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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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 73 – The Soul and Consciousness (4) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 29, 2017 Scott: As a materialist and an informationist, as defined earlier, nothing transcendent of space and time exists which could be called the soul. Rather, it is bound to the natural world. It is bound …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 72 – The Soul and Consciousness (3) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 28, 2017 Scott: Is the soul a religious assumption? Rick: Not entirely, as time goes on, we become less religious as we find explanations that don’t require religion, but, even during the most religious times in …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 71 – The Soul and Consciousness (2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 27, 2017 Scott: I wanted to get something more from that. That is, the deep characteristics or the traits of an individual would be, as you define it, aspects of the soul or the soul as …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 70 – The Soul and Consciousness (1) Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 26, 2017 Scott: In general, what is the difference between the soul and consciousness, to you? Rick: Before we get to me, we should get to how those terms are really nebulous and have been subject …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius (or Two) 69 - Conversation on Genius (6) Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Rick Rosner, and Marco Ripà January 25, 2017 Scott: What are other aspects of the dynamic IQ test? Rick: There’s also the positive reinforcement. Somebody takes this test over and over and gradually, perhaps, improves. Another aspect of the …
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Ask A Genius (or Two) 68 - Conversation on Genius (5) Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Rick Rosner, and Marco Ripà January 24, 2017 Scott: What about the far future of intelligence testing? Not simply the verbal, mathematical, and spatial ones, or the culture fair/non-verbal ones, but things using advanced technology such as brain scans, and then …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius (or Two) 67 - Conversation on Genius (4) Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Rick Rosner, and Marco Ripà January 23, 2017 Scott: What else about social media? Marco: It is not so easy to change your mind through ads on social media as well. I remember a poll on Facebook. It said …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius (or Two) 66 - Conversation on Genius (3) Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Rick Rosner, and Marco Ripà January 22, 2017 Scott: Maybe, there's a strong positive that might come from this greater collaboration or the need for greater collaboration among the high ability set because it is too hard, as in …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius (or Two) 65 - Conversation on Genius (2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Rick Rosner, and Marco Ripà January 21, 2017 Scott: What were other aspects of being proactive? Marco: I used to do a lot of weight lift training, but I stopped lifting weights. Karate is a good sport, a good …
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