Scott Adams

I've discovered that I enjoy reading The Dilbert Blog even more than Dilbert comic strips. The reason is that even though Adams makes keen and funny observations about cube life, his insights about politics and religious are just as interesting and always make me think.

Take this recent post about Relativity: "When I hear people say that they know God exists because he healed their aunt’s cancer, it sounds to me exactly like 'Rocks are liquid because 5 is greater than 6.'"

Then there's his response to the commentors who are always pointing out exceptions to his rules. His response: coin a new acronym, BOCTAOE, which stands for "But Of Course There Are Obvious Exceptions," and which he uses any time he makes a generalization which clearly doesn't hold up in all circumstances.

Adams linked to an article in a recent post that pointed out most college students don't know that 50 million people died in WWII. Indeed, I was surprised to see that number when I visited a WWII museum in Paris. Another "fact:" there are more Jewish people than Muslims in the world.

The solution to ignorance, according to the linked article: read more, and watch less TV. Does that include the Daily Show?