Scott Adams: In his own words
In an earlier post I said Bill Gates would make an excellent president because he’s a successful businessman, makes decisions based on reason instead of superstition, and has a track record of trying to help the poor through his foundation. Apparently I am not alone. There’s a new web site…
Read MoreI rarely offend PEOPLE in my blog or comic strip. But I often offend OTHER people. By that I mean that for 18 years I have been getting the following sort of e-mail, and now blog comment: “Mr. Adams – Your (blog or comic) today was highly offensive to ambidextrous…
Read MoreAs a professional humorist, I read the news differently than you do. I’m mining it like the old guy on the beach with a metal detector. You see miles of sand and sea shells and used condoms, but I see a potential windfall of 35 cents in coins plus half…
Read MoreWhat one simple problem could you eliminate – let’s say using magic – that would fix virtually every other problem in the world? You might say that poverty is the biggest single problem. There’s a good argument for that. But I’m reasonably sure that if everyone on the planet suddenly…
Read MoreOf all the controversial topics I’ve raised on this blog, free will is the one that seems to most grab people by the nuts and/or teats and twirl them around. I understand why. Belief in free will is the reboot button for civilization. Don’t read any further until you have…
Read MoreBefore I got married I did many things correctly. I attribute my excellent performance to the fact that I have astonishingly low standards for just about everything that doesn’t directly affect my health. My plan for happiness was to set the bar low and clear it by a mile. It…
Read MoreIn my Thanksgiving post I said, “Bring them home.” I meant the troops in Iraq, in case that wasn’t clear. Some people were puzzled that I have an opinion on this subject. Your puzzlement is justified, given that I often say I don’t understand complicated situations. And Iraq is clearly…
Read MoreBring them home.
Read MoreDid you see the character appearing in Dilbert this week with underpants on his head? I can explain. Here’s the version that ran in newspapers and on Dilbert.com on 11/21/06. Click the image to enlarge. [missing image] I was trying to show that the marketing guy has an ass for…
Read MoreIt’s generally accepted that humorists can poke fun at people for the choices they make but not the things outside of their control. For example, I can mock people who break laws, or support bad political decisions, or spend all of their money on dumbass things. Society calls those things…
Read MoreWhen I first started cartooning, my job was to make funny comics. That was it. Over time, as Dilbert grew to 2,000 newspapers and became a cultural icon, I picked up some extra duties without realizing it. Now my job includes signaling changes in the way society views things. I…
Read MoreIs it my imagination or have the atheists come out of the closet (in the United States) since 9/11? Prior to 9/11, it would have been career suicide for a public figure to come right out and say God is a fairy tale. Now it’s a feature of popular culture….
Read MoreI always laugh when someone finds the fewest words to describe a complicated situation. My old boss at Pacific Bell, Mike, was a master of philosophical brevity. I remember one day working in the technology lab where several of us shared work benches. We were having an ongoing debate about…
Read MoreThey say you get smarter every day that you’re alive until some tipping point. After that, because your brain starts to rot with age, you get dumber every day. I wonder if I’ll know when it happens. That would be a bad day. “Something feels different today. I wonder what…uh-oh.”…
Read MoreRegular readers already know that I’m a trained hypnotist. When people hear that, the most common response I hear is “I can’t be hypnotized.” I suppose people are trying to tell me they have too much will power. What they actually tell me is that they have no understanding of…
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