In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal

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“I have to say, the Canadian stereotype of niceness probably goes a long way toward making Canadians nice, because I think people like to live up to positive stereotypes.”

Ask A Genius 1644: Canada, Courtesy, MAGA, NAFTA, and Vampire Moldova

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Ask A Genius 1643: Rick Rosner on Trump, Iran, Theology, AI, and the Failures of Modern Judgment

How does Rick Rosner connect Trump’s judgment on Iran, COVID, tariffs, theology, and AI to broader failures in human reasoning? Abstract Scott Douglas Jacobsen interviews Rick Rosner on Trump’s judgment, the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, political risk, and the costs to Americans. Their wide-ranging discussion ranges from intuition and deception to religion, creationism, identity, technology,…

Ask A Genius 1643: Rick Rosner on Trump, Iran, Theology, AI, and the Failures of Modern Judgment

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Ask A Genius 1642: Oil Prices, Russia’s War, Evolution, and the Science of Longevity

How does Rick Rosner connect oil price shocks, Russia’s war in Ukraine, evolutionary trade-offs, and human longevity in conversation with Scott Douglas Jacobsen? Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore how war, energy markets, and biology intersect across Ukraine, Iran, and the United States. They consider whether conflict-driven oil price spikes strengthen Russia’s capacity to continue…

Ask A Genius 1642: Oil Prices, Russia’s War, Evolution, and the Science of Longevity

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Ask A Genius 1641: Ukraine’s War Outlook, Russian Occupation, and the Politics of Information

How does Scott Douglas Jacobsen assess the military, political, and human rights realities shaping Ukraine’s war with Russia? In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen responds to Rick Rosner on the evolving Ukraine war, arguing that logistical failures, communication breakdowns, and battlefield constraints have blunted Russia’s spring offensive. Jacobsen frames the conflict through universal…

Ask A Genius 1641: Ukraine’s War Outlook, Russian Occupation, and the Politics of Information

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Ask A Genius 1640: Reform Jewish Shabbat in North America

What has been Rick’s experience with Shabbat dinners in North America? Scott Douglas Jacobsen interviews Rick Rosner on Reform Jewish Shabbat practices and the foundations of a grounded life in mid-century America. Rosner describes a minimal, symbolic Shabbat—candles, blessings, and dinner—without strict observance. He emphasizes that structure and stability came not from ritual, but from his…

Ask A Genius 1640: Reform Jewish Shabbat in North America

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Ask A Genius 1639: Playwriting, Iran, Ukraine, and Global Oil Shock

How do creativity, war, and energy politics converge in the conversation between Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner? In this wide-ranging exchange, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner move from adolescent playwriting and artistic structure to war, oil, and geopolitical instability. Jacobsen reflects on writing disciplined, rhymed plays in youth as a way to impose order on chaos, while…

Ask A Genius 1639: Playwriting, Iran, Ukraine, and Global Oil Shock

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Ask A Genius 1638: Sexual Behavior, Normalization, Pornography, and Historical Change

How does Rick Rosner explain the historical normalization of oral sex, pornography, and changing sexual norms across cultures and time? In this conversation, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine sexual behavior as a historically shifting but biologically persistent human force. Rosner argues that oral sex, pornography, contraception, fertility decline, venereal disease, and same-sex…

Ask A Genius 1638: Sexual Behavior, Normalization, Pornography, and Historical Change

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Ask A Genius 1637: Trump, Iran, High-IQ Ethics, Journalism Standards, and Social Media Influence

How do Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen evaluate Trump and Iran, ethics in high-IQ communities, journalism standards, and the behavioral effects of social media? Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner range across Trump, Iran, journalism, high-IQ communities, sex differences, gambling, and algorithmic media. Rosner argues that while weakening Iran’s regime may be strategically…

Ask A Genius 1637: Trump, Iran, High-IQ Ethics, Journalism Standards, and Social Media Influence

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Ask A Genius 1636: Rick Rosner on the U.S.–Iran War, AI Surveillance, Voice of America, and U.S. Strategic Failure

Can you think of another situation that was this self-inflicted in American history? In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine the day-11 U.S.–Iran war, arguing that regime change is unlikely, costs are rising, and public support is weak. Rosner compares the conflict to Iraq and Vietnam, warning that wars launched on optimistic assumptions can spiral into prolonged…

Ask A Genius 1636: Rick Rosner on the U.S.–Iran War, AI Surveillance, Voice of America, and U.S. Strategic Failure

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Ask A Genius 1635: Trump, Iran, Kristi Noem, Britney Spears, and AI

How does Rick Rosner interpret Trump’s foreign policy, Kristi Noem’s firing, Britney Spears’ troubles, and the strange overlap between geopolitics, celebrity culture, and artificial intelligence? In this wide-ranging conversation, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine the chaos of contemporary politics, foreign policy, celebrity culture, physics, and artificial intelligence. Rosner…

Ask A Genius 1635: Trump, Iran, Kristi Noem, Britney Spears, and AI

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Ask A Genius 1634: Ukraine Air Raid Reality and U.S.–Iran Conflict

How do daily air raids in Ukraine and escalating U.S.–Iran tensions reveal the changing technology and geopolitics of modern warfare? In this conversation, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine the lived experience of war in Ukraine and the evolving global strategic landscape. Jacobsen recounts frequent drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, explaining how Shahed drones and air-defence…

Ask A Genius 1634: Ukraine Air Raid Reality and U.S.–Iran Conflict

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Ask A Genius 1633: Iran Regime Stability, COVID Trends, and Kyiv Under Air Raid

What does Rick Rosner say about the prospects for regime collapse in Iran, current COVID trends, and the intensifying strike pattern in Kyiv? In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner discuss reports about a possible injury or death of a senior Iranian figure, stressing caution because the claims rely on unnamed sources. Rick Rosner argues that limited U.S. airstrikes would be…

Ask A Genius 1633: Iran Regime Stability, COVID Trends, and Kyiv Under Air Raid

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Ask A Genius 1632: Estimating Lifetime Orgasm Time

If you extrapolate over your lifetime and calculate an average duration, how much of your conscious life has actually been spent in orgasm? Scott Douglas Jacobsen asks Rick Rosner to quantify orgasm time across a lifetime. Rosner estimates 15,000–17,000 orgasms at five seconds each, totaling about one day of life. They explore the hypothetical of prolonged orgasmic activation and note medical…

Ask A Genius 1632: Estimating Lifetime Orgasm Time

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Ask A Genius 1631: Kyiv Normalcy Under Fire: Risk, Reform, Exercise Micro-Dosing, and Sex Education

How does daily life in Kyiv reshape risk perception and “normalcy,” and what does that imply for human-rights reporting, micro-dosed daily exercise, and modern sex education? In this wide-ranging conversation, Rick Rosner presses Scott Douglas Jacobsen on what “normal” means in wartime Kyiv: sirens, intermittent strikes, and the slow psychology of habituation. Jacobsen distinguishes lived risk…

Ask A Genius 1631: Kyiv Normalcy Under Fire: Risk, Reform, Exercise Micro-Dosing, and Sex Education

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Ask A Genius 1630: Black Hole Information Paradox, White Holes, and Trump’s Tariff Clock

How do black-hole information puzzles and tariff law collide in one conversation? Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner range from black-hole physics to trade policy throughout their exchange. Jacobsen explains that, in classical general relativity, information can enter a black hole but cannot escape the event horizon, highlighting the quantum tension behind the information paradox. Rosner…

Ask A Genius 1630: Black Hole Information Paradox, White Holes, and Trump’s Tariff Clock

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Ask A Genius 1629: Are Smartphones, AI, and Longevity Science Triggering the Next Human Transformation?

What constitutes a true “phase change” in human evolution, and are smartphones, AI integration, and longevity science pushing us toward another one? In this wide-ranging dialogue, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine technological and evolutionary “phase changes” in human history—from language and agriculture to smartphones and neural interfaces. Jacobsen argues that 2007–2008 marked a…

Ask A Genius 1629: Are Smartphones, AI, and Longevity Science Triggering the Next Human Transformation?

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Ask A Genius 1628: ​​Rick Rosner Restores a Jesus Mosaic with Gold-Glass Halo Rays, Then Dissects HBO’s Industry

Are you using geometric relationships, or are you doing what looks aesthetically good? Scott Douglas Jacobsen asks Rick Rosner about restoring a large crucifixion mosaic bought at auction. Rosner explains it is a full mosaic, heavy and damaged, rebuilt over two and a half years by replacing missing tesserae. He describes sourcing discounted Orsoni Venetian gold glass, made by sandwiching gold…

Ask A Genius 1628: ​​Rick Rosner Restores a Jesus Mosaic with Gold-Glass Halo Rays, Then Dissects HBO’s Industry