James_Miller comments on [Link] My Interview with Dilbert creator Scott Adams - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Brillyant 14 September 2016 02:15:56PM *  7 points [-]

I've casually followed his predictions about Trump. It's so silly.

  • Far Away From Election when Trump is the #1 news story every day — Trump will win because he is using advanced persuasion techniques!
  • Post Khan Debacle once Trump is getting beaten badly in polls and looks unelectable—Hillary has now started using advanced persuasion techniques! That is why she has come back! (Hedging...)
  • Polls Tighten — Trump is back to using advanced persuasion techniques!

Um. No. Sounds like phlogiston to me.

At any rate, Adams is the winner here. I'd never heard of the guy who wrote Dilbert. Now I've probably visited his blog 50 times in the last year and clicked around a bit. I'm sure he's sold plenty of books because of his predictions on the election.

Prediction: After the election, Adams will say this whole "Trump will win" gambit was just a meta advanced persuasion project he'd been running on all of his readers. This fact people believed Trump had special powers was proof that Adams is a Master Persuader. (Unless Trump actually wins...then Adams will say "See! I knew it all along!") Win. Win. For Adams.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 September 2016 02:20:47PM 1 point [-]

Has there been a description of what specific advanced persuasion techniques Trump has been using? Or why they work powerfully on some people and not others?

Comment author: James_Miller 14 September 2016 05:00:30PM 1 point [-]
Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 September 2016 08:05:18AM 0 points [-]

That link isn't working.