Real Coffee with Scott Adams Episode 3040 CWSA 12/08/25
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Dec 8, 2025 Explore intriguing ideas like non-lethal school drones enhancing safety and the concept of underground automated farms revolutionizing agriculture. Delve into the complexities of Trump's farm aid proposal and debates around beef prices. Discover the potential of an AI actress and the implications of rapid AI expansion under Trump's vision. Unpack synesthesia's connection to creativity and investigate geopolitical issues surrounding Russia's AI funding. Plus, a cautionary take on groundbreaking cancer research using green light.
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Beware Open‑Label Study Bias
- Open-label studies are highly vulnerable to placebo and suggestion effects which can make results meaningless.
- Scott Adams warns that telling subjects a pill increases potency often creates the reported effect regardless of the pill's pharmacology.
Timing Can Change Treatment Outcomes
- Time of day can materially change medical treatment effectiveness and dosing outcomes.
- Scott Adams suggests future AI systems will detect these circadian patterns by aggregating anonymized personal health data.
Writer's Synesthesia Helped My Craft
- Scott Adams describes feeling words as a form of synesthesia that likely helped his writing career.
- He credits this sensory crossover with making writing feel intuitive and effective for him.