Ask A Genius 401 – Moore’s Law As Moore’s Laws (2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 401 - Moore's Law As Moore's Laws (2) October 3, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did the conversation with the AI guy go? Rick Rosner: I talked to a guy who works in AI. He told me that I was way off about human-level AI in the near …

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Ask A Genius 399 – Golden Age of Comedy

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 399 - Golden Age of Comedy October 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did we come to the Golden Age of Comedy? Rick Rosner: I have a half-assed and obvious theory. Dominant media attract the most talented people. The shift over the past 120 years. The stage gave …

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Ask A Genius 398 – Proximal & Distal, Relevance & Irrelevance

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 398 – Proximal & Distal, Relevance & Irrelevance September 30, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is this armature, this background structure? Rick Rosner: The connective structure and the hardware, which you can't see, is probably reflected in the locations and relationships among celestial objects, which you can see. …

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Ask A Genius 396 – Simplest Forms Most Beautiful

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 396 – Simplest Forms Most Beautiful September 28, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What will be the basis for replication of consciousness, the non-mystical deeply interconnected information processing of the brain? Rick Rosner: Humans will be able to replicate or come up with things that think; it will be …

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Ask A Genius 391 – Return of the Translation of Information Problem: Physics & Mathematics, Topology & Geometry, Representation & Universe, and Armature & Physical Framework

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 391 - Return of the Translation of Information Problem: Physics & Mathematics, Topology & Geometry, Representation & Universe, and Armature & Physical Framework September 23, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This leads to question with regards to IC. What do particular sizes of objects mean over time in …

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Ask A Genius 390 – To Know You Know and To Not Know You Know, You Know?

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 390 - To Know You Know and To Not Know You Know, You Know? September 22, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We were talking for some time off-tape about explicit and implicit forms of knowledge. What were you thinking in terms of the distinctions and definitions there? Rick …

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The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 18 – Shirt Off, Gut Sore, Coping, and Cow Heaven

In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 18 - Shirt Off, Gut Sore, Coping, and Cow Heaven September 22, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You have been having panic issues and working out excessively as a result. How do you cope with it? What is the reason for it? Rick …

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Ask A Genius 389 – Welcome to Star Bar

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 389 - Welcome to Star Bar September 21, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You saw some of the recent Star Wars movies. Let's hear it. Rick Rosner: I saw both latest Star Wars movies, Solo and Last Jedi. It is no secret that there are two major models of interstellar travel in entertainment. There are Star …

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Ask A Genius 388 – Demographics, Public Policy, and Public Rhetoric

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 388 - Demographics, Public Policy, and Public Rhetoric September 20, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What will be the future demographics of religion, especially given the main predictor, probably, of the next culture is the size of a household and the overarching metanarrative and belief structure of the …

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