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Posted February 4th, 2017 @ 11:57am in #itsasecret

You might have clicked on my misleading tweet to get to this page. I had to disguise the content so Twitter wouldn’t throttle it.

Here’s why…

This morning I tweeted a link to a great video that describes in detail how Twitter “throttles” the tweets of any content that disagrees with their political views. The video describes how Twitter gives a fake message that some tweets are no longer available, to discourage you from clicking to them. The tweets still exist, and you can access them by directly clicking the links in the tweets, but most people would not think to do that.

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The Persuasion Advantage and Climate Science

Posted February 4th, 2017 @ 11:08am in #climate science #climate change

As I have often said in this blog, I don’t have the tools to evaluate the basic science about climate change, and neither do you. The difference is that you might be under the illusion that you do have those tools.

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Berkeley and Hitler

Posted February 3rd, 2017 @ 7:07pm in #Trump #ucberkleyriot #uc berkeley #skydeck

Here’s the best article you are likely to read about the absurdity of calling ANY American president Hitler. This is the sort of persuasion (sprinkled with facts) that can dissolve some of the post-election cognitive dissonance that hangs like a dark cloud over the country. Share it liberally, so to speak. You might save lives.

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President Trump and the Other Countries

Posted February 2nd, 2017 @ 5:33am in #Trump #Mexico #Australia

Today’s news will be all about President Trump’s tense phone calls with the leaders of Australia and Mexico. The popular spin is that the president was rude and aggressive with both of them. Very unpresidential, say the critics. Maybe he is crazy! And orange! Chaos! Chaos! Chaos!

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Introducing the Chaos Drinking Game

Posted February 1st, 2017 @ 1:00pm in #chaos Trump CNN FOX

Every time you hear the word “chaos” on CNN this weekend, take a swig of alcohol. You’ll be drunk in ten minutes.

As you know by now, the word chaos is engineered persuasion from someone on the left. (Godzilla?) All of the pundits, celebrities, and TV hosts that dislike Trump are using it as often as possible. It’s starting to become hilarious because word-thinking is all they have left.

Is it time to turn “chaos” into a drinking game? Take a shot every time you hear someone say “chaos” on CNN this Friday night.

You’re still right. They still can’t stop using that word. @ScottAdamsSays pic.twitter.com/EwmcV28XaN
— Glacenoir (@glacenoir) February 1, 2017

Scott Adams

Co-founder of WhenHub

Author of How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

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Hypnotists Flips Pro-Choicers to Pro-Life in Seconds (I explain how)

Posted February 1st, 2017 @ 11:40am in #Hypnosis #abortion

Here’s a link to a provocative (and disturbing) short video of a hypnotist (my word) flipping pro-choicers to pro-life in minutes. I judge it to be real because the persuasion technique is solid gold. I’ll tell you how he did it after you watch.

I’ll explain the steps he used. These are not necessarily in order.

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The Odds of Being Killed by an Immigrant

Posted February 1st, 2017 @ 9:12am in #immigration #climate science

I keep seeing tweets and articles saying the odds of an immigrant killing a citizen of the United States are approximately zero. Obviously those calculations assume that our past experiences do a good job of predicting what happens next. And this is good news. Really, really, good news.

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Is President Trump Doing Management Wrong?

Posted January 31st, 2017 @ 9:24am in #Trump #management #entrepreneur

I made the mistake of turning on CNN yesterday and saw all the hypnotized pundits trying to work the secret persuasion word “chaos” into every comment about President Trump. That’s your tell that none of the pundits are offering independent opinions. They are part of the hive mind led by some uncredited persuader on their side. Someone told them to say “chaos” a lot, and so they do. This might signal the return of Godzilla. Reminds me of “dark,” their hive-mind word for the summer of 2016.

It appears that Trump’s counter-persuasion for “chaos” involves framing his administration as “disruptive.” That’s a good persuasion move because it doesn’t deny the observations. A disruption looks a lot like chaos from the outside. Two movies on one screen.

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The Persuasion Filter Looks at Torture. Does it Work?

Posted January 30th, 2017 @ 1:29pm in #Trump #Torture #Waterboarding #climate change

If I ever get captured and threatened with torture it will take about five seconds for me to give up every secret I have. That’s because I know I would break eventually, so why put up with unnecessary torture?

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The Canadian Option

Posted January 29th, 2017 @ 1:38pm in #immigration canada

My most agitated liberal friend sent me a link today about Justin Trudeau announcing Canada would take all of the Trump-banned immigrants because diversity is their strength. My friend said that was an example of real leadership.

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