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Scott Adams talks about the law of slow disasters and thinks that cooperation against a common threat is possible, as long as there is enough time to prepare an

Scott Adams talks about the law of slow disasters and thinks that cooperation against a common threat is possible, as long as there is enough time to prepare and agree. Eg. working around climate change will happen, shooting down the next meteor will not.

WA 4y ago
I'm not sure why anyone should care what Scott Adams thinks about a global catastrophe. He writes funny office comics and that's about it.
- gregw2 4y ago
  There are two types of funny. Ridiculous-funny and insightful-funny. And sometimes insightful-funny is confused with clever-funny.
- hutzlibu 4y ago
  "He writes funny office comics and that's about it." If that would have been it, he would not have been canceled. (After publishing a racist rant, so also not really a qualification to predict global human social behavior).
  - dotancohen 4y ago
    What did he say?
    - realjhol 4y ago
      He reacted to the Rasmussen poll which said that 53% of black people in the US disagree with the statement "it's ok to be white", and suggested it would be wise to "stay the hell away" and "there's no fixing this"
      - hutzlibu 4y ago
        He said to "stay the hell away" from ALL black people. No matter how they individually think, which qualifies as racism, if it is to be taken literally. Now he uses satire as well, but this seems to be his genuine opinion. (a comic the next days had the lines: "How is honesty working out for you? - to which Dilbert replies "Shut up") And for context, the statement "it's ok to be white" is political charged, as it originally comes from white racist, so it is up for debate, how much this changed the poll.
        realjhol 4y ago
        It doesn't matter the context. Is it ok, or isn't it? The correct response is "yes of course it is ok to be any race. Why wouldn't it be?". It's quite reasonable to be cautious around anyone who equivocates on this question.
        hutzlibu 4y ago
        With human natural language, context always matters. Common humans are not trained in boolean logic and don't try to make mathematical correct sentences like we nerds do (clearly we do not succed with that always, either). So if someone associates a phrase as an slogan of an enemy group, he or she will not agree to that phrase. But this point aside, for sure there are many black racists. Who hate white people, because some white people enslaved their ancestors. But saying now ALL black people are to be avoided because SOME black people are racist, is equal to disagreeing to "it is ok to be black". The very thing he criticized black people for. But honestly, it is all BS to, focusing so much on the color of peoples skin in the first place.
        realjhol 4y ago
        Don't be patronising. Black people are not stupid - I should know because my wife is one. If a black person says they disagree with the statement "it's OK to be white", you can believe they know what they're saying. And it's no surprise, because you have this problem in America - there are so many voices in echo chambers stoking racial grievance today... well I'm relieved that the number isn't even higher. So what is the solution to this? Scott Adams says there isn't one. Maybe he's right. How do you deescalate this? And if tensions continue to escalate, then what choice do people have other than to peacefully move apart?
- soco 4y ago
  He used to have (has?) a very insightful blog as well which I stopped reading somewhere in the middle of the 2016 presidential campaign - I couldn't handle that much Trump gloating anymore. A smart guy but... no.
smcl 4y ago
He’s becoming increasingly bizarre and hostile of late to the point where he was recently straight up describing how he wants racial segregation, quoth he: > I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people, because there is no fixing this So I suspect if he’s talking about global cooperation in the case of a catastrophe, he probably means a different and less idyllic sort divided on racial lines.
DJBunnies 4y ago
Bruh Scott Adams is a loon.

WA 4y ago

I'm not sure why anyone should care what Scott Adams thinks about a global catastrophe. He writes funny office comics and that's about it.

gregw2 4y ago
There are two types of funny. Ridiculous-funny and insightful-funny. And sometimes insightful-funny is confused with clever-funny.
hutzlibu 4y ago
"He writes funny office comics and that's about it." If that would have been it, he would not have been canceled. (After publishing a racist rant, so also not really a qualification to predict global human social behavior).
- dotancohen 4y ago
  What did he say?
  - realjhol 4y ago
    He reacted to the Rasmussen poll which said that 53% of black people in the US disagree with the statement "it's ok to be white", and suggested it would be wise to "stay the hell away" and "there's no fixing this"
    - hutzlibu 4y ago
      He said to "stay the hell away" from ALL black people. No matter how they individually think, which qualifies as racism, if it is to be taken literally. Now he uses satire as well, but this seems to be his genuine opinion. (a comic the next days had the lines: "How is honesty working out for you? - to which Dilbert replies "Shut up") And for context, the statement "it's ok to be white" is political charged, as it originally comes from white racist, so it is up for debate, how much this changed the poll.
      - realjhol 4y ago
        It doesn't matter the context. Is it ok, or isn't it? The correct response is "yes of course it is ok to be any race. Why wouldn't it be?". It's quite reasonable to be cautious around anyone who equivocates on this question.
        hutzlibu 4y ago
        With human natural language, context always matters. Common humans are not trained in boolean logic and don't try to make mathematical correct sentences like we nerds do (clearly we do not succed with that always, either). So if someone associates a phrase as an slogan of an enemy group, he or she will not agree to that phrase. But this point aside, for sure there are many black racists. Who hate white people, because some white people enslaved their ancestors. But saying now ALL black people are to be avoided because SOME black people are racist, is equal to disagreeing to "it is ok to be black". The very thing he criticized black people for. But honestly, it is all BS to, focusing so much on the color of peoples skin in the first place.
        realjhol 4y ago
        Don't be patronising. Black people are not stupid - I should know because my wife is one. If a black person says they disagree with the statement "it's OK to be white", you can believe they know what they're saying. And it's no surprise, because you have this problem in America - there are so many voices in echo chambers stoking racial grievance today... well I'm relieved that the number isn't even higher. So what is the solution to this? Scott Adams says there isn't one. Maybe he's right. How do you deescalate this? And if tensions continue to escalate, then what choice do people have other than to peacefully move apart?
soco 4y ago
He used to have (has?) a very insightful blog as well which I stopped reading somewhere in the middle of the 2016 presidential campaign - I couldn't handle that much Trump gloating anymore. A smart guy but... no.

smcl 4y ago

He’s becoming increasingly bizarre and hostile of late to the point where he was recently straight up describing how he wants racial segregation, quoth he: > I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people, because there is no fixing this So I suspect if he’s talking about global cooperation in the case of a catastrophe, he probably means a different and less idyllic sort divided on racial lines.

DJBunnies 4y ago

Bruh Scott Adams is a loon.