Comments on: Scott Adams is Insane

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:18:57 +0000

Scott Adams pretty explicitly describes his cartooning as mediocre, but he combines it with other middling skills in a way that works — a way that he didn't predict:

Everyone has at least a few areas in which they could be in the top 25% with some effort. In my case, I can draw better than most people, but I’m hardly an artist. And I’m not any funnier than the average standup comedian who never makes it big, but I’m funnier than most people. The magic is that few people can draw well and write jokes. It’s the combination of the two that makes what I do so rare. And when you add in my business background, suddenly I had a topic that few cartoonists could hope to understand without living it.

By: BJK

BJK — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:54:34 +0000

I read his book and he basically says “do all this stuff and you’ll learn new skills and expand your options.” But he was already writing cartoons at a young age. He might as well have said “if you’re good at something you’ll probably find out when you’re really young. All the experimentation you do is fruitless unless you have an inborn skill that you develop from a young age.”

By: Slovenian Guest

Slovenian Guest — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:37:54 +0000

He does far out, crazy stuff like hand feeding his dog scoobie snacks! While I'm at it, here is the first ever 1989 Dilbert, for anyone who wants to start this magical journey from the beginning, and his original blog is here, which i personally liked much better, as it loads up much faster. So much for web two point oh...

By: Toddy Cat

Toddy Cat — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:37:23 +0000

“Trust me when I say my daily experience is so far above normal that I literally can’t tell you about it without being labelled insane.”

Pretty big talk from a guy who can’t even draw a cat…

By: Djolds1

Djolds1 — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 04:34:51 +0000

Yes. Adams’ solipsism is… extreme. And then some.

OTOH, he is correct that rationality is handmaiden to the passions (or if you prefer, the rider serves the elephant), and hypnosis is a very effective tool, even if it has bad PR these days.

Like any source, take pains to sort the wheat from the chaff.

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:24:10 +0000

Adams isn’t exactly insane. He wants to convince you to be insane, so you’re easier to manipulate.

Problem. There are two kinds of people. First are immune to this kind of thing, e.g., will bother to look things up. The other kind are already insane.

By: Slovenian Guest

Slovenian Guest — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:58:53 +0000

That label ship sailed when he started leading TV interviews with “I’m a trained hypnotist”, which is bad imagery and consequentially bad persuasion, especially when he makes no one act out like a chicken, yes Hillary did bark one time on stage, but still!

I also wonder if he envisioned his divorce and if it counted as misconduct in court? Now in 2016 he considers marriage civilization’s biggest mistake.

He is starting to get on my nerves, i almost wish, nay imagine vividly, that he would do more, or even a second brand new comic instead of wasting time on those posts.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:04:08 +0000

Dude sounds like that aretae blog dude from back in the day.