Ask A Genius 603: An Ominous Situation in a Spectacle of a “What Next?”

July 11, 2021 [Beginning of recorded material] Rosner: Yeah, uh, just before we started recording in the previous session, you asked if I feel relieved now that things are better. I responded by saying that I'm not relieved because the situation is not clearly better. Allow me to elaborate on that. It's true that we …

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Ask A Genius 601: Mash Mix on the Brain

July 11, 2021 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: All right, so let's discuss the topic we left off from the last session, which pertains to the proliferation of good and bad ideas. Rosner, what are your further thoughts on this? Rick Rosner: Well, building upon what I mentioned last time, the situation in …

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Ask A Genius 598: Biden-Harris Administration

July 4, 2021 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you expect from the Biden-Harris administration? Also, what have you seen from the Biden-Harris administration? Should I reverse the order of those questions based on how you were answering them? Rick Rosner: Are we recording? Jacobsen: Yes. Rosner: Ok. So, I don't remember …

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Ask A Genius 597: Think Me a Thought, Maestro, Dream Me a Dream, Mister

July 4, 2021 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, so new session. Rick Rosner: Okay. Scott: Do you want to start this one or do you want me to? Rosner: I can start. You asked, "What is it?" I said we haven't talked about this before. So I thought about it. And I …

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Ask A Genius 600: Jackass on a Jackhammer

July 4, 2021 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So we both have different kinds of neighbors. Mine are Canadian. My experience with them is a lot lighter where it's just different forms of jackassery. Yours is more severe. Rick Rosner: All right. So yeah, we both have problematic neighbors. Our neighbor has been …

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Born To Do Math 202: Actual Universe Sci-Fi

In-Sight Publishing November 27, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: This comes off of the idea that the actual worlds, the universes that could exist that are highly parallel to ours can't be magically different. You can't have a universe in which the South won the Civil War. Unless, you can explain how that …

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Born To Do Math 200: Universal Metaphysical Inversalization

In-Sight Publishing November 26, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So in metaphysical inversion, that’s the idea, continuing from last session, I was in correspondence with a Christian professor friend. He recommended reading “Letters on Humanism” by Heidegger. As I read through some comments and the essay through the day, I wrote an …

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Born to do Math 192 – Legendary IQ Test-Taker in a Niche Community

In-Sight Publishing Born to do Math 192 – Legendary IQ Test-Taker in a Niche Community November 8, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How many IQ tests have you taken? Rick Rosner: Probably 40 if you include the SAT and GRE, they can be converted to IQ scores. I have easily taken 40 …

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Born to do Math 191 – The Future of IQ: Its Relevance and Diminishment

In-Sight Publishing Born to do Math 191 – The Future of IQ: Its Relevance and Diminishment November 1, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the future of the relevance of IQ, its diminishment? Rick Rosner: IQ has only been around for a century. Binet came up with a 5-point scale for …

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