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1. mrweas+C2[view] [source] 2026-01-13 16:50:11
>>schmuc+(OP)
I loved Dilbert, having worked for more than one Dilbert-like company the humor frequently resonated with me.

How or why Scott Adams went completely of the rails is perhaps something we'll sadly never understand. Was this opinions he'd always had, but suppressed, did he somehow become radicalized or was it perhaps medically induced, e.g. a stroke or something. It was incredibly sad to see him throw away his life's work and go down a path most of us at least hadn't foreseen and die having alienated his fans.

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2. rsynno+29[view] [source] 2026-01-13 17:10:07
>>mrweas+C2
I read one of his books once, written in the 90s or so. It included the idea that affirmations could literally change reality ("law of attraction"), and an _alternative theory of gravity_. At the time, I thought that these were probably attempts at jokes that didn't land very well, but... Once you believe one thing which is totally outside the pale, it is often very easy to start believing others.
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3. plorky+p31[view] [source] 2026-01-13 20:32:49
>>rsynno+29
His theory of gravity (everything in the universe is exponentially growing in size at a continuous rate, shrinking the gaps between things) was a fascinating thought experiment for me as a kid and I enjoyed thinking through how it could work and why it wouldn't work. Finding out later that he at least at one point took it seriously as a potential explanation for how the universe works was very surprising to me.
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4. robotr+3H1[view] [source] 2026-01-13 23:24:14
>>plorky+p31
> shrinking the gaps between things

Hubble showed the opposite is the case, though...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%27s_law

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