Episode 2755 CWSA 02/19/25
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What is the highlight of human civilization according to Scott?
good morning everybody and welcome to the highlight of human civilization it's called coffee with scott adams and you've never had a better time but if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny shiny human brains All you need for that is a cup or mug or a glass, a tank or chalice, a slime, a canteen jug or a flask or a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. Go. Exceptional. Excelsior. You know who says that? Excelsior. Stanley used to say that. You know, I don't know about you. This is kind of weird. Just start off with something weird.
But ever since Trump stole my democracy, everything seems exactly the same. And I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Because I know my democracy is gone. But I wake up and Everything looks a lot like it used to look. What am I supposed to be experiencing? Should I be losing my right to vote? Could it be some bodily autonomy I lost? I don't remember losing any.
What strange experience did Scott have regarding democracy?
Well, it's quite the tragedy, having no democracy. But so far, I'm struggling through. I hope the rest of you are making it. Are you all surviving? your complete lack of democracy. Oh, man. Let's talk about some news. Let's call this Backwards Science. Backwards Science. According to Medical Express News, in a study at the University of Sheffield, Sean Barden is writing, there's this video game called Counter-Strike. I've never heard of it, but apparently it's a very popular video game. It's a first-person shooter kind of a game. And what they found was, the scientists found at the University School of Psychology, that the experienced and highly skilled players of that game are faster at decision-making and executing a response. So they speculate that maybe if you got people to play more video games... they would also become faster decision makers and faster executing response. Does that sound right? Not to me.
What does Scott think about the relationship between gaming and decision-making?
To me, that sounds like backwards science, backwards science. Well, let me put it this way. When I was 12 years old, I tried playing football, you know, because everybody plays every sport when you're a boy. And I very quickly realized that football would not be my strength. That no matter how much I practiced the football, I was never really going to be a great football player. I didn't really have the body or the brain for it. Luckily, so I didn't get any brain damage. But at also about 12 years old, I played tennis for the first time with, I think with my mother, with a couple of rackets that we bought at Sears that were already strung back before I knew that stringing the racket right made a difference.
And the moment I started hitting a tennis ball, I said to myself, huh, I don't know, might be in my imagination, but it seems like I could be kind of good at this because my hand-eye coordination was good. And And so, for the rest of my entire life, until recently, I was a tennis player. And sure enough, for somebody who just plays on weekends and is a casual player, I got to a pretty high level for a casual player. And so, here's what I discovered. People do more of what they like and what they're good at. And the thing that makes you like something is being extra good at it. Nobody likes to lose. If you sat me down in front of this shooter game and I knew in five minutes that I would never really be good at it because I didn't have fast reactions, I wouldn't play again. It would bore me. I'd be like, oh, well, lost again. Oh, lost again. But if I sat down and right away I said, oh, I feel like I can be good at this, then I would play it a lot until I found out I wasn't good at it, perhaps.
So I think the science is backwards here. I think the people who just naturally have fast decision-making and execution are drawn to video games. What do you think? Which way do you think it works? I will use my telepathy to hear your response. Yeah, you're right. Well, yesterday I did a little post that was based on an encounter I had with a
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the highlight of human civilization according to Scott?
0:09–1:37
2
What strange experience did Scott have regarding democracy?
1:37–2:57
3
What does Scott think about the relationship between gaming and decision-making?
2:57–22:18
4
How does Scott describe Trump's negotiating skills?
22:18–32:33
5
What concerns does Scott have regarding the SNAP program?
32:33–56:08
Speakers
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