In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 383 – Cudgels of Stupidity September 15, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What happens when power enters the wrong hands? Rick Rosner: Cudgels of stupidity that end up in the wrong hands, end up in the hands of people with no morality. Jacobsen: If we look at the …
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Ask A Genius 382 – Almost, But Not Quite, So Never
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 382 - Almost, But Not Quite, So Never September 14, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You once asked me, "What would the physics be like if the force of gravitation is attenuated as you're collapsing an object - a potential black hole for instance - reaches an …
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Ask A Genius 381 – Outliers, Hang-Abouts, and Deviants
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 381 - Outliers, Hang-Abouts, and Deviants September 13, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are some of the things to focus on for the outliers in astronomical objects? Rick Rosner: A list of stuff older than the universe would be a good start, and what would happen …
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Ask A Genius 380 – System of a Diagnostic
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 …
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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