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Ask A Genius 1574: Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme, Brain Aging, AI Consciousness, and the Psychology of Serial Killers

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner move from film analysis to neuroscience, AI consciousness, and the developmental pathways of serial killers. Rosner discusses Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet, before examining research on the brain’s five cognitive “ages” and growing expert unease about dismissing AI consciousness outright. The discussion turns to how declining neural integration affects human awareness and how this contrasts with the “as-if” consciousness exhibited by large language models. The pair then explore common patterns among serial killers, including escalating fantasy, early behavioral problems, impunity, and heterogeneous backgrounds.

Ask A Genius 1184: Infrastructure and Tweeting Online

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*Interview conducted in November, 2024.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You mentioned tweeting about infrastructure projects. Rick Rosner: Yes, I tweeted that 10,000 infrastructure projects had been completed as of May. That’s a significant number. Biden managed to pass the first major infrastructure bill since Obama, and the U.S. badly needs it, given the poor state of …

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Ask A Genius 1174: Rick’s Wife Gold and Rick

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*Interview conducted in October-November, 2024.* Rick Rosner: So, I will talk about gold—not just its value, but the fact that there's more gold in the universe than expected according to the standard Big Bang theory. The heaviest element that can form during the normal stellar burning process involves hydrogen fusing into helium, releasing heat. Under …

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Ask A Genius 1167: More on 2085

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*Interview conducted in October-November, 2024.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let’s try 2085 onward. I’d argue for whole-brain interfaces and the construction of immersive illusions. Entire systems will be constructed, including the manipulation of emotions without the need for electrodes. It could be done through subtle manipulation using magnetic waves or other advanced methods. That’s a tough …

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Ask A Genius 772: 99 Days from the Mid-Term Elections

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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: We are 99 days away from the 2022 midterm elections in America, which hold comparable importance to the 2020 election that was pivotal in removing Trump from office. The current political climate remains tense, with Trumpian forces still active. If Republicans gain control of both the House and the Senate, they …

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Ask A Genius 770: Consciousness and the Rules of Existence

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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is the other topic of consciousness. Go ahead.  Rick Rosner: All right. We know that existence is inevitable because the rules of existence, the rules that prohibit certain kinds of existence, particularly contradictory existence aren't all encompassing enough to stop existence. We've postulated that anything that can exist does …

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Ask A Genius 769: Hopelessly Divided Consciousness

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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You wanted to talk about consciousness in two different kinds of contexts. What do you think about it? Rick Rosner: All right. So, I just got done talking about our hopelessly divided country which includes a third of the country being persuaded to believe that any fertilized human egg deserves …

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Ask A Genius 768: Another Richard Feynman Quote

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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Richard Feynman – “The Nature's imagination far surpasses our own.”  Rick Rosner: Yeah, scientists especially scientists who become quotable by being recognized as great scientists have lots of aphorisms. Sometimes you can appreciate them as themselves. Einstein talked about ‘God doesn't play dice with the universe’, ‘If this Theory isn't …

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