In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 534 – Obviously, Fatally Stupid March 25, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How many people will die? Is it possible for 100,000,000 people to cease living based on current numbers? Rick Rosner: 100,000,000 people aren’t going to die. It is still early enough in the history of the disease. …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 533 – "Eh" February 7, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, so, there’s a phenomenon of Sōshoku(-kei) danshi in Japan, bamboccioni in Italy. These are basically shut-ins… Rick Rosner: You mentioned a place up near you, which is a retirement community. I do not consider myself a retired person. …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 532 – State of the World: Husband of Sexy Borg Lady January 31, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Why do we get to live in such a good time? Ironically, there’s climate change, nuclear catastrophe, etc. Non-ironically, technology, science, knowledge of the world, health, wealth, and happiness at …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 531 – Idealism and Not-So Idealism: Mobilize and Manipulate January 31, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the political situation today? Rick Rosner: We used to think we were fighting wars to make the world safe for democracy, WWI. WWII was fought to fight against fascism. We had the …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 530 – The Political Contexts of Impeachment December 20, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the political situation today? Rick Rosner: What is going on in America, it is weird to me; that you don’t know everything going on in America since you touch America along a 3,000-mile …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 529 – Time for Bid: Bidding, Betting November 9, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: If you’re trying to buy stuff other people want, how can you do it? What should you expect? Rick Rosner: I think it is crazy, if you don’t know what to expect, to …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 528 – Religion and Community: Mutual Experience August 8, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What religion and community in America? Rick Rosner: Okay, so, you were mentioning other aspects of religion that might be important in a world dominated by scientism. I mentioned my weekly argument with Lance. Bullshit conservatives …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 527 – No Governor for the Self-Consistency of the Universe August 8, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, there’s no governor anywhere. There are principles guiding things. Rick Rosner: The principles are emergent, whatever does not contradict itself can exist, but all these principles are not necessarily pre-existing. They’re embodied …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 526 – Heatwaves Won't Cooldown July 26, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, we’ve had massive heatwaves. Places like Greenland and elsewhere are set for records. Rick Rosner: It has been apparent that anybody who is denying it is either a paid shill or is an idiot. What we’ll …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 525 – Moral Erosion Through Social Media July 25, 2019 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: If we’re looking at social media saturation, how does this erode moral standards? Rick Rosner: Instead of starting from there, I will start from where I started from. I, and other people, will occasionally look at …
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