Ask A Genius 1175: Rick’s Universe and the Universe’s Gold

*Interview conducted in October-November, 2024.* Rick Rosner: What about gold in the universe? Let's shift to that. An idea in informational cosmology suggests the universe is far older than its supposed Big Bang age. If that's true, then there should be remnants in the universe that predate it—leftover matter that has remained due to being …

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Ask A Genius 912: Carole has a Book, Too!

[Recording Start]  Rick Rosner: So, I'm going through my book and talking, which is set like ten years in the future, about what life might be like then. You said to plug Carole's book, too. I've been working on this thing for years and years; you could argue for decades because I'm taking much stuff from …

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Ask A Genius 911: The Square Root Law of Mesh Networks

[Recording Start]  Rick Rosner: I was talking about the square root law of mesh networks, which states that the efficiency of people whose brains are linked is proportional to the square root of the number of people in the network.  Black box-ness. So, we see this with AI and Google Translate, where AI can be effective, …

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Ask A Genius 910: Rick’s Book is About a Celebrity

[Recording Start]  Rick Rosner: So, you should know that the main character is a celebrity and, to some extent, an industrialist who has used his celebrity to be the figurehead of a sizeable semi-insidious tech corporation, mainly in the 2030s; that is the period I am writing about. One of the things that he has access to …

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Ask A Genius 909: The Forever-Book In-Progress

[Recording Start]  Rick Rosner: So, we're still talking about notes from my novel in progress. The entertainment industry facilitates sociopaths; I think that's long been apparent, especially sociopaths who either are talented or claim to be gifted. There's the saying nobody knows anything in the entertainment industry, which refers to nobody knows what's going to be …

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