Back to episode — Episode 792 Scott Adams - Impeachment Stains, Some New Reality Filters to Ease Anxiety
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e knocked out, who was a top-level fighter — it's not like he was beating up people who were just starting. This was a top competitor. And the outcome was certainly in question. Conor McGregor beat him in 40 seconds and the other guy didn't land a punch. So I guess you want to read my book, "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big," where I talk about systems are better than goals. If…
← Previous segment →iden, that the next time you see her she's going to come back stronger, meaning more charisma, a better presentation, a little more crisp message, you know, on point. And so that's what I would look for because I believe she's very coachable.
Harris is unique in that she doesn't seem to have any problems that I would consider unsolvable natural problems. It all seems like technique. Now some have pointed out, you know, hey, Harris does not have a lot of popularity in the African-American community. Doesn't matter because Joe Biden does. Joe Biden's popularity in the African-American community is so high he doesn't really need to bring more in by his vice presidential pick. He just needs to show that he's being open to diversity and he's being inclusive. And that's why she'd be a perfect complement. Either of them individually is a little weak, but together they actually fit pretty well and better than anybody else at least who's a name in our consciousness right now.
So the other part of the prediction is that by Election Day, if it turns out it's a Biden-Harris ticket, by Election Day either literally or in kind people will be talking about Harris as the top of the ticket. Now they might be saying, hey, let's flip them before Election Day because Joe Biden looks like he's falling apart. Or they might say, well, let's get through the election the way it is but at least we've got our emergency spare ready. So I think you're gonna see Harris. This is my most unlikely prediction of all time. I believe that there's not one person here who would agree with me. Is it probably not one of you? And that's what makes it fun.
All right, so we'll just track that one. If I'm wrong,
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I'm wrong. I've got a theory about Mexico. There was a story that the Mexican military stopped a big crowd of Guatemalans who were trying to penetrate the southern border of Mexico, if I understand this right. And Mexico is doing a good job for the United States, being a good neighbor and partner by stopping it before it gets to our border. And I say to myself, you know, why is it that the govern…
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