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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by m52go on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @07:12PM (#10854992)
Yeah I think people misread Scott. He's always had crazy ideas, but they've been well-articulated and always delivered with a healthy dose of humility.

He doesn't take himself too seriously. Whereas many see him as a troll, I think he's a true contrarian in a sea of fashionable contrarians.

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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by dhmholley on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @08:17PM (#10855277)
For a guy who doesn't take himself too seriously, he sure creates a lot of sockpuppets to argue with his detractors and sing his own praises.
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by hkmurakami on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @08:31PM (#10855341)
I feel like anyone who makes knowledge of their MESNA membership public takes themselves fairly seriously...
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by partomniscient on Thursday January 07, 2016 @08:04AM (#10857668)
Wait, Scott Adams is part of a organosulfur compound?
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by drumdance on Thursday January 07, 2016 @06:55PM (#10861805)
He did that once a few years ago. He learned his lesson.
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by monochromatic on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @08:55PM (#10855443)
[citation needed]
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by sdenton4 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:37PM (#10855807)
I was around for the fateful Metafilter thread where Scott Adams sockpupetted vigorously until he was found out: http://mefiwiki.com/wiki/Scott_Adams,_plannedchaos

It's a pretty........... interesting read. http://www.metafilter.com/102472/How-to-Get-a-Real-Education...

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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by kelukelugames on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:50PM (#10855846)
Damn, this is some extra crazy. https://www.reddit.com/user/plannedchaos

Good thing PG only updates his footnotes when people "misunderstand" him.

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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by simonswords82 on Thursday January 07, 2016 @06:53AM (#10857415)
Wow - there's few better examples of the fine line between crazy and genius.

I can't tell if he's using the plannedchaos accounts on various sites to seriously defend himself by proxy, or is it that he thinks the Internet is a load of pixels on a screen that unlike some of us he just doesn't take it very seriously?

Edit: somebody commented below that Scott is now a professional troll, and I'm inclined to think that they're probably right!

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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by kelukelugames on Thursday January 07, 2016 @11:25AM (#10858805)
I wrote that comment. Adams is out of touch.
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:27PM (#10855978)
"True contrarian" is just a politer name for troll, though. If you say unpopular things solely because they're unpopular, we have a word for that.
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by drumdance on Thursday January 07, 2016 @06:56PM (#10861818)
I don't think he does them just to be unpopular. He's just conducting thought experiments. He does like to tease his audience but so does Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution.
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Re:Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007) by PhasmaFelis on Friday January 08, 2016 @04:39PM (#10868503)
If he's not trying to piss people off, he sure does gloat a lot about how much he loves pissing people off.
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