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Oct 21 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Based on my recent experiences, it is clear that people need a refresher lesson on answering yes-no questions. This thread will teach you all the ways.
“Yes”
Nov 14, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Scott's 2023 holiday gift ideas, based on cool things I own and a few I created. 🧵
I sometimes see the world as a secret battle among persuasion wizards, sort of like the movie Underworld, in which the vampires and werewolves are waging a war that humans don't notice.
By this filter, I'm seeing a frightening signal. I'll explain.
When Democrats succeeded in persuading half of the public that Republicans staged an insurrection and didn't bring guns, we entered a whole new realm. As a hypnotist, if I had been on the team that pulled that off, I would have one BIG question. . .
Mar 20, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
I like the idea of wokeness, which I define as treating all individuals with respect and learning how best to do it. But like most good ideas, too much of it turns everything sour. For example…
Management is a good thing, but too much management is micromanaging. Alone time is good, but too much makes you sad. Even taxes are good for protecting the homeland, but too much taxation destroys the country. Wokeness is like that.
Feb 5, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Beware the Documentary Effect.
Here's an experiment you can do at home. Watch the documentary Leaving Neverland and you will be convinced Michael Jackson was guilty of child abuse, no doubt about it.
Then Google "Leaving Neverland debunked" and see what happens.
A well-made documentary will be 100% persuasive to the average viewer because only one side is presented. That's how we see all news and science In 2023 -- one side only.
Young, Hispanic Uber driver was chatty. He explained his childhood challenges with an addicted mother, poverty and crime. Now he is absorbing motivational materials and determined to “make it” without excuses. He hates when people make excuses for not succeeding.
He lives in Stockton but opts to drive in my neighborhood because we are bristling with CEOs and other successful people. His “system” includes being around success to absorb the secrets.
Dec 18, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Seventy-percent of politics involves misinterpreting what someone said so it matches the mind reading you can’t actually do. Case in point: “You will own nothing and be happy about it.”
If you hear it out of context, coming from a global organization you don’t trust, it sounds like a plan for something evil. What else could it mean?
Nov 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Here’s weird story I promise is true: Yesterday I had an almost hallucinogenic experience of communicating with the creators or the Simulation. I spoke with “them” out loud for about thirty minutes and could feel a presence. But I was skeptical. I offered “them” a challenge…
I asked “them” to prove I was in a Simulation by solving a problem I had experienced for months: my knees were continually sore from exercise. So…
Nov 15, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Fentanyl facts:
Fentanyl can't be stopped by ordinary border security. It only travels that way now because it is easy.
Fentanyl is not like any other drug. Not even close. It is a WMD, in effect. The solution is political and military.
SF's open air drug experiment failed, but that targeted a demographic that created a zombie zone in the middle of a city. (Dumb). Do NOT NOT NOT compare that to any drug legalization/treatment ideas not yet tried.
The Mexican government can't help because the cartels own them.
Nov 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Men have been pushed too far. For relationships, they are now asking “What do you have to offer?” The answer is usually crickets.
Prior to marriage, people are in enticement mode. That works out well. After marriage, women automatically change their relationship strategy to pain infliction. This is a rational change because enticement has low value and men think the pain is temporary.
Oct 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Persuasion analysis:
Elon Musk took control of the Ukraine/Russia endgame by writing the first draft in bullet form and drawing all attention to it.
You just learned one of the most powerful persuasion techniques in the modern world: Write the first draft and keep it simple.
Once the "Musk Peace Plan" gets in your head -- where no other peace plan resided -- it takes root. And he makes us think past the sale (the details) to a peace agreement framework versus full-scale war with Russia.
Sep 26, 2022 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
Fentanyl and Nuclear power failures are the same problem: They are education problems that we came to believe are policy differences.
Educate a person on either topic and you end up on the same side in two minutes.
Here are some Fentanyl illusions that are popular:
1. People believe demand can be reduced. But no one has ever seen that approach succeed anywhere. We only believe someone else knows how to reduce demand.
As long as we hallucinate a demand solution exists, there will be no energy to look for a real fix.
Sep 24, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
What would a serious Fentanyl policy look like? No one has proposed one yet, so I'll give you a first draft.
1. Remove prescription requirements for Narcan in all states. Create an app so volunteers with Narcan can respond on their own block when alerted.
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2. Create a military unit specifically for destroying the cartels in Mexico.
3. Give the Cartels a six month deadline to stop all Fentanyl operations or we invade Mexico and establish a permanent military base to eradicate the Cartels.
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Jul 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
As a public demonstration of word-thinking, give me 30 days to make "sustainable" sound to you like the sequel to Soylent Green.
Most people can't distinguish between word-thinking and rational thinking. Allow me to explain. . .
Words don't need to be in sentences to influence us. Many words are "loaded" with a specific energy you might liken to computer code for brains. That's why politics is about winning the definitions of words. To do so is like accessing the UI to the public's brain.
Jul 26, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
1. Trump attempted a planned insurrection. 2. Okay, loosely planned. 3. Okay, not planned, but he encouraged it. 4. Okay, he didn't encourage it, but he didn't try to stop it. 5. Okay, he did try to stop the violence, but he should have done more, and sooner, during fog of war.
If Congress and state governments had done their jobs, no one would be doubting the outcome of an American election. But they didn't do enough to ensure transparency and credibility of the elections. That guaranteed a Jan6th event sometime in the future. More are coming.
Jul 26, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Remember when you were sure Epstein died? If I were in charge of creating that illusion, I’d make sure you thought past the sale to HOW he died. Your mind would be trapped in that loop and be blind to the more important question.
I’m not alleging Epstein is alive. I’m alleging that the information available to the public is consistent with him being alive OR dead. Because…
Jul 14, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Here’s a concept we need: Minimum High-Quality Life. In other words, the cheapest-but-perfectly-good phone service, healthcare, Wifi, housing, transportation, education, social life, etc. Recognizing this concept would manifest it via market forces. Solves inflation indirectly.
Solves for #confusopoly effects. I use Verizon service but I have no idea how it compares to cheaper alternatives.
Jul 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Words that have become useless because we don't agree what they mean:
Talking at length to a Democrat yesterday was a wild experience. It’s as if they have a framework for how sentence structure works but it is populated with CNN talking points. Debunking them in the order presented created what?
That’s right: The Democrat Logic Loop. With each slaying of their points they jump to a new point. Once all points have been debunked, they start over as if the discussion never happened. To infinity.
Jul 12, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The most important question in the U.S. is how many and what type of vulnerabilities exist in our election systems, especially the digital parts.
Example: If you test ten voting machines that the manufacturer provides, can it be said all voting machines were good on vote day?
Another: Are there checks/tests of data throughout the system that can guarantee all votes got to the endpoint unchanged?
How can that be done if votes are stripped of voter identifiers (intentionally) along the journey?
