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Ask A Genius 1493: Scientific Luck, Privilege, and Peril: From Newton’s Miracles to RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Damage
Scientific breakthroughs have often depended on timing, privilege, or sheer luck. From Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin to Isaac Newton’s plague-era “miracle year,” history shows that chance favors the prepared mind. Yet, privilege—like that of Prince Louis de Broglie or Tycho Brahe—also played a decisive role. In stark contrast, today’s scientific progress is undermined not by fortune but by politics and misinformation. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has advanced anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, opposed germ theory, and fueled deadly consequences, from Samoa’s measles deaths to threats against cancer vaccine research.
Ask A Genius 1236: Why does Rick hate cardio?
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Why don't you like cardio? Rick Rosner: Why don't I like cardio? I don't like cardio because it's uncomfortable and boring. With weights, I used to read between sets at the gym before COVID-19, and that made the gym a little less boring. I'd only read for about 20 seconds to be …
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Ask A Genius 1195: NOTHING, Nothing, nothing, nothingness, and “What else can we talk about?”
*Interview conducted in November, 2024.* Rick Rosner: I’ve been feeling bad about our recent conversations because it’s mostly me complaining about Trump. So, I tried to think more philosophically or metaphysically for a moment. We’ve often talked about the principles of existence and things that can exist, but that made me wonder: what about things …
Ask A Genius 1194: “Sorry for the tangent.”
*Interview conducted in November, 2024.* Rick Rosner: I ran into a friend of mine, who’s quite talkative, at the gym. He was complaining about a guy I’ve had issues with as well. Nowadays, I tend to walk away from trouble at the gym, mostly because I try to avoid conflict in general. I’ve given up …
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Ask A Genius 1183: Rick’s Mixed Relationship with Synagogue
*Interview conducted in November, 2024.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: When was the last time you went to synagogue, Rick? Rick Rosner: The last time was for my mom’s memorial, over two years ago. Besides that, I haven’t been back. But we did watch No One Will Watch This, which is about Jews and stars Kristen Bell …
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Ask A Genius 901: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Carole and I started watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the TV series inspired by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a Doug Liman movie from probably 15 years ago. It's where Brad and Angelina met and fell in love, perhaps 17 or 18 years ago. In both the film and the series, the …
Ask A Genius 900: Canadian and American Politics
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, I wanted to make a point about comparing Canadian and American politics. A recent thing arose that I think is essential with a woman named Selena Robinson; she's the minister of postsecondary education and future skills of British Columbia. She made an insensitive, according to many, comment about Israel and …
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Ask A Genius 899: California Under Attack?
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: California is attacked by Conservatives for just being a liberal hell and that people are fleeing California for the free states of Texas and Florida. There's a lot of bullshit in that California has lost about 1% of its population. Some people made a ton of money in California and want to …
Ask A Genius 898: Niches of Persistence
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, I proposed a topic on how evolution finds all niches of persistence. Those are generic abstract terms. I wanted to start with reproduction styles, and I'm speaking more about biological reproduction. So, our species has its form of reproduction, and I'm speaking purely in terms of a continuation of a …
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