[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Do you believe the absence of overarching narratives is enabling the rise of political and social demagogues? Rick Rosner: Yes, I strongly believe that. In America, as I've repeatedly observed, the Republican Party has found it easier to influence less informed individuals. This strategy has led them into a corner …
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Ask A Genius 677: Apex Species?
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Do you believe humans are the apex species, and what framework do you use to define 'apex', especially considering nature's indifference? Rick Rosner: For many millennia, humans didn't consider themselves part of nature. We believed we were superior, divinely created to rule and be better than all other entities. This …
Ask A Genius 676: Omicron and January 11th, One Year
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Today, January 11th, 2022, marks a significant moment in the ongoing Covid pandemic. Just over a year ago, on January 8th, 2021, we witnessed the peak of a massive winter wave of Covid cases, both in the US and globally. This wave was the deadliest yet. In the US, the situation …
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Ask A Genius 675: Just Wars and Personal Grievances
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Do you see a connection between the philosophical concept of just wars in history and the personal decision to appropriately retaliate against someone physically? Rick Rosner: Absolutely. I spend a lot of time contemplating revenge, especially considering the annoyances from people and the general atmosphere of grievances on platforms like …
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Ask A Genius 674: Cancer and Health Reality
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Can you tell us about the changes in your intensive supplement regimen? Rick Rosner: Certainly. I was diagnosed with early-stage kidney cancer, specifically stage 1a, and underwent surgery to remove a three-centimeter tumor. Fortunately, they saved my kidney, and despite high creatinine levels due to my regular workouts, my kidney …
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Ask A Genius 673: Concepts of Personal Well-Being
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What were the concepts of personal well-being before 1980, and how have they evolved up to now, or what might personal notions of well-being look like today? Rick Rosner: Alright, throughout human history, a key aspect of well-being has been our ability to overlook the inevitability of aging and death. …
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Ask A Genius 672: Relational Degrees of Freedom
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are you thinking about recently regarding informational cosmology? Rick Rosner: All right, we were discussing Ed Fredkin and digital physics. I first came across the concept of digital physics around 1972, when a physics professor, who was the father of my brother's basketball teammate, lent me the book "Gravitation" …
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Ask A Genius 671: Hellacious Job, Scotty
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Please go ahead. What are you talking about in terms of conceptual? Rick Rosner: So, you're using the money you make working hard around horses to pay for massages. Jacobsen: Oh yeah. Rosner: My experience in my 20s was in Boulder in the 80s. People worked incredibly long hours at …
Ask A Genius 670: Awful Comments
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How do you deal with comments that are awful aimed at you in all domains? Rick Rosner: I've faced terrible behavior in various settings. One experience was working as a bouncer in bars, where checking IDs and ejecting people often led to verbal abuse. It was part of the job, …
Ask A Genius 669: Belligerent Social and Political Commentary
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: In your time as a comedy writer, how do you learn to deal with belligerent social and political commentary; things so abhorrent happening in the social scene or legal scene or cultural scene in America that only a joke can make some sense of it? Rick Rosner: The political climate …
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