Episode 2781 CWSA 03/17/25
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What is the highlight of human civilization?
Come on. Technology. Technology. Come on. There we go. It's all working. Boom. 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 day. But if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny, shiny brains, all you need for that is a cup or mug or a glass, a tank or chalice, a stand, a canteen jug, a flask, 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. Shut up. The thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. It happens now. Go. All right, I have to come clean. My local subscribers already know this, but my coffee maker is broken. And my other coffee maker is broken. So my main coffee maker and my backup coffee maker, neither of them are working. So this was not actual coffee.
And it just ruins the whole experience, let me tell you. Anyway, but enough about that. Happy St. Patrick's Day. I'm a little bit Irish. A little bit. I'm more Irish today because it's St. Patrick's Day, but a little bit Irish. Speaking of other countries, there's a French lawmaker who is calling for the return of the Statue of Liberty because I guess he doesn't like Trump. So that's normal.
What does Scott Adams think about the Statue of Liberty?
And I don't think we should return the Statue of Liberty. What do you think? I don't think we should. But I've got an idea of just rotating it 180 degrees and removing the torch and replacing it with a finger. So that the statue is just giving the finger to France. Okay, that would be funny. But I... But I do think the Democrats probably would agree with getting rid of the Statue of Liberty because have you noticed that the Statue of Liberty has been giving a Nazi salute? Yeah. They sort of trick you by putting the torch in the hand, but that just makes it worse. It's like it's a Nazi salute and you want to burn everything down with your torch. I think that should be deeply condemned. and we should remove the Statue of Liberty and give it back to France, you know, after we change the torch to a finger. Well, believe it or not, according to SciPost, there's a study about twins that suggests that it turns out, you won't believe this, this will be hard to believe, but rational thinking is genetically linked to intelligence, and it challenges the idea that
that decision-making is a separate skill. So in other words, they found out that you can't teach stupid people how to be smart by teaching them how to think. Now, I could have saved them a little bit of time because I once tried to teach my dog to read, and she just refused. She never learned to read. But no, it is not true that you can teach.
How is rational thinking linked to intelligence?
You cannot teach dumb people to be smart by teaching them how to think better. You know, Bob, I've been noticing that you're a freaking moron, but I think I can fix that with a few tweaks. Did you know that if you were to look at, let's say, the information pro and con, you would get a better result? Really? I could? I should look at the information on both sides of the issue? Yes, you should, Bob. Why don't you try that next time? All right, I will. And then what does Bob do? Does Bob look at the information on both sides of the issue next time because you taught Bob how to be a better decision maker? Nope. Bob will forget that advice before you turn around and walk out the door because Bob is not smart.
It's been my observation that all smart people tend to think alike, rationally. It's definitely genetic. Now, I will say, though, I will say that if you're starting with a smart person, you can definitely teach them some extra tools, such as how to spot fake news. That's useful, right? I've been teaching most of you how to do that, and most of you do now. So you'll often say to me, oh, that one's too on the nose. That's one of the things I teach you. Oh, there's just one source and it's anonymous. That's one of the things I teach you, et cetera. So you can teach smart people how to be even smarter. But if you're trying to teach a dumb person how to think like a smart person, good luck with that. Could have just asked me, save a little time.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the highlight of human civilization?
0:00–2:13
2
What does Scott Adams think about the Statue of Liberty?
2:13–4:06
3
How is rational thinking linked to intelligence?
4:06–17:43
4
What are the implications of Trump's auto pen pardons?
17:43–23:23
5
What is the analysis of conservative swatting incidents?
23:23–26:41
6
What are the challenges in negotiating with Putin?
26:41–35:57
7
Who are the current leaders of the Democratic Party?
35:57–1:10:51
Speakers
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