Dilbert creator Scott Adams doesn't expect to live much longer

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/02/scott-adams-dilbert-cancer-dying-paralysis/

by SandroG • 7 months ago

17 36 7 months ago

Mercury News:

    "he called Black Americans a “hate group”"

What Scott Adams actually said:

    "*IF* nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with White people... that's a hate group"

inhumantsar• 7 months ago

In the same stream he also said he moved house to get away from black people and "I'm not saying start a war or anything like that ... I'm just saying get away."

He's also questioned Holocaust numbers, claimed the Dilbert tv show was cancelled because he is white, predicted that Republicans would be hunted down after Joe Biden won the election, and tried treating his cancer with ivermectin.

Aggressive cancer like that is a shitty way to go and I feel for him, but let's not pretend he's a reasonable, well-adjusted person.

gregbot• 7 months ago

are we still denying that Black america has a crime problem in 2026? So you’re saying Scott isn’t “well adjusted” because he doesn’t want to live in the ghetto? Do you call black people who move away from the ghetto “unreasonable” or just White people?

kayamon• 7 months ago

Scott Adams:

"I’d also like to know how the Holocaust death total of 6 million was determined. Is it the sort of number that is so well documented with actual names and perhaps a Nazi paper trail that no historian could doubt its accuracy, give or take ten thousand? Or is it like every other LRN (large round number) that someone pulled out of his ass and it became true by repetition?"

damnitbuilds2• 7 months ago

FWIW, I do believe Scott Adams is probably a horrible racist.

I just wanted to get the facts out there, so people know The Mercury News is not a good news source.

estimator7292• 7 months ago

That's really not any better at all. The second statement is still overt racism, just with ornamentation.

caminante10• 7 months ago

You're skipping steps.

Adam's was reacting to a poll where a majority of black americans took a stance against saying "it's OK to be white."

How is that not a red flag for "hate" against another racial group?

beAbU• 7 months ago

Many years ago I subscribed to his blog/newsletter thinking it was going to be full of great gems, like the comic strip. I was very surprised to learn that not to be the case, as every other article was some sort of unhinged ramble about race, class, culture or religion.

I enjoy his cartoon, I still do in fact. But I don't think I'll enjoy the company of the creator himself.

Having said that, an untimely death is deserved by nobody and I hope he can remain comfortable and pain free till the end.

Natfan• 7 months ago

68 isn't that young...

resumenext2• 7 months ago

In the Bay Area it is.

jtotheh• 7 months ago

One of many creative people whose work I love and who have some questionable aspects. I'm sorry he's suffering and dying young (IMO). The Dilbert strip was genius.

treetalker• 7 months ago

On the off-chance he ever sees this, I am grateful to him as the vector through which I acquired the mental model that systems beat goals (the key to many types of success is consistently repeated action — the activity, not the lagging indicator of results). (Book: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big.)

fragmede• 7 months ago

If you're really trying to reach him, email him at dilbertcartoonist@gmail.com

https://x.com/scottadamssays/status/582906158979006465

resumenext2• 7 months ago

I remember Dilbert fondly. Newspaper comic strips were a cool aspect of the pre-internet days and Scott was very early in seeing the digital future and adapting. I don’t think he foresaw people losing their sense humor, nor the problems with Kaiser healthcare. Kaiser kills as they say. Good reminder to get a psa test this year.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams doesn't expect to live much longer

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