Scott Adams, full blown climate denier.

[standingwave]

@TriPolar

It was helpful to see the actual strip. I have no idea what Adams thinks about climate change. Just looking at the strip it could possibly be about the pointy haired guy’s ability to pick a credible climate scientist. The overall message doesn’t seem quite like that, nor do I care what economic models have to say about climate, but I can see that it’s a controversial way of making whatever his point is. Comic strips aren’t a great source of scientific information, unfortunately it might be the only source that some people who incredibly are in great positions of power may rely on.

PZ Myers, a well know science blogger (and biology professor) breaks down the strip frame by frame…

Scott Adams embarks on the Johnny Hart road

[GIGObuster]

Scott Adams embarks on the Johnny Hart road

Yep, PZ Myers gets it.

[Malleus_Incus_Stapes]

I read an author’s comment in one of the Dilbert books about how he thinks evolution is going to be disproved in our lifetimes. I raised an eyebrow when I read that, but at the time I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as a guy with one kooky belief.

Now, I see a pattern.

[Pleonast]

@wolfpup

The current robot-themed strips are pretty pointless, a far cry from the biting satire of business stupidities that he used to write about. He’s either running out of material or, as already suggested, is getting senile.

I enjoy the recent robot story line. They’re funny takes about what it means to be sapient.

I read his comics and ignore his rants. He’s been good about keeping his weird views out of the comics. Until the climate-denier comic, when he jumped the shark.

[Hari_Seldon]

I don’t care what anyone else thinks on the subject. It was the snark about throwing away models that don’t conform to their theories that convinced me he is a full-fledged denier. He is asserting that the science is bunk. I know there are “scientists” (the scare quotes indicates what I think of them) who might do that, but he is impugning the whole profession of climate students. Also tieing it up with economic models is highly misleading. But I don’t have to an economist to know that when Mar-a-Lago is under water, some is going to face a huge loss (and will crying to the government to bail him out).

[Atamasama]

I thought I remembered Scott Adams being pretty hard left about 15 years ago. With some of the associated stereotypes, including an advocacy of vegetarianism (hence the abominable Dilberito), though to be fair it was for health and not ethical reasons. I can’t remember why I had such an impression back then, it was a long time ago.

I also remember in the most recent presidential election he endorsed Hillary before switching sides and endorsing Trump.

Maybe he’s not really left or right, just crazy.

[Quimby]

@Atamasama

I also remember in the most recent presidential election he endorsed Hillary before switching sides and endorsing Trump.

Maybe he’s not really left or right, just crazy.

His endorsement of Hilary was sarcastic. He would always add he was endorsing her “for his own personal safety” because Hillary supporters were thugs that would hurt him if he didn’t.

[Tranquilis]

@Atamasama

I also remember in the most recent presidential election he endorsed Hillary before switching sides and endorsing Trump.

About 18 months (IIRC) before the election, he did a rather credible analysis of how and why Trump was going to win, if he faced Hilary. He was fairly accurate.

…just crazy.

Yup. Also, rather far right.

[Pantastic]

@Atamasama

I thought I remembered Scott Adams being pretty hard left about 15 years ago. With some of the associated stereotypes, including an advocacy of vegetarianism

Hitler was a vegetarian for health reasons…