In-Sight Publishing January 1, 2021 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, this is the ultimate frisbee of virtual realities. You go first, please. Rick Rosner: Ok, so, from time to time, we've casually kind of discussed how it's interesting/possibly important that the issue of whether the universe is real or a simulation. In …
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In-Sight Publishing December 9, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Any commentary from the individuals who would be husbands or the boyfriends or the partners of the women who would go out and sleep with Feynman or Feynman like people at that time? Rick Rosner: I've read a couple of Feynman autobiographies. Of …
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In-Sight Publishing December 9, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I grew up in Boulder, Colorado, home of the University of Colorado, where I eventually ended up attending after I had a nervous breakdown and failed to complete my application to any college. I only wanted to go to Harvard and then I felt …
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In-Sight Publishing December 9, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, so, you, by alternative intelligence test standards, have one of the highest IQs in the world, repeatedly. So, it's established, in a loose alternative sense. Rick Rosner: What you're saying is, I've taken a lot of these tests and done well. Jacobsen: …
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In-Sight Publishing December 2, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Ok, so, you have this idea about necessity, a lot of people do. Rick Rosner: I just have thought that just came to me that freedom from necessity is an emergent quality. Jacobsen: As in an increase in degrees of freedom? Rosner: Well, …
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In-Sight Publishing November 27, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, I had some more thoughts. It's not a different stream. Yes, there are different stream of thoughts. I think that is a stream of thought, which is more precise. So, I think the vague notion that people who are in the non-religious …
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In-Sight Publishing November 27, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: If someone was to look out into the world, there appears to be objects. There appears to be subjects. You ask the question, “What is that object, or who is that to point out a subject?” How do those get slotted in thinking …
In-Sight Publishing November 16, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: So I think when we left off, it was somewhere around the idea that at least on our planet, the apex, the alpha information processors, the smartest beings dominate the planet with ethical behaviour towards each other, sometimes. But the lack of ethical behaviour …
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In-Sight Publishing November 16, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Ok, so, we're talking about values now. Values in the universe. Rick Rosner: We should talk about what things can feel well, which is in the realm of conscious beings. But maybe, there are some areas where things aren't quite conscious, but still …
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In-Sight Publishing November 16, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: So, the deal is: For the statistical arguments, I agree with you that. I think those can be made based on if you have a moment, then you've got a set of most likely next moments and then that ranges from most likely to …
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