In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 378 - Supplanting and Expanding September 10, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How does the supplanting and expansion of Universal Gravitation by General Relativity lead to some thoughts about IC? Rick Rosner: When Newton set up his theory of Universal Gravitation, that all the matter in the universe …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 377 - Ground Control to Quora Tom September 9, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are some of your comments on the Quora commentary on IC? We just saw it. Rick Rosner: It is June 11, 2018 today. And you just pointed out to me this Quora thing. …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 376 - A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is our future civilization? Rick Rosner: We have a future where things will be cheap. By the way, we live in a socialist civilization right now. Nobody acknowledges this. But dead people give …
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In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 16 – To Kava-No or To Kava-Yes: Kavanaugh-ing at the Nation's Heels September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is happening in American politics now? Rick Rosner: Right now, as we speak, we are towards the end of the hearings for the Supreme …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 375 - An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness September 7, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What can we say about social media? You have been having some troubles with Twitter. Also, you had some thoughts on superhero movies. Please elaborate. Rick Rosner: I can only surmise …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 373 - Up, Up, and Away, and Away September 5, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the upper limit to the size of possible universes? Rick Rosner: If there is a set of all possible universes, which is an iffy proposition considering the profusion of possible universes …
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Ask A Genius 372 - Hollow Spheres and Blackish Holes
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 14 – Insurance May 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, what is insurance? You described off tape it as something about smearing risk. Rick Rosner: Alright. So, part of growing up or at least growing older, one part of it is deciding …
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In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 11 – Women's Rising Standards and Calling Out Bad Behaviour April 15, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I became obsessed with becoming the perfect male feminist to try to get my girlfriend back after she dumped me. So, I read every issue of Miss …
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 9 - Cutting Losses in Relationships, Other Factors April 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are some other factors in terms of cutting your losses within a relationship? Rick Rosner: Well, I would say that the major factors might be whether you …
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