In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 449 - The Future of Cultures (2) November 20, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Although, there is room for variation on that. There are plenty of gay people among humans and a certain gayness among animals. That may or may not - gayness - add to the reproductive fitness of …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 448 - The Future of Cultures (1) November 19, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the future of cultures or, in particular, sub-cultures? Rick Rosner: Culture is two things. One is the structure of society. Another is the type of entertainment people like. Let's talk about the future …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 447 - The Future of Values (2) November 18, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: There will continue to be some form of human economy. The financial transactions at the highest level of civilization will be built around the value of all bunch of stuff that is valued now. Human artifacts, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 446 - The Future of Values (1) November 17, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let's talk about the future of values and what this implies for sectors of society, we can focus on America, since this is where you're from. Rick Rosner: I am not talking about the Golden …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 445 - Paths of Increasing Order (2) November 16, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How can that argument be misinterpreted or misused? Rick Rosner: One of the greatest philosophical cottage industries has been being wrong about consciousness. It is easy to make category errors. The category error is …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 444 - Paths of Increasing Order (1) November 15, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Why is information processing the path increasing order takes? Rick Rosner: In another discussion, we talked about what life is, or at least higher animal life. It leads to the question, "Why is information processing …
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In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 25 - The Changing Landscape for Men (1) November 15, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We were talking about the changing landscape for men. This is for Middle-Aged Guide. What can men do to engage with the modern world? Rick Rosner: Say you're a …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 443 - Intelligence and Minimal Feedback Systems (2) November 14, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: You can have moths. Moths may have some idea of space, still; moth space is, maybe, still 3-dimensional but doesn't have much in it. They have reacting to light, navigating via light sources, and so …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 442 - Intelligence and Minimal Feedback Systems (1) November 13, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How does a principle of persistence and a base feedback with the environment imply a level of intelligence? Rick Rosner: You can argue the information content or the amount of information in the model …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 441 - Waiting for the Shoes (and the Beat) to Drop (3) November 12, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Stupid stuff continues to happen and come out of the White House every day. So, I think that in the years to come; this period will be the focus of some …
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