Scott Adams: In his own words
According to the press, Donald Trump had a bad week. If the game we are playing is two-dimensional politics, they are 100% right. But what if the game is three-dimensional politics? The third dimension is emotion and persuasion, not reason. Let’s see how Trump did in the third dimension. Here…
Read MoreAs expected, I got all the bottom-feeder traffic from Gawker and the rest of the Outragist sewer system streaming over to this blog today. So I think we’re ready for tomorrow’s topic, which will be the start of the Rationality Engine process to explore whether the United States is still…
Read MoreI just signed the petition to fire DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg for not understanding that marijuana has legitimate medicinal use. That knowledge seems like the minimum qualification for the job. We can do better. By the way, Trump says let the states decide on legalization. That’s the sort of opinion that breeds…
Read MoreToday I learned from a stranger that my opinion on gender is based on who pays for the date. Because nothing else matters, apparently, according to this Outragist. Sometimes I worry that all the smart people stopped trying.
Read MoreDrip…drip…drip… Nate Silver’s current opinion of Donald Trump’s odds, from Business Insider today: — — The way I characterize the situation is that Trump brought a flamethrower to a stick fight. What’s the track record for sticks beating flamethrowers? Hard to say, but a stick won all the other stick fights….
Read MoreOne interpretation of DAESH is that a bunch of horny young males are pursuing the only options they have in their society to obtain women. DAESH soldiers are encouraged to rape captives. They have an elaborate system for doing just that. Reports from the region say DAESH uses access to…
Read MoreNote: My Clown Genius Post (about Trump) is nominated for a Best Writing of 2015 award called the Golden Giraffes. You can vote for it here. (Do a page search to find my name.) I don’t care about awards of this type, but this is an opportunity to shine some light on…
Read MoreIn a prior post, and as part of my Master Persuader Series (about Trump), I predicted that Trump’s success would trigger cognitive dissonance the likes of which you have rarely seen. That is a tell for mass persuasion. I give you two examples from today. The Huffington Post tells us Donald Trump’s rise is…
Read MoreIf you have nine minutes, and you want to see the most interesting political speech of all time, watch Donald Trump [no longer available] compare Ben Carson to other “pathological” folks such as pedophiles. Yeah, that happened yesterday. For those interested in my Master Persuader Filter, look for the following elements of persuasion in…
Read MoreIn no particular order. Trump the Incumbent When Trump hosted Saturday Night Live, his opening skit involved a future fantasy with Trump as president doing great things. As regular readers of this blog noted that night, he made you think past the sale. I assume Trump was involved in approving…
Read MoreI recently blogged that a Trump presidency would probably boost confidence in the economy and pay a big dividend in GDP over time. Economies move with psychology, and Trump is the best at business-related psychology in all its forms. But what about Ben Carson, you ask? Does he bring an economic upside…
Read MoreI promised myself that I wasn’t going to write about Donald Trump today. Then I saw this video clip in which a bearded fellow claims to know Trump’s morning routine. According to the bearded guy, an assistant brings a stack of Trump-related newspaper clips to Trump every morning. Trump glances at them,…
Read MoreOne of the biggest complaints I hear about Donald Trump is that he wants to become president for personal reasons. Apparently it has something to do with a combination of his narcissism, his ego, and his desire to make money. I can’t think of three worse qualities for a president…
Read MoreWhen I was studying economics in college, the most surprising thing I learned is that economics is what happens when you combine psychology with resources. I had assumed economics was more of a math/formula sort of discipline. There is plenty of that too, but the core of economics is human…
Read MoreI just watched a video of Matt Lauer interviewing Donald Trump in front of a live audience in New Hampshire. The audience had some questions too. If you have been enjoying my Master Persuader series about Trump, you … have … to … see … this. I remind you that I don’t know…
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