Talk:Scott Adams/Archive 1

Untitled old thread
I hate to make a major change to an article without asking first, so I figured I'd put this out there.

I have found no evidence of any kind linking Scott to the Louisville Courier-Journal, and I find it incredibly hard to believe that he "works" there, as he lives in Northern California. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by T rudebeck (talk • contribs).


 * I find it funny that his engagement is announced in the paragraph about debilitating health problems. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.142.130.12 (talk • contribs).

My addition of 'Cow-orker' was removed because Scott did not 'coin' it. The same could be said of 'Induhvidual', since that was the result of a contest in the DNRC... but I'm not so nit-picky as to want to remove it. I vote cow-orker be re-added to the list.--Fracture98 20:52, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm the one who deleted it. "Induhvidual" was at least coined by a fan (though I didn't know that, and might have deleted it). "Cow-orker" had nothing to do with Adams until someone brought it to his attention. If the lead-in were changed to include slang Adams had popularized, I'd be okay with putting it back in. Jerry Kindall 05:23, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

All right, did Adams really coin "sensory deprivation chamber"? Somehow I doubt that very much. Baleeted. Jerry Kindall 07:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

TV Healers
Apparently he talks about them often, such as in the book, The Way of the Weasle, and his non-dilbert book, God's Debries. Here is an exert from the free book, "“Okay, what about those televangelists who heal people on TV? Those people look healed to me. Is that fake?” The old man just laughed. I laughed too." - 68.228.33.74 01:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't see photograph of Scott Adams, can you upload one ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.252.74.48 (talk) 18:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Misc
I found the following articles to have interesting background about Scott. If someone is interested, they could use some of the details for his Wikipedia entry. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1D91031F936A15752C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/how_to_make_a_c.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.175.229.3 (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * AT WORK WITH: Scott Adams; Yes, Dilbert's Dad Has a Cubicle of His Own
 * How to Make a Comic Strip

Catchphrases
Are any of these catch phrases? I have seen them only in Dilbert context, never heard them elsewhere once (well cow-worker,but as has been mentioned thats not his). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.19.136.103 (talk) 16:34, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I removed the "Coined phrases" section, as it's remained fact-tagged with no citation for over a year. Tempshill (talk) 22:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Libertarian-washing
The link cited for Adams being a libertarian, if you actually read it, says that "on SOCIAL issues, I lean libertarian."

Speaking as someone who is very much a social libertarian but not an economic libertarian, these are two different concepts. To put Adams down as an "all around" libertarian when he only said "social" is at best ignorant and at worst mendacious. Replace with a citation that actually backs this up or delete but the CNN article clearly means something different than the way it's being interpreted now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.23.238.213 (talk) 03:30, 11 February 2011 (UTC)


 * OK, cleaned that up, as well making the Bloomberg thing sound less like he was touring the country with him. Any reason you didn't just do this yourself?--NapoliRoma (talk) 05:33, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Atheist
Someone should categorize Adams as an atheist. Check his recent blog entries if you need proof. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.111.244.89 (talk) 22:28, 31 January 2007 (UTC).
 * I've read no blog entries categorizing him as an atheist. Perhaps you could provide a link? &#39;&#39;&#39;&lt;font color=&quot;FF0066&quot;&gt;Lʋ&lt;font color=&quot;990066&quot;&gt;k&lt;font color=&quot;9900CC&quot;&gt;sʋ&lt;font color=&quot;6600CC&quot;&gt;h&#39;&#39;&#39; 08:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

He has said many times he believes in Spinoza's version of God. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heitz669 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Spinoza's God is just another name for nature. Plenty of atheists "believe in" Spinoza's God, because it's (arguably) not supernatural. 76.64.156.168 (talk) 08:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Then he's a pantheist, not an atheist. You still need a source, though. Reinistalk 17:38, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * He states plainly and repeatedly in Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice (from his blog) that he does not believe in god and that he is "godless" (e.g., see the entry on the "Pragmatic (political) Party"). I'm not sure he explicitly describes himself as an atheist but by non-Wikipedian standards it's a clear statement. JJL (talk) 03:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Adams is actually a creationist. He wrote a bizarre article about it on his blog a while ago and it's since been deleted almost entirely from the internet. The only place I could find even sparse quotes from it were in PZ Myers blog: http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/scott_adams_is_a_wally/

It's hard for me to believe a creationist is also an atheist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.81.97.59 (talk) 15:52, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * What you find hard to believe is not encyclopedic. Adams is actually not a creationist. At http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/03/fossils_are_bul.html he writes "If you are new to the Dilbert Blog, I remind you that I don’t believe in Intelligent Design or Creationism or invisible friends of any sort." His understanding of evolution is poor, but that doesn't make him a creationist by a long shot. -- 98.108.206.178 (talk) 09:57, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Scientific work
Why doesn't this article mention his scientific work, like the expansion theory in physics or his activity as an intelligent design theorist? Reinistalk 17:40, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Because it isn't scientific, just dabbling by somebody not (obviously) knowledgable in these fields? If he weren't a famous drawer of funny pictures, he would be ignored. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  16:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Not to mention the fact that he himself admits upfront that he does not have enough knowledge to make any sort of a knowledgeable argument. He just puts up the ID and god/religion stuff to make his comments more interesting. Lucifer (talk) 18:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Why is there no mention in the article that he is a creationist? Also I came here today because of the attack on Green technology in today's strip. Is this also he has strange views about in real life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.116.132.198 (talk) 14:33, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * He's not a creationist; please stop spreading this misinformation. In his own words from http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/03/fossils_are_bul.html ... "If you are new to the Dilbert Blog, I remind you that I don’t believe in Intelligent Design or Creationism or invisible friends of any sort." -- 98.108.206.178 (talk) 09:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)