Scott Adams: In his own words
Topics: lease donate to support my Periscopes and Podcasts: I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon [no longer active].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…
Read MoreTopics: I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon [no longer active].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…
Read MoreTopics (Part 1): I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon [no longer active].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…
Read MoreTopics: I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon. 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 world a better…
Read MoreWhen I see an obvious case of cognitive dissonance in the news, I like to point it out so you can see reality through what I call the Persuasion Filter. Today’s example comes from an article in SLATE [archive] about climate change. The author, Tim Requarth [archive], correctly points out that facts and logic…
Read MoreIn a word, yes, assuming they had lots of help from the CIA to deliver their persuasion. I would not have said this was possible five years ago. But in 2017, cognitive scientists know how to reprogram a human brain fairly effectively. They have weaponized what hypnotists have been doing…
Read MorePeople keep asking me whether I predicted the Trump presidency or influenced it. There’s no way to know. Or is there? The Google search trend for “cognitive dissonance” is up. But that could be a coincidence. In case you have been missing Robots Read News, here’s a new one. — Do…
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 MoreWhen a skilled persuader exerts influence on a large group, people will generally react in one of three ways. 20% Will be heavily influenced right away, and be happy about it. 60% Will be mildly influenced, over time, with repetition. 20% Will be unusually angry, comparing the persuader to evil…
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