Ask A Genius 342 – Samaria’s and Judah’s God, Big Bang, Steady State, and IC (1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 342 - Samaria's and Judah's God, Big Bang, Steady State, and IC (1) December 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, how has your philosophical view evolved? Because we’ve talked about, in previous sessions, growing up as Jewish and not questioning things, thinking of some of the stuff …

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Ask A Genius 341 –  A Time to Stand, A Time to Bounce

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 341 - A Time to Stand, A Time to Bounce December 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, what was your trajectory as a writer? What were the most difficult parts and how can you use that analysis to help others in their own writing? Rick Rosner:  In general, you could argue that I've been blocked …

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Ask A Genius 340 – Intelligence as Refuge and Strength

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 340 - Intelligence as Refuge and Strength December 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: To take a step back, who are personal heroes for you although you have qualms with those terms? Rick Rosner:  Alright. Heroes, people I am interested in finding more about or reading more of …

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Ask A Genius 339 – Godspeed – God Willing Means God Fearing

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 339 - Godspeed - God Willing Means God Fearing November 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Cultural hypocrisies, some reasons for realism, and other for cynicism. Like the fear of God in the bedroom. Rick Rosner: God-fearing but at the same time everyone is looking at porn. So, …

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Ask A Genius 338 – Pain, Pain, Go Away, Come Back Another Day

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 338 - Pain, Pain, Go Away, Come Back Another Day November 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Jacobsen: What would a model of human thought and behavior look like with this information-based view of the universe framework? Rick Rosner: When we are talking about human tendencies, abilities, cognitive tendencies, abilities, and …

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Ask A Genius 337 – When the Presidenting Gets Tough, the Tough Twitter

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 337 - When the Presidenting Gets Tough, the Tough Twitter November 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the relationship between Watergate and Trump? Rick Rosner: In a nutshell, it looks probable that this will get worse than Watergate because Trump's support is holding up. During Watergate, …

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Ask A Genius 336 – AIs Wants and Types

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 336 – AIs Wants and Types November 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is going on with AI and if/when it's eventually developed more and more what will it want, if we can use that phrasing? Rick Rosner: You and I coincidentally both read the same essay, …

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Ask A Genius 335 – Science and Religion (5)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 335 – Science and Religion (5) October 29, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: However, if you look at consciousness, this is kind of the second principle that I see that consciousness probably is technical but as principles or attributes, consciousness is an attribute of large-scale information sharing within the …

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Ask A Genius 334 – Science and Religion (4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 334 - Science and Religion (4) October 28, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Others I see pertaining to things that not only non-contradictory things can exist and non-contradiction becomes stronger with the more information you have in the system, and that the system was loaded with information is fuzzy. …

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