This is coming late and you might not read this, but I think you're reading too much into that quote. Scott has an uncanny ability to cherry-pick facts, usuall

This is coming late and you might not read this, but I think you're reading too much into that quote. Scott has an uncanny ability to cherry-pick facts, usually absurd ones to paint funny narratives. He even wrote a whole fiction book based on the concept, a universe that actually runs on Kabbalah. Here's a short self-contained chapter that showcases this: https://unsongbook.com/interlude-%D7%AA-trump/ https://unsongbook.com/interlude-%D7%AA-trump/ It's totally believable that Scott could use this skill with serious facts in a serious argument, and befuddle almost anyone. Doesn't make him smarter or more right, just very persuasive in this narrow method.