[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, this is Gavin Joiner. Feedback to www.rickrosner.org gavjoiner@gmail.com "What supplements or nootropics do you take now? I'm taking four 4-chloro Modafinil Phosphatidylserine and a few fish oils here and there, but I want your take on what I should or shouldn't be taking. The reason for why I ask is because you …
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Ask A Genius 884: Ross Watley
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, this is Ross commenting on your website or feedback to the website http://www.rickrosner.org. ross.watley@gmail.com “Dear Mr. Rosner. Please remake your 70s to 80s action-packed cop show CHiPs. Modern audiences in a major network like NBC get the CHP and the original cast behind-the-scenes roles to deliver a series that …
Ask A Genius 883: Voting and Loathsome Characters
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: We're talking about what you're signing on for. If you support Trump or vote for Trump or vote for anybody but Biden, really, because a vote for anybody but Biden works in Trump's favour. Back to the Future came out in about '83, maybe, plus two sequels throughout the rest of the …
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Ask A Genius 882: God Looking the Other Way
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: There's a phrase we'll often throw at the end of a sentence or sort of a conclusion to it. They will describe something and then say, "If that makes sense…" It's a sort of annoying add-on to a sentence that's unnecessary. Typically, it comes from a boss or a more senior …
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Ask A Genius 881: Ten Years Isn’t Much
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So, we've been talking for nearly ten years. I was fresh off of being fired off of Kimmel. I think Kimmel is a genius, and I think his show is pretty genius; the innovations he brought to Late Night, I don't think, get acknowledged. He changed the shape to a certain extent …
Ask A Genius 880: Five Years a Covid
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So, year five of Covid. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Five years already? Rosner: No, four years ago, and it started hitting, maybe, December 2019. So, we are at the beginning of year five. So, it is a brand-new disease, and they are still finding out a ton about it; there is much …
Ask A Genius 879: The Active Workshop of Mind
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I'm thinking less about the actual structure of consciousness, the actual process of human thinking, the actual process of thought itself; I'm thinking more about the ultimate tool or tools used to discover that process in that structure. What do you think will ultimately lead us not only in the right …
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Ask A Genius 878: Lifestyles of the Rich and Tameless
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Twitter is a piece of shit right now because Elon Musk has turned it into just fucking swampy shit, but sometimes there's still good stuff, and today somebody asked on Twitter, "What do you think will become that's socially acceptable in the next 20 years?" And I posted a couple of …
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Ask A Genius 877: Is it for truth or for fame? Most choose fame.
*Updated July 30, 2024, based on minor new information.* [Recording Start] Rick Rosner: We’ve been talking on tape and off tape about my wanting to be famous, other high IQ people wanting to be famous, and what the deal is with that. My little rant on that is we should be famous. People get famous for all …
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Ask A Genius 876: Impressing Carole, Kinda
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, this is an addendum to the last session. I wanted to continue; you urged me in saying that I had seemed like I had more to say about it. That's true, and in talking about it just openly by myself. Basically, it's a little way. It came out. So, …
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