Real Coffee with Scott Adams Episode 3120 - The Scott Adams School 03/23/26
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Mar 23, 2026 Conversation jumps between reframing emotions and practical mental resets. They dig into AI topics like bias in learning summaries, prompt tuning, and neurosymbolic efficiency. Political money and ethics surface with a campaign psychiatrist spending story. Big-tech ambitions and hardware ideas from Musk get explored. Geo-strategic moves around Iran, Israel, and negotiation dynamics are debated.
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Choose Your Feelings With Quick Reframes
- Choose how you feel by using reframes like “How I feel is my choice” to remove the edge from negative emotions.
- Scott Adams and Erica recommend quick reframes (e.g., “So what? Who cares?”) and try alternatives until one works that day.
Reset Mood Fast With Ten Jumping Jacks
- Use simple physical actions to reset mood immediately by doing 10 jumping jacks to change your state.
- Erica reports others tried it and felt a marked improvement, calling it an easy, immediate mood hack.
AI Writing Improves Recall But Shapes Opinions
- Yale research found people recalled facts better from AI-written content than expert-written versions.
- The study also found AI outputs tended to shift readers’ opinions (notably a liberal slant), affecting long-term worldview.