Episode 1691 Scott Adams: The New is Weird Today; Lots of Strange Little Stories. Come Have Some Fun
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Summary
Ron DeSantis continues to prove that he's smarter than all the other Republican presidential candidates put together, and he's doing it in a tone-perfect way that's perfect for his base. Also, the UK is doubling down on nuclear power, and the NCAA announces its first female swimmer of the century.
Transcript
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But you won't be able to, you're not going to be able to find me.
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So unfortunately, you won't be able to find me.
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Some of you might prefer YouTube just because you can listen to it
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it doesn't look like YouTube is working, does it?
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YouTube was always online until you turned it off.
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Well, I got a screenshot of somebody who said it wasn't online,
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I've been having all kinds of Internet problems for the last week.
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Is anybody having a lot of Internet problems in the last week?
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I'm wondering if something's getting hacked over here.
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I knew a lot of people would say yes because that's confirmation bias.
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Anyway, I was saying that I have a different algorithm than the rest of you
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So, if you want to influence somebody who influences other people, you're doing a good job.
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In fact, there are a number of people who follow me who are very influential on my content
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because every day they're going to send me some article that's interesting.
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And some of you are really good at guessing what stuff I like.
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and what I say about inflation is really the same thing that a Russian general would say to Putin.
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That's what I say to inflation, and a Russian general says to Putin.
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Well, so the UK is doubling down, as we like to say,
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Everybody's always doubling down or walking it back.
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I'd like to hear a story about somebody who's like,
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somebody did something, and they're just doing exactly the same thing.
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No, they're always doubling down or walking it back.
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Well, the UK is doubling down, and they're dashed to nuclear power.
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So according to a report in The Guardian, I guess,
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so Boris Johnson is going to meet with nuclear experts
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and try to make the industry, let's say, more approachable and friendlier
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so that people thinking about investing in nuclear energy
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would not have to worry so much about the government prohibitions.
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Now, I'm not going to say that my opinion was much different than any of yours,
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as Michael Schellenberger or Mark Schneider have been helping,
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or really leading, I'm not going to say helping, they've been leading,
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I'm being asked, what about the significance of the passage of time?
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Well, the passage of time is very significant, and here's the reason.
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It's because of the significance of time when combined with the passage.
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If you put them together, that's the significance of time right there.
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That is directly from your Vice President Harris.
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All right, Ron DeSantis continues to be awesome.
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that are smarter than all the other Republicans put together.
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How in the world is Ron DeSantis doing one thing after another
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He's really doing the thing that nobody's ever done before.
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while still picking off some from the other side.
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So apparently he signed some declaration from Florida,
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so it's not any kind of binding law or anything,
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but essentially saying that the winner of the NCAA swimming,
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they said that the woman who came in officially second,
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Florida has declared that she's really the winner
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and therefore ruining NCAA sports and women's sports,
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He just stated officially from the perspective of Florida
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the winner was the person who was named number two.
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That probably captured close to all of his base.
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But don't you think that picked off a few Democrats?
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who have been looking at this story and saying,
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When you see DeSantis do something this capable,
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Two examples from DeSantis that are so tone-perfect
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I mean, rarely do you see somebody do their job,
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that in order to graduate high school in Florida,
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or you have to take a course in financial literacy.
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who would disagree with people having financial literacy
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Although I think history of other places is useful, too.
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Now, here's the thing you might not know about.
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Where have you heard the topic of financial literacy before?
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Now, remember, pretty much all Republicans are going to love that.
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So people have been watching me for a long time.
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I've brought up financial literacy to be taught in schools.
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one of the Black Lives Matter leaders at the time.
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here's one thing pretty much everybody should agree on,