Ask A Genius 186 – Academic Political Views (Part 4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 186 – Academic Political Views (Part 4) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 2, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Yes. But that suggests the problem probably doesn’t lie with people, that somehow 1/3 of all Americans are lacking in discipline. But rather, that there is a problem …

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Tragedy + Time = Comedy 52 – Things Guys Like (Part 2)

In-Sight Publishing Tragedy + Time = Comedy 52 - Things Guys Like (Part 2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Without doing the next level of analysis about how dumb it is that you can entertain guys just by putting women on trampolines, it is like …

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The Future of… 5 – Travel Inefficiency

In-Sight Publishing The Future of… 5 – Travel Inefficiency Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Because travel is super inefficient in a lot of ways, where the person weights 120-300 pounds. What a person travels in and in America that is often a loaded car, they …

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Advice to Gifted and Talented Youth 3 – James Flynn

In-Sight Publishing Advice to Gifted and Talented Youth 3 - James Flynn Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You're pointing out tremendous amounts of stress growing up.  You pointed to one major event can cut you out of the story altogether. What about small things …

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Ask A Genius 185 – Academic Political Views (Part 3)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 185 – Academic Political Views (Part 3) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: There’s another thing. In all 70 or so developed nations, more women are going to college than men. They are getting more awards. They are getting better …

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Cognitive Thrift 22 – Liberalization

In-Sight Publishing Cognitive Thrift 22 - Liberalization Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We have discussed a little bit of Dogma, not necessarily in beliefs systems alone. For instance, as after that great Kevin Smith movie, we can look at the Catholic Church and the way …

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Ask A Genius 184 – Academic Political Views (Part 2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 184 – Academic Political Views (Part 2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 31, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: That influences the research questions. So if someone wants a research question or if someone wants to pitch a research question to a Bachelor’s Honor’s or thesis …

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Cognitive Thrift 21 – Data

In-Sight Publishing Cognitive Thrift 21 - Data Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 31, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We talked about high level theory - communication theory, information theory, cybernetic theory, and so on. You gave examples from American life and politics, and social situations now. Both have relationships with respect …

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Ask A Genius 183 – Academic Political Views (Part 1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 183 – Academic Political Views (Part 1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 30, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: There was a survey of academicians’ political views with about 5% as Conservative and 23/24% as Neo-Marxist with the rest as other. I would see these in …

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Cognitive Thrift 20 – Feedback

In-Sight Publishing Cognitive Thrift 20 - Feedback Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner May 30, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: In terms of a general principle through cognitive thrift or cognitive economics, and bearing in mind the feedback systems and information theory and community theory basis of a lot of this, we can derive a principle about nested …

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