Go Bigly All the Way to the White House

American Thinker.com ^ | November 23, 2017 | Anthony J. Sadar

[Kaslin]

There are so many poor souls still reeling from the outcome of the November 2016 presidential election. How, oh, how could that deplorable man have won? It's a big mystery.

Enter the book-length page-turner and mystery-solver, Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter (Portfolio/Penguin, 2017) by "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams. Win Bigly sheds light on the dark mystery of that fateful election night – that night that visited tears and Trump Derangement Syndrome on a multitude.

First things first. In case even the title sends some into uncontrollable trepidation, Win Bigly is not designed to "change your mind about politics or about Trump. All [Scott Adams] hopes to do is teach you some things about persuasion by wrapping it in an entertaining first-person story."

Adams tells his story in five parts: "Why Facts are Overrated," "How to See Reality in a More Useful Way," "How President Trump Does What Others Can't," "How to Use Persuasion in Business and Politics," and "Why Joining a Tribe Makes You Powerful and Blind." He includes several practical appendices that further divulge the secrets of effective persuasion.

Adams argues a "Persuasion Filter" for an evolutionary "moist robot" worldview, where humans can be "easily influenced by emotional and irrational factors." He goes on to advise that "[i]f you learn the mechanisms of this influence, you have found the user interface for human beings." Adams further notes that "[w]hen our feelings turn on, our sense of reason shuts off. ... [O]ur decisions are often made without appeal to the rational parts of our brains. We literally make our decisions first and then create elaborate rationalizations for them after the fact."

[Cicero]

You might not want to visit that site. ZoneAlarm warned me that I caught a heuristic virus there (which it removed.

[bigbob]

Scott Adams has provided some really interesting and useful insights throughout the Trump era, and I think I’ll get the book to read more of them.

Too bad more of the yak shows can’t provide this kind of perspective instead of repeating the same old talking points. Well Rush does sometimes, when he’s not talking about himself or having sidebars with people the audience can’t hear. Then there’s Hannity who manages to repeat 10 minutes worth to fill three hours. But having watch Scott Adams coffee-casts, it’s clear that the written word and picture is his media.

[Wife of D28Man]

C-Span did a lengthy interview with him about this book recently, and it was terrific. He is utterly charming and very entertaining.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Just finished reading the book last night, it’s a fun and easy read, lots of good insights. Recommended.

[Candor7]

The deluded democrats do not yet realize that they are victims of MSM propaganda who hid Donald Trumps true polls concerning his drive to win. They lied. They published only push polls.

As long as the democrats want to roll around in the muck and slime of the MSM propaganda alternate reality, they will continually be blind sided.

I see by this article they still DO NOT get the fact that they have been “had” by their own propaganda machine. As long as that continues to happen, Republicans will occupy the oval office as they drain the swamp!

[Vendome]

We literally make our decisions first and then create elaborate rationalizations for them after the fact.

They see what they want to believe

[Impy]

Trump said “big league” not “bigly”.

[ichabod1]

And yet, bigly is a word so if he had said it, it would have been ok.

[Lurker]

“They see what they want to believe.”

Most people do. Right up until reality smacks them upside the head.

L

[enumerated]

“Trump said “big league” not “bigly”.”

Thank you!! I thought I was the only one... Can’t wait for people to get tired of that dumb bigly thing

[Impy]

It would be nice if many on our side didn’t play along.