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If you read his books, it’s obvious he’s doing that on purpose in order to get more attention (which eventually is converted to fatter bottom line for him). Es

If you read his books, it’s obvious he’s doing that on purpose in order to get more attention (which eventually is converted to fatter bottom line for him). Essentially, the dude is a professional troll.

mmastrac 5y ago
Totally agree, but it really felt like he had drunk his own kool-aid at times.
- smilespray 5y ago
  First rule of drugs and propaganda: Don't get high on your own supply.
weswpg 5y ago
His wife is extremely young and I can't look at them together without thinking something is really wrong there. He might be older than his father-in-law.
- Veen 5y ago
  She is 33 and was 25 when they met. That is not "extremely young". She's a mature adult, and presumably she knows what she's doing.
  - ModernMech 5y ago
    He’s an extremely wealthy divorcé in his mid 60s. She’s a 33 year old model… which is well past the top end of that career, with two children, who is now the VP of Adams’ WhenHub. I think it’s clear everyone in that relationship knows what they are doing. Doesn’t make it any less the fact that he’s old enough to be her father.
    - Veen 5y ago
      Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding? Who cares that he's old enough to be her father? Why is it interesting or relevant? He married an attractive younger woman. She married a rich older man. It happens every day all over the world. Its not the first marriage for either of them and they both already have children. It says very little about either person involved except that one likes attractive women and the other likes rich men with a sense of humor (if we assume the most cynical motivations).
      - time_to_smile 5y ago
        > Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding? As an American I would say: yes, it is. I suspect it has something to do with the rising neoteny of more recent generations coupled with America's persistent puritanical views on sex, but there has been an increasingly bizarre fixation on the age gap of couples. All teenagers have recently be re-defined as children, so much that it's common on places like reddit to view even attraction to say a 17 year old viewed as a form of pedophilia. For nearly all of human history men over 30 forming relationships with women in their late teens has been normal. This was even not too rare 30 or so years ago in the US. But there has been a rising moral panic about age and sex that leads to comments like the above.
        monocasa 5y ago
        So wait, it's simultaneously a Puritanical hang up from the past, and also contrary to the way things have always been?
        inkblotuniverse 5y ago
        Maybe America's puritany is just conserved. As its ire shifts away from some thing as they become liberalised/destigmatised, it shifts onto others.
    - stickfigure 5y ago
      > Doesn’t make it any less the fact that he’s old enough to be her father. Honest question: So what? Why does that trouble you? I would understand if one side was indeed "extremely" young, but 60s/30s are unquestionably adults, and there don't seem to be any consent issues.
  - monocasa 5y ago
    We're not saying it should be illegal, we're saying it's creepy. The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. That makes anyone over 36 creepy for dating a 25 year old.
    - Veen 5y ago
      That's what I'm struggling to understand. Who is being creepy? Who has behaved in a creepy way? Adams or his wife? What does creepy even mean in the context of two adults forming a relationship? Why is it anyone else's business? (To be clear, I'm no fan of Adams. I dislike his politics and never enjoyed his work particularly. But I find this focus on his marriage weird and, I suppose, creepy in itself).
    - jp_sc 5y ago
      Are you a teenager? Believing after college age that that "rule" is some kind of law is kind of ridiculous
      - monocasa 5y ago
        60yos dating 25yos is creepy to nearly everyone.
    - mikestew 5y ago
      The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. Where'd you dig that out of, a back issue of Cosmopolitan, right next to the "partner compatibility" quiz? Two grown, consenting adults don't need your approval to hook up, no matter the age difference. Calling it "creepy" is simply arrogant and self-righteous, with a sprinkling of tone-deaf on top. There's plenty to not like about the other Scott Adams. His choice of partner is not one of them.
      - monocasa 5y ago
        There's peer reviewed studies that validate that range. One example: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01742-002 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01742-002 I find it really amusing that the hate I'm getting on this seems to be coming from older men.
delecti 5y ago
Are you implying that makes it better? Because I couldn't disagree more. It's one thing if someone just holds different political opinions, it's another to see problems in the world, acknowledge their cause, and fan the flames anyway. Things like posting that Republicans are likely to be hunted [1] if Biden wins are the sort of thing that led to a literal coup attempt. [1] https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1278309835453284357 https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/127830983545328435...
rsynnott 5y ago
Eh... He's always had... peculiar ideas. It's just that previously his detachment from reality was mostly in relatively harmless directions ("The Secret" type stuff, lack of belief in gravity, etc). I would buy that his current delusions might be genuine.
Tade0 5y ago
If this is true (I honestly don't know) then he's a master of the craft. And also unbelievably cynical, but looking at his work it's obvious that this is the case.

mmastrac 5y ago

Totally agree, but it really felt like he had drunk his own kool-aid at times.

smilespray 5y ago
First rule of drugs and propaganda: Don't get high on your own supply.

weswpg 5y ago

His wife is extremely young and I can't look at them together without thinking something is really wrong there. He might be older than his father-in-law.

Veen 5y ago
She is 33 and was 25 when they met. That is not "extremely young". She's a mature adult, and presumably she knows what she's doing.
- ModernMech 5y ago
  He’s an extremely wealthy divorcé in his mid 60s. She’s a 33 year old model… which is well past the top end of that career, with two children, who is now the VP of Adams’ WhenHub. I think it’s clear everyone in that relationship knows what they are doing. Doesn’t make it any less the fact that he’s old enough to be her father.
  - Veen 5y ago
    Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding? Who cares that he's old enough to be her father? Why is it interesting or relevant? He married an attractive younger woman. She married a rich older man. It happens every day all over the world. Its not the first marriage for either of them and they both already have children. It says very little about either person involved except that one likes attractive women and the other likes rich men with a sense of humor (if we assume the most cynical motivations).
    - time_to_smile 5y ago
      > Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding? As an American I would say: yes, it is. I suspect it has something to do with the rising neoteny of more recent generations coupled with America's persistent puritanical views on sex, but there has been an increasingly bizarre fixation on the age gap of couples. All teenagers have recently be re-defined as children, so much that it's common on places like reddit to view even attraction to say a 17 year old viewed as a form of pedophilia. For nearly all of human history men over 30 forming relationships with women in their late teens has been normal. This was even not too rare 30 or so years ago in the US. But there has been a rising moral panic about age and sex that leads to comments like the above.
      - monocasa 5y ago
        So wait, it's simultaneously a Puritanical hang up from the past, and also contrary to the way things have always been?
        inkblotuniverse 5y ago
        Maybe America's puritany is just conserved. As its ire shifts away from some thing as they become liberalised/destigmatised, it shifts onto others.
  - stickfigure 5y ago
    > Doesn’t make it any less the fact that he’s old enough to be her father. Honest question: So what? Why does that trouble you? I would understand if one side was indeed "extremely" young, but 60s/30s are unquestionably adults, and there don't seem to be any consent issues.
- monocasa 5y ago
  We're not saying it should be illegal, we're saying it's creepy. The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. That makes anyone over 36 creepy for dating a 25 year old.
  - Veen 5y ago
    That's what I'm struggling to understand. Who is being creepy? Who has behaved in a creepy way? Adams or his wife? What does creepy even mean in the context of two adults forming a relationship? Why is it anyone else's business? (To be clear, I'm no fan of Adams. I dislike his politics and never enjoyed his work particularly. But I find this focus on his marriage weird and, I suppose, creepy in itself).
  - jp_sc 5y ago
    Are you a teenager? Believing after college age that that "rule" is some kind of law is kind of ridiculous
    - monocasa 5y ago
      60yos dating 25yos is creepy to nearly everyone.
  - mikestew 5y ago
    The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. Where'd you dig that out of, a back issue of Cosmopolitan, right next to the "partner compatibility" quiz? Two grown, consenting adults don't need your approval to hook up, no matter the age difference. Calling it "creepy" is simply arrogant and self-righteous, with a sprinkling of tone-deaf on top. There's plenty to not like about the other Scott Adams. His choice of partner is not one of them.
    - monocasa 5y ago
      There's peer reviewed studies that validate that range. One example: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01742-002 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01742-002 I find it really amusing that the hate I'm getting on this seems to be coming from older men.

delecti 5y ago

Are you implying that makes it better? Because I couldn't disagree more. It's one thing if someone just holds different political opinions, it's another to see problems in the world, acknowledge their cause, and fan the flames anyway. Things like posting that Republicans are likely to be hunted [1] if Biden wins are the sort of thing that led to a literal coup attempt. [1] https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1278309835453284357 https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/127830983545328435...

rsynnott 5y ago

Eh... He's always had... peculiar ideas. It's just that previously his detachment from reality was mostly in relatively harmless directions ("The Secret" type stuff, lack of belief in gravity, etc). I would buy that his current delusions might be genuine.

Tade0 5y ago

If this is true (I honestly don't know) then he's a master of the craft. And also unbelievably cynical, but looking at his work it's obvious that this is the case.