If you meet Dilbert on the road, erase him.
I am a big Sam Harris fan (although he would likely reject fandom as an unworthy intellectual pursuit) and he recently had a very interesting two-hour dialog with Scott Adams. You can listen to the podcast for free here: Triggered.
Adams is the creator of Dilbert, one of the most enduring comic strips of the last twenty years. He was also one of the first to predict a Trump win. He always makes a point to note that he is a trained hypnotist and that he believes Trump is a master persuader, who spoke to the strongest wishes of the voters.
Harris finds nothing persuasive about any of Trump’s wealth of lies (Trump even lies about his wealth), but it is worthwhile to note that the two engage civilly and, for the most part, rationally throughout the two hours of the podcast.
Harris almost always conducts a compelling interview. At the beginning of the meet-up with Adams he states that he does not set out to debate guests on his podcast — at least not in the sense that he wants to end with a winner and a loser — but rather to seek understanding. He offered to delete any part that Adams felt did not represent his views well for whatever the reason. He emphasized that he does not go looking for a “gotcha” moment from a guest.
As you can tell from the title, I will not be paying much attention to Dilbert in the future, but then I wasn’t a fan of Adams to begin with. It is interesting, though, to see how an otherwise intelligent person can rationalize their belief that Trump is not the worthless piece of shit that he certainly is.