ross Whatley, ross.whatley@gmail.com. “Dear Mr. Rosner, please remake your 70s to 80s action-packed cop show chips with for modern audiences and a major Network like NBC. Get the CHP and the original cast in behind the scenes roles to really deliver a series that are better than the original in …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Gavin Joyner. gavinjoyner@gmail.com. “What supplements or nootropics do you take now? I'm taking four 4-chloro Modafinil and Phosphatidylserine at the moment. A few here and there but I want your take on what should or shouldn't I be taking. The reason why I ask is because you yourself take 38 …
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