Scott Adams: In his own words
Note: This is not investment advice. Never take investment advice from cartoonists. I have been following the story of Snapchat’s upcoming IPO [archive]. Experts say it will be one of the biggest IPOs of all time. But it also might be one of the biggest scams you will ever see in the investment…
Read MorePeople have been asking me for a list of my non-Dilbert books. [link to WhenHub which no longer exists]
Read MoreI can’t tell if this secret video [no longer available] is real, but it purports to show a scientist proposing to develop a military-grade virus that would eliminate extreme religious thoughts in people as a way to end terrorism. The scary part is that it would probably work. We know which parts…
Read MorePresident Obama’s presidency did a lot to diminish racial bias simply because he was a black president who – in the opinion of many, including me – did a good job. As a role model, he was exceptional. But all the factors that made him a great role model are…
Read MoreYou can see me discussing Trump’s puzzling comments about Sweden in this Youtube video [no longer available]. I don’t have the technology all worked out yet (it’s a system, not a goal) but you’ll get my point. This is the direction I’m heading for 2017. Short Youtube videos on recent events….
Read MoreMy BMW X5 SUV is in the shop for its third leak-related problem this year. While it was there, and by coincidence, the dealership’s used car manager called and offered to buy it because there is demand for that model in the used market. I told him it was already…
Read MoreI think we can all agree that there has been plenty of fake news coming from both sides. Fake news is usually intentional, although in some cases it is the result of honest mistakes. But lately we are seeing an entirely new type of untrue news. I call it Imaginary…
Read MoreSteve Jobs. Bill Gates. Mark Zuckerberg. Richard Branson. What do they all have in common, aside from wealth? They all succeeded without the right kind of prior experience. Apparently they knew how to figure out what they needed once they started. I’ll bet they are all systems-thinkers, not goal-thinkers. If…
Read MoreI have been saying since Trump’s election that the world has split into two realities – or as I prefer to say, two movies on one screen – and most of us don’t realize it. We’re all looking at the same events and interpreting them wildly differently. That’s how cognitive…
Read MoreIgnoring the politics of it for the moment, check out this video of Sam Harris debating Ben Affleck on Bill Maher’s Real Time show. I’ll teach you how to spot cognitive dissonance in the clip. Watch for the moment Ben has to hallucinate Sam’s opinion from the reasonable position that many Muslims worldwide have…
Read MoreThe left has done a stellar job of demonizing Trump supporters and Republicans in general. Their excellent persuasion involves conflating the bad apples with the entire group. Both sides do it. The right calls everyone on the left selfish snowflakes, and the left calls everyone on the right racists. They…
Read MoreYou might have clicked on my misleading tweet to get to this page. I had to disguise the content so Twitter wouldn’t throttle it. Here’s why… This morning I tweeted a link to a great video that describes in detail how Twitter “throttles” the tweets of any content that disagrees with…
Read MoreHere’s the best article [archived] you are likely to read about the absurdity of calling ANY American president Hitler. This is the sort of persuasion (sprinkled with facts) that can dissolve some of the post-election cognitive dissonance that hangs like a dark cloud over the country. Share it liberally, so to speak….
Read MoreToday’s news will be all about President Trump’s tense phone calls with the leaders of Australia and Mexico. The popular spin is that the president was rude and aggressive with both of them. Very unpresidential, say the critics. Maybe he is crazy! And orange! Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! Another spin on…
Read MoreHere’s a link to a provocative (and disturbing) short video of a hypnotist (my word) flipping pro-choicers to pro-life in minutes. I judge it to be real because the persuasion technique is solid gold. I’ll tell you how he did it after you watch. I’ll explain the steps he used. These are…
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