Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 10, 2026
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y might misinterpret it in a way that actually helps you if it made them wear the mask. No, in that case I think they would wear the mask less. So people would misinterpret it and do the wrong thing. Data is very overrated. Data is usually wrong. That's just a fact. All data is usually wrong and wrong enough that it would change how you deal with it. Somebody says I'm laughing at your blind loyal…

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ve a good education and want everybody to be free, etc. But he needs to be able to figure out how to do it. It's got to be practical.

All right, that is all for today and I will talk to you tomorrow. It's so awkward when I try to hit that little X to end this and I can't hit it with my thumb. All right, Periscope is turned off. We're on YouTube only now live streaming.

Thoughts on Kanye and Joe Rogan and his presidential ad? I didn't see that. Does Kanye have an ad? There's an actual Kanye ad.

Data are facts. Statistics are interpretation. Not true. Data are alleged facts. If data were facts we'd probably be in a lot better shape but usually data is out of context and it's just wrong.

Is Locals still a thing? Oh yeah, let me give you an update on Locals. So locals.com is a platform. Full disclosure, I have a small

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investment in it as well. And that's where I do everything that I don't do in public. I do there. So there's a whole bunch of other content including micro lessons on success and being more effective as well as some content that's a little too edgy to be on Twitter or to be on YouTube. So Locals is not only working but it's working embarrassingly well. The number of people who were willing to pay…

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