Episode 2062 Scott Adams - OTC Narcan Approved, DeSantis & 1A, Media Causes All Our Problems

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a dad and in many ways he's a dad first. You think of him as rich guy and SpaceX and Tesla and all that but I think he's a dad first. And when he says, the dad of all dads says you should pause AI and then a whole bunch of other smart people agree completely, that is useful. That is the solution to the media. Elon Musk by buying Twitter and restoring, in my opinion restoring free speech to Twitte…

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of shit. No that's not true. You know that's not true. You know that's not true. You know that. And wine is good for you. Wine is good for you. You media, you're trying to kill us.

Now how many of you think that that's true? Now here's what they did. They looked at all the studies and they decided the studies were underpowered or in some cases inadequate. They did not prove that exercise is not good for the brain. They proved that studies suck. Here's how this news should have read. A study shows that studies suck. That was the only news. That's the only thing they proved. They looked at the studies and they said the way you did all these studies is bad. That's good news. I mean that's useful news. Hey studies show that studies are all bad. I would like that. But no do not tell me that exercise doesn't help me think because I know that that's not true. I know that's not true.

Oh it really pisses me off. I don't know if you could tell but I'm really pissed off about that. Could there be a better example of the media trying to kill us? I mean this is like just trying to end the country. This is so wrong. So wrong. Somebody says the author is fat. Maybe. I doubt it but maybe.

Anyway let's see. I think I have some more notes I haven't ripped up yet. Is anybody following the story of Netanyahu and Israel and some judicial reforms? How many of you know the details of that story? All right so I don't. I'm not good on the details but it looks important. So let me tell you what I know. So Netanyahu as prime minister is trying to put through some legislation that would give more power to the government and decrease the power of the judicial system in Israel. Does that sound like a good idea to you if you didn't know anything else? If that's the only thing you knew does it sound like a good idea? Well it would depend if the judicial system was out of control, right? If the judicial system is truly out of control then maybe you could argue you need more balance I suppose.

I told you that the judicial system had grabbed some power for itself not too long ago and what Netanyahu was trying to do is claw back the power that the judicial system initially claimed for itself that was greater than before. Now I don't think it's one for one but in terms of just a power balance it's a response to a grab by the judicial system and he's trying to grab back a little bit which he would call balance maybe. And maybe somebody else would call a power grab. Yeah Joel Pollak is reporting on this in Breitbart and that's where I'm getting my updates.

So here's what's important from the outside. What would you think if you saw the United States Congress passing a law that seemed to give them more power than the courts? In other words trying to take power away from the courts. Wouldn't you reflexively oppose that just automatically? No you wouldn't. Depends. Yeah I guess the right answer is it depends. But unless there was some national urgency it just sounds like a bad idea just on the surface. But it doesn't make it a bad idea. It just means that on the surface it's the scariest freaking idea I ever heard. Oh the government wants to take power away from the

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courts. The courts are the only thing that control the power of the government and so the government would like to take away the power of the only thing that can control the power of the government. I can see why the citizens are revolting and I don't even think they need to know the details, right? But of course it's like everything else. It became a left right thing because the courts apparentl…

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Wisdom from this episode

"They did not prove that exercise is not good for the brain. They proved that studies suck. A study shows that studies suck. That was the only news. That's the only thing they proved."

When a meta-analysis finds that existing studies fail to show an effect, it usually means the studies themselves were inadequate, not that the real-world effect doesn't exist.

"If the judicial system is truly out of control then maybe you could argue you need more balance I suppose. What Netanyahu was trying to do is claw back the power that the judicial system initially claimed for itself that was greater than before."

Shifts in power between government branches aren't inherently good or bad; they can be legitimate rebalancing if one branch has previously overreached and taken more authority than it originally held.

"What would you think if you saw the United States Congress passing a law that seemed to give them more power than the courts? ... the right answer is it depends. But unless there was some national urgency it just sounds like a bad idea just on the surface. But it doesn't make it a bad idea."

Proposals that let politicians override courts sound terrifying at first glance, but whether they're wise ultimately depends on context rather than reflexive opposition.