# Scott Adams says he is dying {Died January 13th, 2026 at age 68} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [May 22, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677 "2025-05-22T18:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/61 "2025-05-23T19:26:38Z")
This gets me wondering, has this crowd just gotten themselves that wrapped up in a _“goddammit, ivermectin has got be good for SOMETHING the medical establishment is wrong about!!”_ mentality? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/62 "2025-05-23T19:37:38Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > For your elucidation: I watched the whole thing. Great show. I didn’t realize at first it was “Part One”, as I got toward the end and realized there was so much they didn’t talk about. Then I realized there is a Part Two. If anyone listens to the whole thing (believe it or not, despite being an hour and a half long it was enjoyable the entire time) and can’t find part two, it’s here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZdvElg2-tZA/maxresdefault.jpg "Part Two: How The Dilbert Guy Lost His Mind | BEHIND THE BASTARDS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdvElg2-tZA) (I’m picky about my podcasts. There are only 3 I listen to, and only one regularly, but this one actually seems worth my time.) Oh crap and I just found another one by the same people. It’s specifically about Scott Adams and Trumpism. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MeyXFJaPg-c/maxresdefault.jpg "We Read The Dilbert Guy's Attempt to Make Trump into a Religion | BEHIND THE BASTARDS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyXFJaPg-c) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/63 "2025-05-23T20:10:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > (I’m picky about my podcasts. There are only 3 I listen to, and only one regularly, but this one actually seems worth my time.) I adore this podcast. I know it’s intimidating at five episodes, but I can’t recommend the one on G Gordon Liddy highly enough. That guy was _bat shit._ ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/64 "2025-05-23T20:13:26Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > “He noted taking ivermectin and fenbendazole to treat the cancer.” > > So… he is taking two _antiparasitic_ medications… to treat an aggressive cancer. Good. He’ll die sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/65 "2025-05-23T20:23:31Z")
I take note in my list of candidates for next year’s Celebrity Death Pool in case he makes it till January. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/66 "2025-05-23T20:54:41Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > The reality for most people is, if you have high intelligence, you’ll go to a good school Well, most people don’t get a chance to go to a good school. As Brad DeLong, a pretty conventional economist and author of Slouching Towards Utopia noted, there is undoubtedly someone who would be a much better economist than he is who will never get close to the opportunity to explore and find out. In retrospect, apologies for the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/67 "2025-05-23T21:19:52Z")
I guess that’s true. I was poor and went to a good school on scholarship. I was a legally emancipated minor and got a lot of aid as a result. That’s just the reality I know. I think organizations like Mensa can be useful in certain contexts. If for financial or other reasons you don’t have access to intellectual peers it seems like a good idea. I know as a child there were no such thing as gifted programs at the schools I attended and it kinda sucked not being able to relate to my peers. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/68 "2025-05-23T21:47:19Z")
The Mensa Genius Quiz book by Abby Salny is very good. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/69 "2025-05-24T00:10:11Z")
Am I alone in having a twinge of doubt that Adam’s actually has prostate cancer? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/70 "2025-05-24T00:27:04Z")
Has prostate cancer? Yeah, I’ll believe that. Dying in the next few months? Ummm… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/71 "2025-05-24T00:43:26Z")
@DSeid: Depends on how successful his gofundme sympathy campaign is. If he really starts raking it in, I predict the cancer’s progression will slow significantly. In case it isn’t obvious, color me _vastly_ cynical about all of the MAGA celebrity (read “grifting”) class. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/72 "2025-05-24T00:52:56Z")
What gofundme campaign? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/73 "2025-05-24T01:02:45Z")
The one that I anticipate he (or an agent / front of his) will create soon. Perhaps not on the actual gofundme platform, but some other variety that’s not quite so concerned about their cleanish reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/74 "2025-05-24T01:07:56Z")
So not an _actual_ fundraising campaign but one you imagine will be created? I’m no fan of Scott Adams but I _really_ doubt that someone as wealthy as he is (or should be, given his commercial success) would be asking for contributions. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/75 "2025-05-24T01:21:16Z")
Why would he lie about it? Is he asking for money? What would he get by making it up? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/76 "2025-05-24T02:24:35Z")
Devil’s Advocate: sympathy, fawning, a weapon for his fans to use against his detractors. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/78 "2025-05-24T02:46:26Z")
Like Givesendgo, which can and does do fundraisers for criminals? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/79 "2025-05-24T03:49:56Z")
Scott Adams never deserved more than an annoyed frown from me, not a gleeful gloating at the prospect of his death. And this long before he went ‘round the bend like so many others post-9/11: [Norman Solomon’s The Trouble with Dilbert](https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Dilbert-Corporate-Culture-Laugh-ebook/dp/B00B10BQ1K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AMW9QZQJH97Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MwCs1WHTSH0rnH7a641VSGbhnMDVwq27KcaaW7m_5KO-OaYltDIzIq6GKKMcGeHjaLO4gW3WmqWsdW-wTD_RPAKq0TW4WLFIA3DIhDNVaV4._-cDhrQbX2jaibt952e9QbiGBm7R568IwovL3n28Rao&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+trouble+with+dilbert&qid=1748058193&sprefix=the+trouble+with+dilbert%2Caps%2C66&sr=8-1) gave me a think years ago. In April, Michael Tilson Thomas had to set down his baton for the last time due to brain cancer. That elicits more sadness, because he brought us things like this and only this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mz7_bdewQWw/maxresdefault.jpg "Summer of 1915, Op. 24") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz7_bdewQWw) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/80 "2025-05-24T05:17:08Z")
I’m on some cancer subreddits and people complaining that people are telling them that ivermectin will cure their cancer is not unheard of. Luckiky no one has been dumb enough to say that to me. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677/81 "2025-05-24T06:16:35Z")
To tout how his alternative medicine approach cures him. In comparison to the course Biden will have. For the attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677.md?page=5)