Ask A Genius 398 – Proximal & Distal, Relevance & Irrelevance

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 398 – Proximal & Distal, Relevance & Irrelevance September 30, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is this armature, this background structure? Rick Rosner: The connective structure and the hardware, which you can't see, is probably reflected in the locations and relationships among celestial objects, which you can see. …

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Ask A Genius 392 – Our Narratives and The Future

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 392 - Our Narratives and The Future September 24, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, we were talking off-tape about our stories and the future, and the way the future will be talked about regarding our stories. That needs unpacking. Rick Rosner: I think there are certain eras that …

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Ask A Genius 387 – Eye for Eye, Graham for Graham, Evangelical for Evangelical

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 387 - Eye for Eye, Graham for Graham, Evangelical for Evangelical September 19, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, you were talking with me, off-tape, about young people. You were talking about how, for the most part, Evangelicals in the United States - in particular, the Dominionist/Reconstructionist form …

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Ask A Genius 385 – The Natural Philosophy of Information Theory

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 385 – The Natural Philosophy of Information Theory September 17, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the science of information in cosmology? Rick Rosner: The philosophical reason for not having entirely black holes. If the universe is made entirely of information, there is no way for the …

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Ask A Genius 380 – System of a Diagnostic

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 380 - System of a Diagnostic September 12, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What else on Quora commenters? Rick Rosner: One of the claims of the theory is the universe possibly has consciousness because we tend to think that any sufficiently large and broadband sharing of information in …

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Ask A Genius 376 – A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 376 - A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is our future civilization? Rick Rosner: We have a future where things will be cheap. By the way, we live in a socialist civilization right now. Nobody acknowledges this. But dead people give …

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Ask A Genius 375 – An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 375 - An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness September 7, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What can we say about social media? You have been having some troubles with Twitter. Also, you had some thoughts on superhero movies. Please elaborate. Rick Rosner: I can only surmise …

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Ask A Genius 374 – Out With the Old, In With The New

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 374 - Out With the Old, In With The New September 6, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: When you're dealing with the way we think, and when you're dealing with the structure of information as it is represented in the world, how much is old information? How …

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Ask A Genius 331 – Science and Religion (1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 331 - Science and Religion (1) October 25, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: One of the main conflicts over time has been religion and theology, which comes from religion, and changes in the scientific framework of looking at the world, which is a refinement of the way you’re …

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Ask A Genius 330 – No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 330 - No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition October 24, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: The primal thought was the search of the generations of people and how it was interrupted. And to see the level of interruption is a real tough job for someone. There are many prejudges …

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