[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is a recursive Crackpot test session we are recording. So you begin and end on the Crackpot test.  Rick Rosner: All right, so it's well known among people who are in the physics departments at universities that it's not super rare for a lunatic to show up at the …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 714: John Baez’s Theory

[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: In IC we believe that the interactions among all the particles in the universe define all the particles and the space and I guess time, just everything in the universe is an embodiment of the interactions and the history of interactions among its constituent particles. So the more particles you have …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 713: Interactions Among All Particles in the Universe Defining the Particles and the Space

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: For our third addendum, let's delve into the nature of anti-Semitism and similar ideologies. These often stem from a disconnection from reality, coupled with a kind of rambling incoherency. However, if the person holding these beliefs is intelligent, they might try to organize this incoherence and disconnect, especially when it's …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 712: Addendum to 709, 710, 711

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let's add to our previous discussion. Go ahead. Rick Rosner: You've touched on something I hadn't considered: self-talk, or the internal feedback we give ourselves. For those who are mentally unwell or becoming so, the narratives in their minds play a significant role. People engage in self-talk to varying degrees. …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 711: Addendum to 709 and 710

[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: It's important to define our terms here, specifically "coercive messaging," which can also be referred to as "normative messaging." The term 'normative' doesn't refer to what's normal per se, but rather it involves people dictating certain behaviors or actions. When someone makes a normative statement, they're essentially saying, "You should do …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 710: Defining Coercive Messaging

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let's shift our focus to discuss coercive structures or what might be considered toxic normative structures. Rick Rosner: I wouldn't label them as toxic, rather as helpful normative structures. Jacobsen: Alright. Rosner: Here's the thing, at my age, which is 61, living in America, it's shockingly disappointing to witness a …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 709: Toxic Normative Structures

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the reason behind extremely intelligent individuals often becoming so obsessive that it negatively impacts all other aspects of their lives? Rick Rosner: Although not a universal trait among high IQ individuals, obsession can certainly be a pitfall for some. Take Keith Rainiere, for instance, whose involvement in a …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 708: Super Duper High-IQ People

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What's the most interesting thing happening in the U.S political situation right now? Rick Rosner: All this stuff has surfaced about Trump really going to extreme lengths to hold on to the presidency using illegal means. He tried to issue some kind of order to have voting machines confiscated in …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 707: May You Live in Interesting Times

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, you're getting older, correct? Rick Rosner: We all are. I'm older, yes. Jacobsen: Okay, I mean colloquial not technical. How do your values change when you feel the sense of running out of time? Rosner: Well, I've engaged in a lot of foolishness, with a lot of that foolishness …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 706: Getting Older and Lost Time, Wasting Time

[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Addendum to last session, go ahead. Rick Rosner: It's kind of known among people who know science fiction that the worlds presented in science fiction tend to like… when somebody sets a story in the future they set it way too close to now like I just happened to come …

Continue reading Ask A Genius 705: Addendum to “The Future Doesn’t Care About Us”