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Pith 994: Comesoonemeunder on 2025-06-14

Pith 993: Hole digging on 2025-06-14

Pith 992: Swift silence on 2025-06-14

Pith 991: and then both be — soldiers, dead on 2025-06-14

Pith 990: Confidences rarely confident on 2025-06-14

Pith 989: It doesn’t quite burn on 2025-06-14

Pith 988: Sky swimmers, bottom feeders on 2025-06-14

Pith 987: Fill my lungs with sweetness on 2025-06-14

Ahmad Response on Taurpaulins, and Helping Out on 2025-06-14

Pith 986: Shall I write it in a letter? on 2025-06-14

Ask A Genius 1423: From Materialism to Naturalism: Quantum-Ready Physicalism on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1422: Emergent Time & Degenerate Matter on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1421: Trump’s Militarized Response to LA Protests and the “Waymo Arson” Optics on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1420: From Cold War Paranoia to Modern GOP’s Kremlin Cozy-Up on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1419: Maximizing Space in London’s “Two Up, Two Down” Terraced Houses on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1418: Trump-Musk Rift, DeSantis Fallout, and GOP Tax Bill on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1417: Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, and Political Comedy in a Precarious America on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1416: Quantum Hollywood, AI Job Displacement, and the Risks of Nuclear Innovation on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1415: Molotov Attack in Boulder and the Volcanic Echoes of Krakatoa on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1414: AI’s Hidden Risk: How Friendly Design Could Lead to Systemic Collapse on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1413: Ukraine’s $7B Strike on Russian Bombers and the Future of Global Authoritarianism on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1412: AI Oversight, Cultural Crossroads, and Techno-Dystopia: Our Future on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1411: Sam Altman’s ‘Stargate,’ AI Doom Scenarios, and the Hope for Indefinite Life on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1410: Fake Gems, Diamond Myths, and the Surreal World of eBay Jewelry on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1409: Dual Extremism, Diaspora Danger: A Sobering Look at the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis and Global Jewish Repercussions on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1408: Agentic AI, Digital Immortality, and Why Missile Defense Is a Fantasy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1407: AI Blackmail, Consciousness Models, and Why He Avoids Music on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1406: Ideal Bodies, AI Warfare, and Trump’s “Low Cunning” on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1405: Trump’s War Against Higher Education, Media Bias, and Racist Pseudoscience on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1404: Behind the Scenes of Lance vs. Rick: Chaos, Commentary, and the Politics of “86 47” on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1403: Living with AI Doom and Global Conflict: Rick Rosner on Survival, Ethics, and the Gaza War on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1402: Art, Gods, and Superheroes: Rick Rosner on Favorite Paintings, Mythology, and the DC Universe on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1401: How SAT Coaching, Family Structure, and Privilege Shape Educational Outcomes on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1400: Language, Sexuality, and the Jarring Ironies of Desire on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1399: The Anti-Natalist Bomber, Artificial Consciousness, and the Philosophy of Game Over on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1398: Prostate Health, Male Sexuality, and Academic Anecdotes: Rosner’s Unfiltered Insights on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1397: Romania’s Political Shift, Biden’s Health, and Trump’s Third‑Term Speculation on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1396: Envisioning Diverse Paradigms of Future Computation on 2025-06-13

RAsk A Genius 1395: From Traditional Ethics to AI-Aligned Utilitarianism: A Vision for Compute-Driven Civilization on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1394: Swear Words, Utilitarianism, and AI Ethics: A Deep Dive on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1393: Paul Mooney’s Legacy: Racial Insight, Raw Humor, and Comedy Truths on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1393: Paul Mooney’s Legacy: Racial Insight, Raw Humor, and Comedy Truths on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1392: Rethinking the Cosmos: AI, Lambda-CDM, and the Crisis in Big Bang Cosmology on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1391: Can AI Revolutionize Physics and Rewrite the Big Bang Theory? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1390: AI Sex Robots, Ethical Dilemmas, and the Rise of Machine Agency: A Deep Dive from Berlin to 2035 on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1389: James Comey Tweet Backlash, Walmart–OpenAI Partnership, and the Rising Trade-Off of AI Agency on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1388: James Comey’s “86 47” Tweet: Misinterpretation, Political Fallout, and Historical Parallels on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1387: Sex Education, Population Ethics, and Demographic Myths: A Data-Driven Dialogue on Fertility, Race, and Policy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1386: I Disruption: Comparing Historical Crises, Future Faking, and Societal Misconceptions in a Changing World on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1385: Simulated Minds, Synthetic Suffering, and Corporate Superpowers on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1384: AI Consciousness, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Human Agency on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1383: Hemorrhoids, Healing, and the Evolution of Pooping After 50 on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1382: AI, CRISPR, and Catastrophe on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1381: Delay Social Security? AI, Longevity, and the Break-Even Bet at 70 on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1380: Afrikaner Asylum, Conservatism, and Trump’s $400 M Plane Corruption on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1379: Wedding Planning, Family Speeches, and Nostalgic Fights on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1378: Joan Rivers, Shock Comedy, and P(Doom) on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1377: AI Experts Warn of Transformative Risks: Reflections from Hinton, Bengio, Russell, LeCun, and Hassabis on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1376: Artificial Intelligence and Inequality: Are We Ready for What Comes Next? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1375: Trump, Qatar, and Media Misinformation: Ethics, Distraction, and the 2024 Election on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1374: AI Regulation, Surveillance, and Economic Power: Unpacking the San Francisco Consensus on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1372: Navigating Aging and Communication: Respect, Hearing Loss, and Marital Tension on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1371: Rick Rosner Reflects on Earliest Memories, Aging Realities, and Life in His 60s on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1370: Napping, Aging, and Dreaming of Kimmel on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1369: Navigating Relationships and Aging, or Lost Vases and Long-Haul Flights on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1368: From Playground Racism to Nuclear-Free Zones: America’s Shifting Cultural and Moral Landscapes on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1367: What are rising social awareness and global leadership changes? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1366: How AI Language Models Are Changing Education, Cognition, and Access to Knowledge on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1365: Ethics, Therapy, and Israel-Gaza: Bias, Counselling, and Cultural Reckonings on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1364: AI, Vector Spaces, and the Rise of a Synthetic Universal Language on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1363: Sam Altman, AI Priorities, and the Future of Human Consciousness on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1362: The Vector of Intelligence: Trust, AI, Evolution, and Cognitive Direction on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1361: The Limits of Science, Time, and Understanding AI on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1360: Falling Birth Rates, Relationship Trends, and the Decline of Sex Scandals on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1359: UFOs and UAPs: Debunking Common Misconceptions on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1358: Are UFOs Evidence of Alien Life? Scientific Plausibility and Public Belief on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1357: Cryptozoology Debunked: Rick Rosner on Why Bigfoot Likely Doesn’t Exist on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1356: Fact-Checking Belief in Ghosts, Flat Earth, and the U.S. War in Afghanistan on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1355: Flat Earth Beliefs and the Psychology Behind Conspiracies on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1354: Southern Sayings, Rural Performances, and the DIY Genius of Adam Carolla on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1353: GPT-5, AI Consciousness, and Crossover Country on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1352: Gumption and Talent: The Creative Drive of JD Mata and Lance Richlin on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1351: Intercessory Prayer Studies Show No Evidence of Divine Intervention on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1350: Political Fear, Free Speech, and Satirical Resistance in the Trump Era on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1349: Aging, Billy Connolly, and Misconceptions About Quantum Entanglement on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1348: Debunking Quantum Myths: Misused Science in Pop Culture on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1347: Misconceptions in Quantum Mechanics and the True Nature of Photons on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1346: Final Thoughts on Panpsychism: Unpack Consciousness and Its Naturalistic Philosophical Roots on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1345: The Future of Family: Declining Birthrates, Artificial Wombs, and Elon Musk’s Reproductive Legacy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1344: Is the Decline in Marriage and Birth Rates a Global Crisis or Just a Shift? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1343: Why Cleaning Horse Poo Is Easier Than Dealing with Horse Farts on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1342: Boxer Briefs, Fertility, and the Battle Between Jeans and Sweatpants on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1341: Should Voting Age Be Raised? Democracy, Disinformation, and the Future of Political Participation on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1340: Informational Structure, Universal Cohesion, and Ethical Implications of Cognitive Decline on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1339: Rick Rosner Dismantles Panpsychism: Consciousness Requires Complexity, Not Crystals on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1338: Can an Informational Universe Cycle Between Dormancy and Activity to Maintain Structural Integrity? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1337: Rodrigo Duterte Arrested by ICC: A Turning Point for Global Justice? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1336: Global Leadership Crisis: Netanyahu, Guterres, and the Erosion of Democratic Norms on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1335: U.S. Decline, Canadian Strategy: Tariffs, Talent, and Global Shifts on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1334: Pet Ethics, Abstract Universes, and the Golden Rule on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1333: When Smart People Get It Wrong: Tech Elites, Cognitive Traps, and the Politics of Delusion on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1332: ChatGPT, AGI, and the Future of Multimodal AI on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1331: Val Kilmer’s Dead on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1330: Quantum Information, Life’s Computations, and the Usability of Information in the Universe on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1329: OnlyFans, Digital Porn, and AI Entertainment Are Replacing Real-Life Intimacy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1328: Aging Leaders, Declining Democracies, and AI’s Rise on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1327: Strangling a Moment for a Moment of Coherence on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1326: Informational Cosmology, Entropy, and the Future of the Universe on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1325: Interim Canadian Prime Minister on U.S. Relations and Trump’s Legacy on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1324: Entropy, Information, and Cosmological Models on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1323: Quantum Entanglement, Informational Cosmology, and the Limits of Computation on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1322: U.S.–China Conflict, Cyber War, and the Rise of AI Power on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1321: The Impact of AI on Human Intelligence and Modern Entertainment on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1320: Writing Murder In Media Res, Stephen King, and Storytelling on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1319: The Pope, Fascism, and Church-Adjacent Collectibles on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1318: Dog Cancer, Senolytics, and Anomalies in Big Bang Cosmology on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1317: Writing Murder, Musical Intrusions, and Stephen King-Level Detail on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1316: Rick Had a Dream Tonight! on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1315: Trump’s Rhetoric, U.S. Emigration to Canada, and Shifting Male Voting Blocs on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1314: Political Extremism, Gun Culture, and the Aging Divide in America on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1313: Guns, Government Breakdown, and the Risk of Political Violence in America on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1312: Trump’s Return, Musk’s Influence, and America’s Alarming Political Surrender on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1311: Emergent and Convergent Physics: Information, Redundancy, and the Universe on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1310: Information, Physics, and Metaphysics, or Information and Physics with ‘Metaphysics’ on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1309: Peyton McNabb Volleyball Injury: Fact vs. Political Narrative on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1308: Consciousness in an IC Universe: Modeling and Information Processing on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1307: Do Fundamental Particles and Forces Arise from Underlying Informational Processes? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1306: Exploring Quantum Mechanics and Informational Cosmology on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1305: Experimental Cancer Treatment for His Dog: A DIY Approach on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1304: Why Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen Have Talked for 10 Years – A Legacy of Ideas on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1303: Cellular Automata, Discrete vs. Continuous Models, and Algorithmic Information Theory on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1302: Informational Cosmology, Quantum Time, and Simulation Hypothesis on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1301: Why Humans Love Pets More Than People on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1300: Democratic Failures in 2024 and the Path to 2028 Victory on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1299: AI, Nuclear Deterrence, and the Future of Human Labor on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1298: The Centrality of Conspiracy Theory Psychology in Antisemitism on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1297: Comedy, Self-Disclosure, and the Evolution of Porn Culture on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1296: Existential Risks, AI Alignment, and Global Stability on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1295: Musk’s False Claims, High-IQ Communities, and Mental Decline on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1294: AI, Scaling Laws, and Political Chaos on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1293: AI Cognition, Politics, and the Future of Science on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1292: AI Ads, Turing Tests, and String Theory on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1291: Handwashing, NYC Hygiene, and Public Spaces on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1290: Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life? Exploring Physics, Quantum Events on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1289: Does the Universe Exist Without Observers? Quantum Mechanics, Symmetry Breaking, and Information Theory on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1288: Calculating the Information Content of the Universe: Physics, Cosmology, and Information Theory on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1287: Near-Future Fiction, AI Evolution, and the Changing Nature of Work on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1286: 2026 U.S. Elections, Trump’s Influence, and Global Power Shifts on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1285: The Rise of Artificial General Intelligence: Are Humans Being Replaced? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1284: The Conservation of Information in Quantum Mechanics and Cosmology on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1283: Landauer Limit on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1282: Educators, Anonymous, Ratings on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1281: Methylene Blue, don’t! on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1280: Donut Shop on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1279: What about James Bond working out and training? on 2025-06-13

Ask A Genius 1278: L.A. Murder Day on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1277: USAID, DoE, Not DoD on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1276: Bathwater Ode, “I Like it hot” on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1275: Anonymous, Protests, Biff Tannen, and Errol Morris on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1274: ‘Sex Tricks’ and Time for Bed on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1273: How did we get on Kevin Bacon again? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1272: Naked at Night, Redux on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1271: China’s Decline, Russia’s Future, and Africa’s Growth by 2050 on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1270: Early Trump Administration on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1269: Some Scattered Politics on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1268: IQ’s Black Swan on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1267: Inflection Upon Inflection on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1266: Hustlers in History and Prejudice on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1265: A Stretchy Universe on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1264: AI and Energy Demands, and Pete Hegseth on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1263: More Enshittification on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1262: Encoding Information and AI on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1261: Claude and GPT-4 on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1260: Messaging, Culture, and Sex on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1259: Nicholas Taleb on IQ on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1258: Tender Beings on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1257: Diamonds are Forever on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1256: “Greatest Portrait Artist Competition” and Falls on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1255: Total Crap on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1254: Trump’s First Stint on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1253: The L.A. Fires on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1252: Powerlessness or Empowerment on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1251: Edward Witten, Abdus Salam, Dennis Sciama, and Paolo Budinich on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1250: Nonsense Amplification and Prof. Gibbs on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1249: Cryoablation on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1248: The Scariest Moments, AI Energy Needs, Nuclear Reactor Safety, and Ukraine’s War Efforts on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1247: Skippy the Horse on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1246: Social Credit Scores on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1245: Technological Changes in the Midst of Adversarial Politics on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1244: Tread with the Trends of Caution or Caution to the Wind? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1243: The Speaker Mike Johnson Rick Roll Ramble on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1242: Fisetin on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1241: I have no idea, also aging on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1240: Constructs with Contructed Feelings on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1239: Radium Watch Girls on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1238: The Odious Gilded Age with Electric Cars and Nike Sneakers on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1237: Tripartite Religion of the H-1B on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1236: Why does Rick hate cardio? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1235: The Lord of the Rings and PodTV on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1234: When is the end of our worlds? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1233: What counts as doofus traps for smart people? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1233: What counts as doofus traps for smart people? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1232: Trends and Their Interactions on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1231: How do you usually celebrate your birthdays? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1230: What about investments and windfalls? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1229: What game show would you have liked to be on? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1228: What is the near future of libraries? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1227: How has the world changed since we started working together? on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1226: Merry Christmas, Jesus! on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1225: The Book of Matthew on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1224: Rick Takes Humanism to Task! on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1223: The Reasoning System Test 3 on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1222: The Reasoning System Test 2 on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1221: Rick’s Trump Distraction on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1220: AI on the Future Gone Super Bro, Broski on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1219: Ramaswamy and Musk on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1218: Futuristic Trendy Trend Thoughts on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1217: Ye Olde Hearinge on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1216: Hollywood Press on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1215: The Reasoning System Test 1 on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1214: Apple Carts and AI Coaxing Humanity’s Wills on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1213: The Murder of Brian Thompson on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1212: Patriot of the Year Latitude on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1211: DOGE on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1210: Bryan McFarland on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1209: Ads on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1208: Preferences in Sizes of Dogs on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1207: A.I. Pimping on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1206: Musk, Ramaswamy, Saul, and Summers on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1205: ‘I’m in the Writers Guild’ on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1204: Schmoozers! on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1203: Celebrities Notice on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1202: Propaganda Models in the States and Russia on 2025-06-12

Ask A Genius 1201: Peanut the Squirrel on 2025-06-12

Leland Gohl, Solar Energy an Underserved Impact on 2025-06-12

On Keith Raniere & NXIVM 4: Matt Bywater, Confronting Raniere on 2025-06-12

Feminist Economics, Argentina’s Crisis, and Global Neoliberalism on 2025-06-12