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Yeah I think people misread Scott. He's always had crazy ideas, but they've been well-articulated and always delivered with a healthy dose of humility. He does
by m52go 11y ago
Yeah I think people misread Scott. He's always had crazy ideas, but they've been well-articulated and always delivered with a healthy dose of humility.
He doesn't take himself too seriously. Whereas many see him as a troll, I think he's a true contrarian in a sea of fashionable contrarians.
- dhmholley 11y agoFor a guy who doesn't take himself too seriously, he sure creates a lot of sockpuppets to argue with his detractors and sing his own praises.
- hkmurakami 11y agoI feel like anyone who makes knowledge of their MESNA membership public takes themselves fairly seriously...
- partomniscient 11y agoWait, Scott Adams is part of a organosulfur compound?
- throwawaymaroon 11y agoI'd like to know more about the sockpuppets.
- monochromatic 11y ago[citation needed]
- joshuahhh 11y agohttp://comicsalliance.com/scott-adams-plannedchaos-sockpuppet/ http://comicsalliance.com/scott-adams-plannedchaos-sockpuppe... http://blog.dilbert.com/post/102881515756/planned-chaos http://blog.dilbert.com/post/102881515756/planned-chaos
- sdenton4 11y agoI was around for the fateful Metafilter thread where Scott Adams sockpupetted vigorously until he was found out: http://mefiwiki.com/wiki/Scott_Adams,_plannedchaos http://mefiwiki.com/wiki/Scott_Adams,_plannedchaos It's a pretty........... interesting read. http://www.metafilter.com/102472/How-to-Get-a-Real-Education-by-Scott-Adams#3637648 http://www.metafilter.com/102472/How-to-Get-a-Real-Education...
- kelukelugames 11y agoDamn, this is some extra crazy. https://www.reddit.com/user/plannedchaos https://www.reddit.com/user/plannedchaos Good thing PG only updates his footnotes when people "misunderstand" him.
- simonswords82 11y agoWow - there's few better examples of the fine line between crazy and genius. I can't tell if he's using the plannedchaos accounts on various sites to seriously defend himself by proxy, or is it that he thinks the Internet is a load of pixels on a screen that unlike some of us he just doesn't take it very seriously? Edit: somebody commented below that Scott is now a professional troll, and I'm inclined to think that they're probably right!
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- kelukelugames 11y agoI wrote that comment. Adams is out of touch.
- drumdance 11y agoHe did that once a few years ago. He learned his lesson.
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago"True contrarian" is just a politer name for troll, though. If you say unpopular things solely because they're unpopular, we have a word for that.
- drumdance 11y agoI don't think he does them just to be unpopular. He's just conducting thought experiments. He does like to tease his audience but so does Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoIf he's not trying to piss people off, he sure does gloat a lot about how much he loves pissing people off.