In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 58 – Heterodox Economics July 23, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Ok, so, heterodox economics, as a formal definition, is any economic theory that contrasts with orthodox schools of economic thought. What are your thoughts? Rick Rosner: All right. So, having that idea …
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In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 57 – American Standard Economics July 23, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, economics, the United States is characterized by massive income inequality. I think that's a big marker, unhealthy. Rick Rosner: Economic arguments right now in the United States are more because …
In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 178 – Modern Atomism: Indivisible Cross-Sections of the Universe July 22, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, outside of photons, based on the last session, what would be some other indivisible things, as in an extension of the atomists? Rick Rosner: Neutrinos and anti-Neutrinos, electrons (kind of), …
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In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 177 – Photon Energy: No Top, Asymptote Bottom July 15, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: You just asked, “What’s the lowest possible wavelength for a photon?” I think you could probably set up some electron-scattering apparatus that would have a range of energies for emitted photons. I am …
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In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 56 – Signs of Hope July 10, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The United States, there’s a lot of misery. What are the signs of hope? Rick Rosner: Well, Trump’s approval is the most stable of any president since polling began. Him losing …
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In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 176 – Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Sometimes I Dread, Not the Same for You July 8, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We were talking about the sameness for everyone. Rick Rosner: So, yesterday, when we talked, we talked about the philosophical question as to …
In-Sight Publishing Born to Do Math 175 – Open Nodes, Self-Consistent Maps, and Sequences of Fuzzy Moments July 1, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: It’s like the top of the x-axis as the future, as they run through the sequence of time. The universe kind of evolves in its relations from point …
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 55 – Gauging Your Smartness Properly June 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Do you think you’re smarter than Newton? Do you think the waste is that level of waste? Rick Rosner: Ballpark, yeah. Let’s assume for the sake of this discussion, IC …
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 54 – ‘Depression’/Bummedness and Depression June 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Why do people feel depressed when times are abundant and good in spite of the crap ongoing? Rick Rosner: I am lucky and a little bit unlucky. I am not naturally …
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 53 – Dangerous and Shitty Jobs June 25, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You’ve had dangerous and shitty jobs. What were those? Rick Rosner: I’ve been lucky because most of the jobs I enjoyed. My wife has been unlucky because she hasn’t had …
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