[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: With evolution gaining more acceptance in America and intelligent design facing setbacks, what's your perspective on this shift towards mainstream scientific theories? Rick Rosner: Most people lack a deep education in evolution. So, even if, as you suggest, a majority now believe in evolution, their understanding is likely superficial. You, …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: It's akin to programming a robot, like an AI on a satellite launched out of the solar system, to be content with its eventual degradation over millions of years. Ethically, you’d want this AI, which is managing the satellite, to be highly intelligent and at peace with its slow extinction as …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Increasingly insane conservative who likes to equate gender reassignment surgery which very few people have as a percentage; bottom surgery. A lot of people have top surgery and a lot of people who aren't doing gender reassignment have top surgery. I mean a lot of people get their boobs messed with …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The golden rule suggests a false universal desire, implying that everyone wants exactly the same things, rather than a statistical approximation of similar desires. Rick Rosner: To clarify, the golden rule is to treat others as you would like to be treated. Jacobsen: That rule has its flaws. There's another …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you think of awards within the high IQ community for high IQ community members? Rick Rosner: Everything associated with IQ is a little weird. It's an esoteric sport is what I look at it as mostly. It's a bunch of hobbyists who write and take ultra high IQ …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the true nature of quantum mechanics? Rick Rosner: There are some various aspects of IC even like some of the most central claims that are things we believe that are true that somebody could easily say. Well no, I don't believe that's true and I don't buy the …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the most difficult IQ test you have ever tried? Rick Rosner: I forget the name of it but the deal is like there was a period when we first started talking and a few years before that where I was taking IQ tests on the regular, these super hard ones …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: I've considered the remarkable achievements by amateurs in science. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about accidental triumphs in science? Rosner: Well, there's the guy who developed plate tectonics, and there are many examples where the threshold for amateurism seems lower. There's a certain charm in amateurism, like in folk art. People appreciate …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: The first significant paper on Information Theory was authored by Claude Shannon in 1948 at Bell Labs. I'm interested in researching the historical usage of the term 'information' to see its evolution. Before 1948, the concept of information existed, but it lacked a mathematical framework. Interestingly, the development of quantum mechanics …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: It's often said that Einstein wasn't as proficient in math as many people believe. Would you agree with that? Rick Rosner: Yes, that's a fair assessment. Einstein was exceptional at conceptual thinking, but he often relied on his friends who were more knowledgeable about various mathematical systems. He had a …
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