He said won instead of saying we were right, so screw that arrogant egotistical clown. The Ben Garrison cartoon was hilarious though lol.
He should have said, “John Stockton has been vindicated!”
I agree that saying “You won” sounds a little snarkier than just saying “You were right”. But if you listen to him, Adams definitely implies the latter.
And, he is admiting that his thought process led him to a bad decision. So, while he may be arrogant, he is not a clown. Also, the guy who created a brilliant comic series like Dilbert has a right to be more arrogant than your average Joe.
It’s harder to say “I was wrong” than “OK, you won.”
We won not having the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads by a single horse hair. That is what he said we won. We won not having the anguishing worry he now realizes he has because of his hubris. He entered the arena all confident we were idiots. We won. This is a man bowing before us. All his analysis was crap. Our heuristics were superior** (I did analysis and was not heuristically driven and even his analysis was crap... The previous mrna vax attempts killed the rats)
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A heuristic, or heuristic technique, is any approach to problem solving or self-discovery that employs a practical method that is not guaranteed to be optimal, perfect, or rational, but is nevertheless sufficient for reaching an immediate, short-term goal or approximation. (Common sense)
He said they were right, then he said they were the ones on the winning path. He didn’t say they won the argument, at least not in the little bit I did listen to.
i liked dilbert from inception. knew little about adams otherwise until 2016.
since then I have concluded that he has a really thin skin, usually very well hidden.
there is a very detailed story about him going onto a board he was being trashed on years ago (pre-trump) to defend himself.
with the garrison cartoon, he initially played it off while *fact-checking a parody*
around new years he just starting insulting garrison over this same cartoon non-stop. I think we see the real scott adams in those posts.
i didn’t watch his mea culpa (I consume almost no video news). based on everything, he still is somewhat subscribing to the position (so nicely illustrated by garrison) that folks not getting vaxed were stupid but right, accidentally.