I was truly saddened yesterday morning to hear Scott Adams say that he will be dying soon.
Over the years, well before he started commenting on politics, his blog posts, and then his livestreams, made me think. And, of course there was Dilbert, which was something my first wife and I shared an appreciation for.
I've had many disagreements with his views over the years. I even have a blog post label specifically to address how and why he's wrong in his thinking about guns. As I have said in the past, when he's right, he's right. When he's wrong, it's because he's a government supremacist. That doesn't mean I ever hated him.
He influenced me to be a better version of myself by challenging me (without his knowledge) to put into words why I disagree with him when I do. It's not enough to say about someone, "He's wrong". If you can't explain why he's wrong, do you even know he's wrong?
I've written many blog posts where I specifically referenced something he said on his livestream. Even more where something he said made me start thinking along a specific path that resulted in a blog post. Or two. Like this one.
I believe I have benefited greatly, in various ways, because of his influence. And even the aggravation. I expected to be challenged, angered, and inspired by his opinions for years to come. I feel a little cheated.
I'm almost positive he muted me ages ago. Such is life. I'm sincerely sorry this is happening to him, and I wish him the best in the time he has left.
I always found Adams interesting, but have pretty much ignored him since he blocked me on Twitter for asking a question he didn't like. So I had to Google what you're talking about. I'm sorry to hear that. I know that over the years he's been instrumental in getting a lot of people to THINK, for which we all owe him a debt of gratitude.
ReplyDeleteScott Adams is a character and I hope that somehow he can recover from this. He is wrong about some things, as you said.
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