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Episode 535 Scott Adams: Persuasion Lesson on Nuclear Energy, Plus Reframing Headlines

Topics: 

Joe Biden campaign…the less he’s seen/heard, the better he polls
#MeToo unintended consequences emerge
Tucker’s BAD FRAMING: Does “white privilege” exist?

GOOD FRAMING: Does everybody have a path to success?
People have different paths, but there’s a path for all


President Trump criticizes FOX for Mayor Pete’s Town Hall

Clever move that benefits both President and FOX


CBD shown to be effective at reducing heroin cravings
Matt Gaetz says PapaD tapes will show exculpatory evidence

Tapes were legally required to be part of FISA application


Loretta Lynch testified she never told Comey to call it a matter

Comey testified she instructed him to call it a matter


Persuasion from Iran

They’re distinguishing between POTUS and his advisors
“Try respect…it works” Iranian comment about US
Clear signal of desire for talk, not war


Study says racism under President Trump has DECREASED

NOT much change in racism during Obama administration
Racism has now PLUNGED under President Trump
Has bigotry against white and Asian people INCREASED? 


Morning Joe says that everyone knew, Trump wasn’t racist…

…BEFORE he began running for President
Joe says he began PRETENDING he’s racist for votes


Nuclear persuasion for SAFE nuclear energy

Pinned spreadsheet on Twitter @ScottAdamsSays


Persuasion advice…using SAFE nuclear energy as a topic example
Talk to Mark Schneider live on WhenHub Interface app

Mark is a nuclear expert, also on Twitter as @subschneider

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Episode 534 Scott Adams: Predicting, Deutsche Bank, Brennan, China, Iran

Topics: 

Representative Amash…we have a Representative Amash? 
Biden…the less media coverage he gets, the more we’ll like him?
President Trump tweet warns Iran to never threaten us again

Public warning, and US public seems to support if needed
Does Iran want to give the US…an excuse to act?
Does Iran want the US to say “all options are open”?


AOC on climate change solutions…”especially the new technologies”

AOC is open to nuclear…especially the new technologies?
AOC is acknowledging risk/reward balance favors nuclear?


Social media sent a message to government…it was received

Simultaneous, well deserved “pat on the back”


Comey’s email to staff…Brennan INSISTS dossier be included?

Wouldn’t Brennan have known intel was from Russian Intel? 
Wouldn’t Brennan have known it would affect our election?


Comey and Brennan paper trail…THEY colluded with Russia?

Is the evidence overstated, where’s the counter-narrative?
Cognitive blindness prevents the left from seeing the obvious?
Exculpatory unknown evidence is possible…but WOW


Deutsche Bank specialists look for suspicious transactions

When spotted, management decides if it’s an issue or not
CNN isn’t reporting how often flags are evaluated as okay
“How often” is the missing KEY context
99% of flagged transactions get approved, it’s normal


Atlantic story, researchers find topic experts are NOT best predictors

Best predictors have…a good “talent stack”
Broad experience predicts better than siloed expertise


Only a few congress people have read the Mueller report, why?

Because facts don’t matter?
Did you expect the facts to change anyone’s opinion?
If so…your filter on reality should be examined


Social media higher level platform to aggregate and filter platforms?

Create platform competition where none exists now?
Auto-posting to multiple platforms to counter de-platforming? 
Users could suspend social media platforms as penalty
All content auto-posted on alternate platforms gives users power


Slippery slopes don’t happen because a counter-force always appears

Candace Owens suspension…and reversal of her suspension


SPLC pushed the “Fine People” HOAX in a tweet yesterday

Racially damaging and divisive, needed to be reported
Do they really not know it was a HOAX?

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Episode 533 Scott Adams: Buttigieg, Fake News, How to Frame Immigration, Abortion, Climate

Topics: 

Border psychology: Telling people we’ll be sending them back soon

A simple tweet that reduces those swarming our border
President Trump uses psychology to protect our homeland


President Trump has a highly criticized style, BUT…

Future Presidents will be compared to his energy, results 


President Trump does counter-narrative things ALL the time

Enemy press and Dems push “racist” narratives about him
President’s actions and priorities counter their narratives


The essential claim for needing immigration reform

If your incentives aren’t correct, immigration is a disaster


GOOD FRAMING: Heartbeat bills, a beating heart equals life
GOOD FRAMING: immigration policies like those in…Canada, Japan

Merit based policies like our friends in Canada and Japan
People in other countries decide America’s immigration policies 

People just decide to come here…and then come here
America has no say in whether or not they come here




GOOD FRAMING: 

Is nuclear power MORE dangerous than risk of climate change?


Have I been targeted in a really destructive way on social media?

My troll traffic suddenly jumped up
My LinkedIn related traffic went almost to zero overnight
My YouTube traffic took a step down, don’t know why
My Periscope traffic down about the same time also


Was I targeted, or is it an explainable coincidence?

If there’s no way to know, if you were targeted or not…
…does that justify government intervention for social media?

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Episode 532 Scott Adams: Heartbeat Bills, Trump’s Income, China Trade, Immigration

Topics: 

President Trump’s 2018 income released

Fake News CNN…reports it in a misleading way
His 2018 income is less, but close to what he made last year


Alabama abortion law

The View says the law was made entirely by men
The law is being delegitimized by The View
Credible matters, the law needs to seen as credible


Joel Pollack’s Breitbart article on China trade negotiations

President Trump is educating the country on trade issues
100% of Democrats thought a trade war would crumble US
50% of the Republicans thought a trade war would crumble US
Now we know we can go forever with tariffs if necessary


President Trump wasn’t just right…he was OMG right about China trade

Chuck Schumer is on President Trump’s side on this


Immigration reform with a merit based system…LIKE CANADA

Canada…our proposed reforms will be similar to CANADA’S


What percentage of border experts support walls where appropriate?
Words used, the feelings they evoke, and their influence
“Deep Staters” turning on each other, accusations back and forth
SAT “Adversity Score”: How abused you were in life

Same concept of judging people…as merit based immigration


Chinese social desirability scores are coming to the US

Current world: We can cheat the world a little bit
Future world: Social desirability score dictates, limits options


What people click on…is what business models are driven to post

Our news options are limited to whatever gets clicks
Your opinions are determined by what gets the most clicks


Cognitive blindness and climate change

Nuclear energy development is the answer to climate change
There’s NEVER been a Gen III nuclear event, Gen IV even safer

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Episode 531 Scott Adams: AOC’s Abortion Tweet, Immigration Framing, Trump Financials

Topics: 

Annual Presidential Financial Disclosure coming soon:

CNN notes his finances might be good, because he’s a criminal
CNN notes his finances might be bad, because he’s a loser


New books being published about President Trump

They’ve run out of all the “good” complaints about Trump
Authors are resorting to allegedly non-fiction books
Lots of anonymous sources…or fiction


FOX FAKE NEWS story: AOC thinks Alabama women get punished

AOC Alabama abortion law tweet is being misinterpreted
She knows law applies to the provider…not the woman


Iran unspecified danger, major military assets being moved to area

Why are we preparing for war? Shouldn’t we know?


Semi-Effective Immigration Framing…

Immigration is bringing in crime
Increasing crime only influences conservatives


Powerful Immigration Framing…

People in other countries are determining our immigration policies
Cartels are controlling our immigration, NOT Congress
People in other countries, deciding to come here…

…that’s our current immigration policy


Congress isn’t deciding who, when and how many, the cartels are deciding


Media Matters goes after Dave Rubin for Mike Cernovich interview

Judging people by opinions they no longer hold
Is that the world Media Matters really wants to live in?


President Trump looks 20 years younger than his competition

…Per Joe Scarborough


Do we age in the ways we IMAGINE we should age?

Do we IMAGINE ourselves into some of our aging issues?
Are their ways for average people to have the vitality of Mick Jagger at 75 after heart surgery?

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Episode 530 Scott Adams: Beto, Biden, Cuban, Healthcare, Comey, Brennan, The Border

Topics: 

Beto’s cringeworthy, white privilege apologies on The View
Mark Cuban doesn’t think ANY Democrat candidate has a chance
The Democrat candidates would look a LOT more appealing IF…

…we weren’t comparing all of them to President Trump


Border news, almost none anymore, why?

Did coverage stop because President was correct all along?
Does border news now support the President? Confirm him?


Political left has GOALS

The problem is…how do you achieve those goals?
The left’s failure is a lack of practical SYSTEMS to achieve goals


Political right uses SYSTEMS to achieve GOALS

SYSTEMS of the right are processes to achieve desired goals


Brennan says him and Clapper didn’t want to use Steele Dossier

Brennan says Comey pushed to use it for FISA


14 year old ran a poll on whether she should kill herself

69% said yes


“Heartbeat Bill” is brilliant, really strong persuasion

Framing of heartbeat as a standard for life


Iranian leader Khamenei says there’s NOT going to be a war

Unusual for adversarial countries to flat out say…no war
Who’s attacking Saudi resources if not Iran?


John Bolton is feared by Iran

Adversaries that fear Bolton, make peace negotiations possible


Media Matters has targeted Dave Rubin for public destruction

Why? Because Dave is going to interview Mike Cernovich
Media Matters has also targeted Mike for public destruction


CIVIL Interactions between people you like and don’t like is a GOOD THING

Shine sunlight of the arguments of both sides
Let people hear and decide how they feel about both sides

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Episode 529 Scott Adams: Declining Sex, Trade War, Cognitive Blindness, Sleepy Joe, HOAXES

Topics: 

Heard it with my own ears…saw it with my own eyes!

No…you didn’t, just watch FULL video, read FULL transcript
HOAX VICTIMS: I REFUSE to view proof that I’m wrong!


Dismantling a person’s world view in real time…

…triggers cognitive dissonance
NOBODY says… “I’ll look at the transcript, see if you’re correct”


2 Jewish people I’ve personally spoken too…

…attended the Charlottesville event, thought it was about statues
They obviously did NOT support Nazis at the event 


“Fine People” HOAX is a LOAD BEARING WALL for the other HOAXES

Debunk that HOAX, other HOAXES will be naturally challenged


Troll indicator flags

Cat or cartoon icon for their account
Followers are around a couple hundred followers
They attack the target person…NOT the person’s argument
Appears to be a centralized, organized, psychological attack


Heartbeat bills, are they compatible with Roe v Wade?
Poll says men are having far less sex

AOC says that’s because men can’t harass women anymore
Are there more obvious reasons for men having less sex?
Men are becoming feminized…in general, not all men, just in general
Do women want to have sex with feminized men?


Tinder allows women to always choose the more attractive guys

Why would they pick less attractive guys?
20% of men get the majority of Tinder sex opportunities


AG Barr appoints VERY tough, experienced US Attorney John Durham

Durham will investigate the origins of the Russia Collusion HOAX


3 attacks on Saudi tankers…no reporting or speculation on who did it?

What does it mean that NOBODY is even speculating?


China trade talks and the possibility of a deal…eventually
Sleepy Joe Biden…where has he gone?

Is the media refusing to cover him, ignoring him?
Do the Democrat kingmakers think Biden is weak on key topics?


Imagine a debate between Biden and Kamala

What would the audience be thinking, watching during that debate?


January 2020, we might see huge amounts of Democrat depression

President Trump might be polling at untouchable levels


Nuclear HAS to be a giant part of the climate change solution

Twice now, Juan Williams on The Five…can’t hear “nuclear”
Cognitive Blindness, nuclear options don’t even register


One President Trump tweet about nuclear development, options

Green New Deal people couldn’t ignore nuclear options

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Episode 528 Scott Adams: Manufactured Word-News, China Trade, Russia, Iran

Topics: 

Biden’s possible VP running mate, Kamala
Some suspended conservatives are now back on Twitter
My defense of AOC

AOC and Tlaib are getting the “Fine People” HOAX treatment
Hyperbole taken literally or out of context for political gain


My defense of Tlaib’s “calming feeling about the Holocaust”

Don’t you automatically know that can’t possibly be true?
Out of context quote, looks HORRIBLE
Clarification is buried deep in articles about it


Chuck Schumer tells Pompeo to tell Putin to stay out of our elections

…Because nobody has already communicated that?
…Because nobody has thought of telling him that?
…Because Putin has no way of knowing we would be upset?


THE MEANING OF WORDS…is driving the news

Russia Collusion: Spying or an investigation?
News people pretending they don’t know how words work


Nancy Pelosi invited Imam Omar Suleiman to do Congressional prayer

Lee Zeldin criticizes Suleiman’s anti-Israel history and remarks
Was Pelosi aware of Imam Suleiman’s background?


MSM won’t allow Biden to become the Democrat candidate

They’ll knock him back and promote someone good for ratings
Have you seen Biden interviewed on CNN?
Does anybody report on Biden…with interest?


China pulling back from the trade deal

China expert says the LANGUAGE of the deal was the problem
The language used was DISRESPECTFUL, offensive


Recycling plastic has always been possible, but it’s challenging

NEW type of plastic can be easily recycled


Sex Strike Update

A+ for persuasion to Alyssa Milano
Respect for her activism sincerity and effectiveness


Knee-jerk hatred of everything “the other side” embraces
Free will has been SCIENTIFICALLY disproven

Free will simply doesn’t exist
Facts and common sense have little or no impact
People join a team and defend their team

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Episode 527 Scott Adams: Summer Fake News, Wall Construction, Iran

Topics: 

S.E. Cupp asks why Kamala can’t seem to get traction

Have you seen Kamala’s tweets and the way she speaks?
She doesn’t seem to know how to “unlawyer”


Biden’s approach to climate change is…let’s go slow?

How does he sell that to his base with 12 year fears?


President Trump tweets for Iran to call him

He’ll treat their leaders with respect…while negotiating tough


NO Democrats have gone in to read the unredacted Mueller report

Multiple Republicans have gone in to read it
Not one single Democrat wants to read it, nobody is interested?
No curiosity, NOTHING useful for Dems in Mueller’s report? 


DJ Akira the Don tweets about power of music to control people

The ability of music to manipulate emotions and behavior


NPR piece on Gen IV nuclear power

Far left NPR raising awareness of SAFE Gen IV nuclear power


Have the Democrats made a massive miscalculation on Biden electability?

He doesn’t excite…ANYONE


Alyssa Milano declares a “sex strike”

Finally…someone has brought the country together
Historically, it HAS been done before…and successfully
Respect to Alyssa for her commitment to activism


CO2 high absorption rate of a certain bush…plant more of those bushes?

Several CO2 scrubbing solutions look promising


Nuclear energy has moved from engineering to persuasion psychology

Nuclear is scary? Climate change is also scary


Gen III nuclear plants have NEVER melted down…not once

Gen IV is even safer and consume nuclear waste


How many Gen III or Gen IV nuclear meltdowns would you risk…

…to solve climate change?

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Episode 526 Scott Adams: Biden, Buttigieg, Bill Maher, Your Favorite President

Topics: 

Making predictions and tracking their accuracy

Only way to determine if your beliefs are correct or crazy
For President Trump, how are your predictions so far?


What if you believed President Trump would never be elected?

Economy would crash, and other now debunked fears?
If your predictions were ALL WRONG…

…shouldn’t you re-evaluate your beliefs?




Your beliefs DON’T accurately predict the future?

Don’t think your beliefs need re-evaluating?


Bill Maher pushed back against a guest on the economy
Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine trip…now cancelled

Excellent, A+ move
Draw attention to Biden’s son, possible corruption with Ukraine


Biden’s climate change plans…mention nuclear

Doesn’t spotlight nuclear options
But including nuclear gives BIDEN the BEST PLAN


Doesn’t matter if climate change is a problem or not

The solution either way, is most likely nuclear power
Develop nuclear along with other promising technologies

One will emerge as the best, most practical path




Gen III nuclear plants, worldwide, have NEVER had a meltdown

Gen III is much safer than older generations
Gen IV appears to be even safer, just needs development


Presidential nickname assigned to Pete Buttigieg
“Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States”

Top shelf persuasion technique, masterfully presented


Framing: The Wall

It’s a wall between America and the vicious, violent cartels


Framing: Immigration Reform

Who gets to decide what America is…and our fate?
People in Guatemala are currently deciding for Americans


Framing: Healthcare

Things are either pro-competitive or anti-competitive
Competition is the only way to reduce cost


Framing: Abortion

BAD: Is this a life or not a life?
BETTER: Who gets to decide?


Framing: Gun Control

People vote for their own safety
Some people are safer WITH guns
Some people are in greater DANGER if they have a gun


A well armed population DOES help control government
Obtaining purpose in life…

You feel good when you do things compatible with your natural biological drives


Ben Shapiro walked off BBC interview

Ben humbly accepts responsibility
VERY admirable, much respect to Ben

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