Scott Adams: In his own words
Recently we had a heat wave in California. My air conditioner broke because, I assume, it is not designed to operate in hot weather. That was the bad news. The good news is that I solved the problems in the Middle East. Allow me to explain. During the several days…
Read MoreHave you heard of something called the confirmation bias? Researchers discovered that when people hear an argument that opposes their viewpoint, the rational part of the brain takes a coffee break and the emotional side takes over. The irrational part of your brain then reinterprets reality in a way that…
Read MoreThe following comment from Blacklander was so interesting that I am including it as a post, with permission, for those of you too lazy to read hundreds of comments looking for the nugget. I think it will be funny to watch people argue whether this educated, Arab, Muslim living in…
Read MoreMy goal in life is to be carried. My thinking is that you’re not really successful if you have to do your own walking. I want to be so important that other people are willing to carry me from room to room, even down the street. And I don’t mean…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Theory? [This was written before my wedding.] Most people commented that my prediction (a recent post) for the Middle East is highly improbable. Fair enough. But what prediction is MORE probable? Will the terrorists discover Jesus and decide to stop terrorizing on their own? Will there be permanent…
Read More[This post was written before I got married. I’ll have some wedding stories and pictures later] I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what I should worry about: terrorists, global warming, rogue asteroid, eating too many French fries, whatever. I want to allocate my worrying to the…
Read MoreWell, it’s wedding day. I’ll be married in about 11 hours. This wedding has taken more planning than the invasion of Iraq. And yet there is still one guaranteed failure built into the plan: the first dance. I’ve been taking dancing lessons for the past several months to prepare for…
Read MoreI’m in full-out pre-wedding mode. And that means multi-tasking no matter how much I’d prefer to avoid it. For example, at about 1 am this morning I cleaned the cat box but didn’t have time to take the neatly bundled bag of poop all the way to the garage. It…
Read MoreI was just reading some reviews on Amazon for my book THE RELIGION WAR. Most people loved it, but one reader had a big problem because the premise was “impossible.” I’ll let you be the judges. Without giving the story away, I can tell you the predictions that form the…
Read MoreDo you ever wonder how much of the news is nothing but an inside joke? The other day I was reading an AP story about how hot it was in Chicago. The heat was a particular problem for the Gay Games VII because they expected a lot of heat exhaustion…
Read MoreI’m sitting at the Oakland airport. The airline claims my flight will be delayed one hour, but I know that’s only the opening bid. I’m suspicious of round numbers. If they said the flight was going to be 47 minutes late, I’d think they had a good handle on things….
Read MoreIn my book, THE RELIGION WAR, I predicted that terrorists would start using GPS-guided drones (model-sized unmanned airplanes) to bomb stuff from a distance. It just makes sense. The technology exists and it doesn’t cost that much. You can launch a drone from anywhere and make it fly precisely to…
Read MoreMy favorite story in today’s news is about football player Terrell Owens’ claim that he was misquoted in his own book. This is the book that is written in first person. He blames his co-author for a quote in which Terrell allegedly called his own recovery from an injury “heroic.”…
Read MoreIt’s time to see how the Dilbert Portfolio is doing. Recall that this is the portfolio chosen from the opinions you left on this blog. Result: -17% so far. Shares Current Value Cost Change ADM 500 …
Read More[this is reposted because the system ate it once.] Did you ever wonder what it’s like to be a cat and have a giant human hand petting you? Speaking as a human, I generally like it when ordinary-sized hands touch me. But I wouldn’t like gigantic hands on me. I…
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