In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 427 - Scientific Nihilism: Nihil (4) October 29, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Yes. There is another layering on top of that new fuzzy, dynamic set theory. It is based on the information. I think, by the way, as a side note; I think information is important because …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 426 - Scientific Nihilism: Nihil (3) October 28, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Here's the argument against magic, whether in a simulated world or a natural world, a good simulation, one that you can't tell is a simulation, will not break its own rules on a regular basis; so, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 425 - Scientific Nihilism: Nihil (2) October 27, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Apart from individual believers, does this impact the intrinsic claims of validity or veracity to divine inspiration to holy books? Rick Rosner: You can't overestimate the power of casually held and inconsistent beliefs. Right now in …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 424 - Scientific Nihilism: Nihil (1) October 26, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are scientific nihilism and its future? Rick Rosner: Scientific nihilism will not survive the era of big information. People get this idea that the universe is a big clockwork, even though it cannot be with …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 423 - Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? October 25, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is about god or gods. Rick Rosner: Or ways to believe in God. Jacobsen: Then the ways of belief within this. Rosner: You mentioned off-tape the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Jacobsen: Some of them aren't meant necessarily …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 422 - Aging, Bad Brains, and Conservatism Swings in Time and Attitudes (2) October 24, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: As change accelerates, you have more of a push on the fear end and disorientation end. Then you have more old people surviving into their 70s, 80s, and 90s …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 421 - Aging, Bad Brains, and Conservatism Swings in Time and Attitudes (1) October 23, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the math behind reliable demographics? Rick Rosner: The deal is, for the last 20 or 30 years, people have been saying that the Republican Party in America …
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 22 - Modern American Men and Women (1) October 22, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are the situations for modern men and modern women in America? Rick Rosner: The MeToo movement has been going on for about a year now, being more vocal …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 420 - The Physics of Punching (3) October 22, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: In an earlier time, when I was a kid in the 1970s, I had been bullied and ridiculed a lot. In 9th grade, I punched 6 classmates. I did not get into trouble. But that was …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 419 - The Physics of Punching (2) October 21, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: The drywall in our house was built in 1966. It's 5/8ths of an inch thick. I think more recent drywall is half of an inch thick. You will easily punch through 5/8ths drywall. In even …
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