Episode 1501 Scott Adams: Simultaneous Sipping With Excellent Audio Quality For a Change
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Summary
In order to do this experiment, sometimes you have to talk back, but since I can't hear you, I'll just act like I did. Today, we'll just talk like it's just one of us.
Transcript
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Good morning, everybody, and welcome to another episode of the best thing that's ever happened.
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It's called Coffee with Scott Adams and the Simultaneous Sip, and I was thinking of doing
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something different this morning, because normally when I do this, I do it in what I
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would call, let's say, presentation mode, meaning that I know I'm talking to a large
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group of people, and so I, you know, I modify my presentation to make it a little bigger
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for people, and I thought, what would happen if instead of that, I spoke to you like we're
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just sitting in the same room, and it's just one of you?
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I want to see if I can make it feel like it's just me talking to you.
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Now, in order to do this experiment, sometimes you're going to have to talk back, but since
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So I'll do my part, and then I'll pause for a moment while I listen to your part, and you
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can say anything you want at home, because I can't hear it.
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But despite not hearing it, watch how good my communication skills are, because without
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even hearing what you say, I'm still going to respond to it.
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So after the simultaneous sip, which I'm going to do in casual mode, we'll just talk.
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I was skeptical, too, the first time I heard about it.
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But try the simultaneous sip, you know, because all you need is a cup of mug or glass.
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Tiger, chalice, stein, what are the other things?
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Did you have any time to look at the news yourself?
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So many of you have asked me why it is that I'm the only podcaster in the world who can't solve the audio problem.
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Because you've all seen me with massive audio and video problems.
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And you say to yourself, Scott, Joe Rogan has solved this problem.
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Or how about any of the 10 million podcasters who don't have any of these problems?
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And then there's 10 million podcasters who seem to have solved the problem that you alone can't seem to solve.
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Well, Carpe, thank you for saying the audio is fine today.
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I don't think that was worth $20, but I appreciate it.
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I mean, it wasn't worth $20 to you, but I appreciate it.
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The problem that I have is unsolved by any podcaster anywhere in the world.
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Do you know why Joe Rogan can have good audio and I can't?
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So if you do live, you can't do what all the other podcasters do, which is make sure it works before you go.
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Now, one of the things that you don't know, if you've not been a guest on many podcasts, as I have been,
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is that even the recorded podcasts, they usually have to tweak the audio and try it again and test and move things around and, you know, even recorded ones, it's hard.
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Then the other thing is, suppose I did it live, but I had an engineer who was working with me to make sure that everything's working as it happens.
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How many of you understand that before I explain it?
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That if I had an engineer working with me, I couldn't do this.
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None of this would be possible if anybody else is sitting in the room.
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Because anybody else in the room is going to be sucking my energy out before I go live.
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You can't have other people in the room if you're going to be live, right?
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Now, if you're Joe Rogan, it's a whole operation, right?
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If it's a party, that works pretty well, right?
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But the last thing I would want is to wake up at 4 in the morning and have my engineer sitting here.
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It would just be the worst setup in the world, right?
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The fact that I do this alone is why I like it.
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Everything about the thing that I like, I couldn't do with an engineer.
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I have revised my opinion on General Milley since yesterday.
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I believe, and I've said this before, that everyone deserves a defense.
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Everyone deserves a defense, even if they're guilty in our country.
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Now, in the legal system, of course, they get one.
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Suppose you're being attacked in the public realm.
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You can just go in public and say, here's my defense.
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And I'm not sure General Milley can in this situation.
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Because there are a lot of mines in the minefield.
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because he is a military person and we respect the military,
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and I believe that as a member of the military,
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that it is my responsibility as a citizen to support them
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I don't know if he's innocent or guilty, competent or incompetent.
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Before you even hear it, I just want to ask you,
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If he's still guilty after you hear the defense, that's fine.
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But everybody deserves a defense, especially a military person.
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Who here thinks a military professional doesn't deserve a defense?
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hey, don't worry, you know, I got this, you don't have to worry,
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you know, Biden might be a little mentally degraded.
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Because he was acting as the check against Trump's brain.
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Now, I think he was incorrect in estimating his risk.
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If, in fact, because we don't know this as a fact,
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I think you have to be skeptical of the reporting.
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But if he thought it was true, that there was some risk,
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Now, some people say, oh, that's the wrong way,
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talked to Congress, talked to the Vice President.
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You don't want to violate the chain of command.
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Did I defend his going around the chain of command?
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I'm not going to defend the question of whether he should be fired,
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The moment you allow that you can make an exception
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But, you know, if we're being honest and humble about this,
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It could be that the story is not anything like we think.
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Imagine if you believed that China was worried.
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Do you think that China's military was getting antsy?
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was China simply sitting there not worried at all,
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Is there something we need to be worried about here?