Scott Adams: In his own words
Today 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 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 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…
Read MoreYou probably saw one of several articles describing a study that says Donald Trump speaks at a fourth-grade level. Your first reaction might have been to chuckle at his lack of verbal intelligence. I was laughing too. But if you have been reading this blog lately, you know I was laughing for…
Read MorePundits declared that Carly Fiornia won the most recent Republican debate. Her poll numbers surged, as you might expect. Meanwhile, I was applying the Master Wizard Filter to the debate and predicting that Fiorina had self-destructed that night by pairing her brand with the image of a dead baby. INTENTIONALLY! In a blog…
Read MoreThis article in the Washington Post describes Trump’s persuasion skills as a function of his energy and big ideas. Or, as the article says, people respond to narcissists. Look how hard some parts of the media are trying to push a narrative in which Trump’s success is not related to anything Trump…
Read MoreThe Washington Post’s Stephen Stromberg says Hillary Clinton won the first Democratic debate with her line about being a progressive who likes to get things done. Personally, that line didn’t register with me at all. It has no visual or emotional content. The Master Wizard filter says that line was irrelevant. According to the…
Read MoreI was just reading the transcript of Bill Clinton’s interview with Colbert. Based on that text alone, I wonder who Bill Clinton wants to win the presidency. Clinton talked about Trump’s “macho” appeal with the public. But Clinton didn’t say macho was a bad thing. Let me give you a hypothetical. Suppose I told you…
Read MoreOn October 1st, I blogged that Trump was starting to define Rubio as a “rube,” although Trump had not yet used that actual word (as far as I know). The human mind automatically connects things that are related. If you tell me a man named Rubio is easily duped (as Trump suggests), the…
Read MoreBefore you read this post, you might want to read my post on why sensational stories such as this are almost always untrue. The context is perfect. — In Florida, a school board paid settlements of $200,000 apiece to the families of three students who died after being hypnotized by their principal. (In this context, “after”…
Read MoreWarning: This post will generate massive cognitive dissonance in some readers. If you think you can learn from that, please read on. If that prospect makes you uncomfortable, please don’t read it. — If you compare Donald Trump to whoever you have in mind as your ideal president, Trump probably comes…
Read MoreThis post is just for fun, as part of my Master Wizard series. The first half is inspired by a tweet from one of my Twitter followers. Master Wizard: A human that is extraordinarily skilled in the methods of persuasion. I think historians would agree that Abraham Lincoln was one of the great…
Read MoreA month ago the media was saying Trump was ahead in polls because he is an outsider. All the evidence pointed that way. For example, more than half of Republicans say they support an outsider in Trump, Carson, and Fiorina. And Bernie Sanders seems sort of outsiderish too. The big problem…
Read MoreIf you watched the second debate, you saw Carly Fiorina’s great retort about Trump’s insulting “look at that face” comment. Fiorina said, “I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said.” It was brilliantly open-ended (wizard-style!). The viewer filled in the blanks with whatever is…
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