Episode 2942 CWSA 08/29/25 — Scott Adams Philosophy

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some credit. I know a lot of people are saying they won't be happy until that owl-wannabe CEO gets fired. Doesn't she remind you of an owl? Like maybe she's a furry. No, she's not. But she reminds me of an owl. I don't know why. The glasses, I guess. So good work. Robbie Starbuck gets another big win. According to Remix, Ukraine may have destroyed as much as 20% of Russia's oil refining capacity.…

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s is invalid because I'm not an expert. What exactly has been the track record of experts on anything? Anything. You name a topic. Tell me how well the experts did on that topic. Now show me the podcasters who had everything right. There'll always be some for every topic. It seems like there's always some podcaster who just got it all right from the start and all the experts got it wrong.

I guess Russia successfully used an underwater drone to sink a Ukrainian Navy vessel. Weirdly, that's the first time. So I guess Russia did not have any great undersea drones, but now they do. So I don't know how the US Navy can survive any kind of a war against a big country because wouldn't any reasonably big country just send all these underwater drones and just take out our entire fleet? Can we really defend against that? I mean, I know we have entire defensive perimeters and stuff at sea, but could we really defend against that if they sent enough of them at the same time? I don't know.

According to a UC Davis study, having a sense of purpose in your life can prevent you from getting dementia. So the people who have a purpose in their life don't have as much dementia. I'm not sure it's the purpose that's causing the less dementia. Or is it the fact that people who have less dementia can look around and say, you know, I should try to be useful. Everything's working. My brain's still working. I think I'll be useful. I'll volunteer f

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or something. So I'm not so sure this study is telling us what we think. However, I'm a big fan of people being useful. So yeah, having a sense of purpose is so highly recommended for your mental health, it doesn't surprise me that it might be correlated with your physical health and your dementia. So I would say even if you're not positive it works, it's all good if you can find a purpose in life…

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Wisdom from this episode

"What exactly has been the track record of experts on anything? You name a topic. Tell me how well the experts did on that topic. Now show me the podcasters who had everything right. There'll always be some for every topic. It seems like there's always some podcaster who just got it all right from the start and all the experts got it wrong."

Experts have a terrible track record across nearly any domain, while you can always find independent voices like podcasters who correctly understood events from the very beginning.

"I'm not sure it's the purpose that's causing the less dementia. Or is it the fact that people who have less dementia can look around and say, you know, I should try to be useful. Everything's working. My brain's still working. I think I'll be useful."

Having purpose may not prevent dementia; it's more likely that people whose brains are still sharp are the ones capable of adopting and pursuing a sense of purpose.