In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 101 – Life and Death (Part 16)[1] Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner February 26, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Jacobsen: We talked about the depressing aspects of life and death. Death in its rather bleak aspects as well as life in its gross aspects—sex, bodily functions. Another aspect …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 82 – Chaos and Order (1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 7, 2017 Scott: So, there’s a little argument to be made that you can get chaos in pockets of an ordered system, but, I would argue, you would probably need a, not a nothingness chaos but, bubbly-inconsistency …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 81 – Other Arms Races Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 6, 2017 Scott: We’ve talked, off tape, about overlapping arms races. Let’s label and describe some. Rick: The biological arms race is one. It is considered weird to be living as long as possible outside of the normal …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 80 – Present-Day America (3) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 5, 2017 Scott: Polarization is another issue. Rick: There could be belligerent yahoo-ism to the point where violence and riots break out among the Trump-ish states and the Liberal states. You could imagine something like that happening. It …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 79 – Present-Day America (2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 4, 2017 Scott: That’s the political system with some commentary on the economic and technological impacts of the declining attractiveness of America for the talented. Rick: Oliver Stone has a series on Netflix, where he talks about the …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 78 – Present-Day America (1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 3, 2017 Scott: What’s the general picture of America now? Rick: Let’s preface this. We’re talking about the end of the America, whether we’re seeing it and what it might be. There was a duology, a pair of …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 77 – American Education Now Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 2, 2017 Scott: At the moment, there are some issues in the American educational system. What parts of it are important? What parts of it are not very important? What will be some of the public reaction to …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 76 – The Dark Side of Smarts (1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner February 1, 2017 Scott: Something a little darker, unfortunately, but necessary in the context of all the things we’ve been talking about is smart people going awry. One drastic story, for me, was a suicide by …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 75 – The Soul and Consciousness (6) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 31, 2017 Scott: By the way, any disclaimers? Some see these as the two most foundational and important ideas in their lives, secular or religious, e.g. in their tacit moral system such as Peter Singer’s (secular …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 74 – The Soul and Consciousness (5) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 30, 2017 Scott: What are some common mistakes in attempts to define consciousness? Rick: Every time somebody tries to pin down consciousness, they are defining it and mistakes get built in. One mistake that I might …
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