In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 280 - A-Atheist (2) September 4, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I have beliefs that don’t entirely coincide with that view; it still comes from the same place from both, in math and science, and the rules of existence from which we get the laws of physics and the rules …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 279 - A-Atheist (1) September 3, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Well, we were just talking in another session about worldviews and limitations and knowledge; you're not an atheist, why? Rick Rosner: I’m not an atheist? Jacobsen: Yeah, why? Rosner: Alright, so, I'm not a full-on atheist. I …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 278 - The Future for Kindness (4) September 2, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: According to the definition of racism, basically making judgments based on people’s appearances and what you know about them, whether or not you act on those judgments or discriminate.  That’s one form of racism is …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 277 - The Future for Kindness (3) September 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: But maybe that thing would be more effective with feelings, and maybe there is an argument to be made for sophisticated piece of machinery like that, that simulates feelings to have actual feelings.  I don’t …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 276 - The Future for Kindness (2) August 31, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: And under that system somebody could argue that those are the people that deserve all of our considerations because they are feeling things much more intensely with all of their added cognitive power.  You want …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 275 - The Future for Kindness August 30, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, this is for the future of, you wanted to talk about the future of kindness.  What is our future of kindness, and what is your future of kindness? Rick Rosner: Well, alright so, the …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 274 - Longer and Healthier August 29, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We talk a lot about people living longer and healthier, sure that's good. What does this mean concretely? Rick Rosner: Well, what it means for a society is it takes a while for a longer life …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 273 - Free Will and Jurisprudence August 28, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, what about free will and the system jurisprudence especially the United States and in a culture that has metaphysical assumptions about the way the world works and people work? Rick Rosner: Well I don't …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 272 - Three Points of View on America August 27, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Alright, in my lifetime there have been three points of view about thinking in America. When I was a little kid... actually I missed the first one, which was pure kind of rugged individualist …

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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 271 - Watergate, Vietnam, Nixon August 26, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Why did they think this? Rick Rosner: Well because he did some shit that didn’t work, he gave a speech about national malaise. He said that we need to you know work hard to I don't …

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