Scott Douglas Jacobsen
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen is the publisher of In-Sight Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-0692343) and Editor-in-Chief of In-Sight: Interviews (ISSN: 2369-6885). He is a member in good standing of numerous media organizations.
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Fumfer Physics 36: Proto-Thoughts, Context, and Memory Hooks
Scott Douglas Jacobsen asks whether it is naïve to look for a discrete “unit” of thought, given that thoughts vary in informational content and rarely arrive as neat sentences. Rick Rosner argues that language captures only a thin slice of cognition: perception, background knowledge, self-critique, and half-formed associations run in parallel as “proto-thoughts.” He uses the example of viewing a painting to show how sensory input and contextual inference accompany any sentence-like notion. Most thoughts, he adds, pass without leaving retrieval “hooks,” much like dreams. Without deliberate encoding—or a later contextual trigger—mental material vanishes, because recall depends on activating the right associative patterns.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 days ago in Interview
Justine Reichman on Simple Habits That Reduce Waste Without Moralizing
Justine Reichman is the Founder and CEO of NextGen Purpose, a sustainability-focused platform that works at the intersection of food systems, consumer behaviour, and everyday environmental practice. Based in San Francisco, she is also the host and executive producer of the Essential Ingredients podcast, which highlights innovators, founders, and practitioners advancing regenerative and responsible approaches to living and consumption. Reichman’s work emphasizes practical sustainability—reducing waste, rethinking habits, and favouring durability over disposability—without moralizing or perfectionism. Drawing on experience in entrepreneurship, community building, and media, she advocates for intention-driven change that fits real lives rather than abstract ideals.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 days ago in Lifehack
Joydip Ghosh on Measurement, the Wave Function, and Hilbert Space: What Quantum Mechanics Really Says About Reality
Joydip Ghosh is a quantum physicist with more than 17 years of experience spanning defence, aerospace, automotive innovation, and academia. He is the Founder and CEO of Owlyard and previously served as Quantum Computing Lead at Ford Motor Company and as a Staff Transformational Physicist at Northrop Grumman. Ghosh’s work focuses on quantum computing, quantum information, and the translation of foundational physics into real-world applications. He is internationally recognized for contributions to quantum control, error correction, and for advancing the interface between theory, industry, and science education.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen6 days ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 35: Cognitive Limits, Big Data, and AI’s Role in Human Reasoning
In this exchange, Scott Douglas Jacobsen asks what human consciousness cannot process adequately. Rick Rosner argues that people hit hard limits with big data, large parameter spaces, and even simple mental representations like number grids. Computers can find correlations, but humans struggle to hold enough information at once to test whether patterns are causal. Rosner suggests AI could surface correlations and generate wide-ranging analogies across culture at superhuman scale, while humans remain responsible for interpretation and meaning. He extends the point to scientific imagination—alternative cosmologies and modified-gravity ideas—and notes AI may help break cognitive ruts, even if it is not yet a top-tier theoretical mathematician.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen8 days ago in Interview
Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson and Teela Robertson, M.C., on Memetic Self-Mapping in Psychotherapy
Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is a Canadian counselling psychologist and theorist known for “self-mapping” and the memetic self—identity as a network of culturally transmitted ideas (memes), memetic mapping. He has published work on the use of memetic maps to enhance client reflectivity and therapeutic efficacy. Robertson has served as Lead Psychologist at the University of Regina’s Collaborative Centre for Justice and Safety. He authored The Evolved Self: Mapping an Understanding of Who We Are (University of Ottawa Press, 2020) and co-authored Mapping an Understanding: How to Represent the Self in Psychotherapy and Research Visually (Pete’s Press, 2025) with Teela Robertson, for clinicians and researchers.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen10 days ago in Education
T. Michael W. Halcomb on Disillusionment, Community, and Accountability in the Modern Church
T. Michael W. Halcomb is an American professor, author, podcaster, and stand-up comedian. He is the author of around 30 books, an educator with five degrees (including a PhD), and a frequent academic presenter with nearly 100 conference presentations. He co-founded GlossaHouse in 2012, a publishing house focused on language-learning resources, especially biblical languages. He gave a TEDx talk, "Silent no more: Resurrecting dead languages," in Evansville, IN in October of 2015. His comedy work has been featured in outlets such as Yahoo! Entertainment, TheWrap, and The Mirror US.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen10 days ago in Interview
Terence A. Townsend on Belonging, Grace, and Online Church: Christian Community in Practice
Terence A. Townsend is a Texas-based ministry leader, certified life and mental health coach, clergy mentor, licensed insurance broker and entrepreneur who blends faith, business strategy, and personal development in his work with WisdomWorx 2.0. With decades of experience as a speaker, author, consultant, and media host, he guides individuals and organizations in leadership, AI integration, financial stewardship, and spiritual growth. Townsend's journey encompasses ministry calling from youth, transformational coaching, and practical tools for entrepreneurs, pastors, and families seeking purpose and resilience. He champions transformative impact through mentorship, strategic simplicity, and faith-anchored action.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen11 days ago in Education
Galyna Ostapovets on War Reporting: Verifying Peace Talks, POW Exchanges, and Operational Security
Galyna Ostapovets is a Ukrainian journalist and war reporter currently based in Kyiv. She joined the Novyny.LIVE newsroom in June 2021 and, after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, shifted from politics to reporting the war’s societal consequences, producing articles and video coverage. She writes for Novyny Live and creates videos for its YouTube channel. IJNet profiled her as “Journalist of the Month” in April 2023. She contributes to international outlets including IJNet and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. IWPR states she was born in Ukraine’s Lviv region and graduated from the International University of Economics and Humanities.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen12 days ago in Interview
Pastor Justin McLane on Paganism to Christianity, Combat Faith, Church Hurt, and the Black Robe Regiment
Justin McLane is a lead pastor, author, and workshop facilitator whose writing explores Christianity as a personal, everyday relationship with God. A combat veteran with two deployments, he describes earlier years in pagan practice, paranormal investigation, and later conversion following an experience he interprets as supernatural. His ministry emphasizes direct language, boundaries in interfaith friendships, and pastoral care for people harmed by churches. McLane discusses denominational disputes, civic engagement, and the role of faith in public life through initiatives such as the Black Robe Regiment and Gideon's Pledge. He shares resources via www.justinmclane.com. He lives in Tennessee and speaks widely.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen16 days ago in Humans
Quo Vadis, Humanity?
On December 19, a powerful and deeply moving conference was held in Sarajevo, dedicated to the protection of children and to shedding light on the fate of missing babies in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The organizers – the Association of Missing Babies of Vojvodina and the Christian Alliance of Croatia – gathered mothers, families, activists, experts, and people of conscience from across the region in a packed hall at Collegium Artisticum in Skenderija, united by the same pain and the same question that has gone unanswered for decades.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen20 days ago in History
Dr. Leo Igwe Speaks on Ending Witchcraft Allegations in the 21st Century
Dr. Leo Igwe spoke to the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago about how unexamined superstition and dogma produce tangible harm. Using today’s African witchcraft accusations, he drew parallels to Europe’s early modern witch panics and argued the phenomenon is transnational, not “African culture.” Because witchcraft lacks evidentiary basis, accusations operate like criminal charges yet deny presumption of innocence and can spark violence against vulnerable people. Religious entrepreneurs exploit exorcism narratives for status and money. Igwe urged accountability—policing, prosecutions, and institutional reform—plus prevention through early critical-thinking education, international solidarity, and a humanist commitment to evidence and rights, unfinished global human-rights work.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen25 days ago in Education
James Wahls’ Revolve Fund: Recoverable Grants and Equitable Capital
James Wahls, founder of the Revolve Fund, explains how recoverable grants expand capital access for marginalized entrepreneurs. Unlike loans or equity, they set impact or revenue milestones; repayment occurs only when goals are reached, with no penalties if funds were used as intended. Revolve pairs flexible dollars with wraparound supports—communications support, business acumen, access to different networks, etc.—to help navigate banks, CDFIs, and venture funds. Impact is measured as "strategic influence": co-investment, follow-on capital, and referral-driven wins. While based in Baltimore, Revolve works with grantees around the country including an expanded focus in Detroit, Wahls’s hometown of origin. Detroit grantee partners include Black Tech Saturdays, Invest Detroit Ventures, Black Leaders Detroit, College & Beyond and more. In this and other markets, Wahls advocates for thoughtful risk tolerance, cautions against exploitative capital, and emphasizes the contextual leadership of local philanthropy.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen28 days ago in Trader
