Can Humans and Computers Mate and Have Babies?

Can humans have sex with machines and create digital offspring? Almost. Here are the components you need: Humans are the result of more than DNA. We become who we are through experience as well. The human-computer offspring would be no different. To the father, the child would perhaps remind him…

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How to Make Your Opponents Try (and fail) to Prove a Negative

Sometimes you can prove an alleged event did happen, but you generally can’t prove something did not happen. For example, if police have clear video footage of a crime in progress, several direct witnesses, and DNA evidence too, you can say they proved the defendant did the crime. But if your neighbor says an…

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Episode 369 Scott Adams: Whiteboard Discussion of Border Persuasion

Topics:  I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon [no longer active]. I prefer this method over accepting advertisements or working for a “boss” somewhere because it keeps my voice independent. No one owns me, and that is rare. I’m trying in my own way to make the…

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Scott Adams’ Life Story Update

I thought I’d update my life story here. This was created in the WhenHub Studio at WhenHub.com. This is a nice gift idea for someone in your life. You can easily create a life story for someone you love. Share on social media or play to your TV on Christmas day…

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President Trump’s 2017 Report Card (first draft)

As we approach the holiday season there will be much debate on how President Trump has performed for his first calendar year. As a populist president, I think the best way to judge his performance is by focusing on the issues voters say are their top priorities. Pew Research polled voters [no…

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Win Bigly Bonus Chapter

Readers who pre-ordered my new book, Win Bigly, already got a copy of the bonus chapter that I offered with the pre-order. Now that the book is out, I thought I would include it here for the rest of you. The context is that I’m a trained hypnotist and people often…

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Persuading Terrorist Cowards

After the tragic terrorist attack yesterday in NYC (where I am now), leaders were quick to say it was an act of terror and the perpetrator was a coward. Both terms are persuasion mistakes. I’ll tell you why. Terror is what the bad guys want. If we label the outcome…

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How to Know President Trump is in Your Head

President Trump tweeted this morning: And that causes Business Insider to run this headline: But within minutes the publication pivoted to this headline: Now the headline no longer says “crooked,” as in “Crooked Hillary.” And that’s how you know President Trump is in your head. — Also, Win Bigly because of all the things.

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How to Make a Little Rocket Man Costume for Halloween

Step 1: Get yourself one of these hats. Step 2: Spray-paint the tips with black paint. Step 3: Buy a pant suit wherever-the-hell Hillary Clinton shops. Step 4: Smile like you just smoked a doobie and executed a close relative. Step 5: Nailed it! You might love pre-ordering my new book, Win Bigly, because you now…

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