In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 380 - System of a Diagnostic September 12, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What else on Quora commenters? Rick Rosner: One of the claims of the theory is the universe possibly has consciousness because we tend to think that any sufficiently large and broadband sharing of information in …
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Ask A Genius 379 – Mathertime
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 379 - Mathertime September 11, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You have an announcement. What's up? Rick Rosner: I am happy to announce. At the prodding of a mutual friend, who took Lance, J.D., and me out to dinner, Lance said, "Why don't you put your science money …
Ask A Genius 378 – Supplanting and Expanding
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 378 - Supplanting and Expanding September 10, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How does the supplanting and expansion of Universal Gravitation by General Relativity lead to some thoughts about IC? Rick Rosner: When Newton set up his theory of Universal Gravitation, that all the matter in the universe …
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Ask A Genius 377 – Ground Control to Quora Tom
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 377 - Ground Control to Quora Tom September 9, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are some of your comments on the Quora commentary on IC? We just saw it. Rick Rosner: It is June 11, 2018 today. And you just pointed out to me this Quora thing. …
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Ask A Genius 376 – A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 376 - A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is our future civilization? Rick Rosner: We have a future where things will be cheap. By the way, we live in a socialist civilization right now. Nobody acknowledges this. But dead people give …
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The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 16 – To Kava-No or To Kava-Yes: Kavanaugh-ing at the Nation’s Heels
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 16 – To Kava-No or To Kava-Yes: Kavanaugh-ing at the Nation's Heels September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is happening in American politics now? Rick Rosner: Right now, as we speak, we are towards the end of the hearings for the Supreme …
Ask A Genius 375 – An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 375 - An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness September 7, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What can we say about social media? You have been having some troubles with Twitter. Also, you had some thoughts on superhero movies. Please elaborate. Rick Rosner: I can only surmise …
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Ask A Genius 374 – Out With the Old, In With The New
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 374 - Out With the Old, In With The New September 6, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: When you're dealing with the way we think, and when you're dealing with the structure of information as it is represented in the world, how much is old information? How …
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Ask A Genius 373 – Up, Up, and Away, and Away
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 373 - Up, Up, and Away, and Away September 5, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the upper limit to the size of possible universes? Rick Rosner: If there is a set of all possible universes, which is an iffy proposition considering the profusion of possible universes …
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Ask A Genius 372 – Hollow Spheres and Blackish Holes
Ask A Genius 372 - Hollow Spheres and Blackish Holes