Ask A Genius 962: Ask Scott Anything, Session 2

Rick Rosner: So when did you start doing and posting journalism? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I put In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal together on August 2nd, 2012, and then the publishing house informally, which it still is to the present, in 2014. Rosner: So, almost 12 years, approximately. Jacobsen: When doing interviews, I remember I was in the psychology department at Kwantlen, where …

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Ask A Genius 961: Ask Scott Anything, Session 1

Rick Rosner: In this session, we are turning the tables, and I am asking you questions about yourself. Question one: what do you want your legacy to be? Let’s start with a pre-question: Do you want to live to be a hundred or even longer so you have a long time to establish a legacy? Scott …

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Ask A Genius 947: Why not Orthodox or Conservative Judaism?

[Recording Start]  Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We talked about Reformed Judaism and Israel Jacobson in Germany. I wanted to ask the obvious question: why aren’t Orthodox Judaism or Conservative Judaism for you? Rick Rosner: Because I’m not religious, they take much time. They dominate your life. Reformed Judaism, even done right, takes maybe a couple of hours a …

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Ask A Genius 345 – Snakes: Religious Politics, Political Religion

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 345 - Snakes: Religious Politics, Political Religion January 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: IC leads to infinities: different types - and relations amongst and between the types. Rick Rosner: So, that gets scary. Because anytime that you say there is an infinity or that there is …

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Ask A Genius 334 – Science and Religion (4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 334 - Science and Religion (4) October 28, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Others I see pertaining to things that not only non-contradictory things can exist and non-contradiction becomes stronger with the more information you have in the system, and that the system was loaded with information is fuzzy. …

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Ask A Genius 332 – Science and Religion (2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 332 - Science and Religion (2) October 26, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The concepts of infinity, dynamics, relativity, and the quantum theory played and play big roles in science, so should in the interpretation of the theology too. Rick Rosner: The previous theories just extended from us …

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Ask A Genius 331 – Science and Religion (1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 331 - Science and Religion (1) October 25, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: One of the main conflicts over time has been religion and theology, which comes from religion, and changes in the scientific framework of looking at the world, which is a refinement of the way you’re …

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Ask A Genius 200 – Overpopulation, Religion, Government (Part 4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 200 – Overpopulation, Religion, Government (Part 4) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 16, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: One is the freedom. One part of that is the control over our drives. It is to a huge extent getting control over how our sexual behaviour. So, …

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Ask A Genius 199 – Overpopulation, Religion, Government (Part 3)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 199 – Overpopulation, Religion, Government (Part 3) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about—Can I make a distinction of reproductive control? Rick Rosner: Yes. Jacobsen: I like Margaret Atwood, and I am Canadian. So, this is partly where this …

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