Real Coffee with Scott Adams

Episode 3039 CWSA 12/07/25 • December 7, 2025

Episode Overview

Scott Adams invites listeners into his “man cave” for an informal, wide-ranging discussion of current events “through a persuasion filter.” With holiday news doldrums in full effect, Scott covers topics from conspiracy theories and cancer treatments to AI-driven societal changes, government corruption, and viral internet moments. As always, he applies his signature skepticism, humor, and focus on the power of narrative and persuasion.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Pearl Harbor Reflections and History Skepticism

• [02:30] Scott notes that it’s Pearl Harbor Day, and muses about conspiracy theories suggesting the US "knew the attack was coming."
  • “The one thing that I'm sure of is that there's not a single thing in history that is exactly the way the history books tell us... Not completely.”
• He expresses general doubt about the completeness or accuracy of historical accounts.

2. Cancer Treatments: BioShield & Pluvicto Updates

• [03:31 - 05:40] Personal update: Scott has completed the second phase of his BioShield shots (Dr. Soon-Shiong’s protocol), aimed at boosting natural immunity against cancer, and continues on Pluvicto, which is supposed to destroy tumors.
  • “BioShield… boosts your natural immunity… Pluvicto will try to destroy the tumors and then the BioShield will just make sure that your natural immunity does the best they can of keeping you cancer free.”

3. Boring News Cycle: Inflation & AI-Driven Demands

• [06:00] Scott laments the "boring as hell" news, attributing it to the run-up to Christmas.
• [06:51] Dell computers warn of DRAM price increases due to AI data center demand.
  • “…anything that an AI data center wants to use is probably going to get more expensive because the competition for those will be insane.”

4. Food Price Fixing & Corruption

• [07:06] Trump orders DOJ/FTC investigations into food price fixing, particularly among foreign companies.
  • “Anything that's possible to be corrupt eventually will be... There’s a lot of money involved and a lot of people involved, and that would explain the food industry. Then sooner or later, it will be completely corrupt.”

5. Microplastics: Threat or Overblown?

• [08:08 - 10:07] Scott questions the alarm over microplastics, arguing that if they were as deadly as described, human civilization would already be destroyed.
  • “If it were as bad for you as we're told, it would have already destroyed all of human civilization.”
• Shares research about new filtering tech inspired by fish that could remove plastics from water.

6. Energy Prices, AI, and Economic Engineering

• [11:50] Financial market disconnect: energy traders aren’t betting on high price spikes despite predictions of surging AI-driven demand.
  • “I’m kind of on the same side as the energy traders… There would be such a gigantic economic benefit for either figuring out how to do AI cheaper or how to build a data center cheaper or how to produce energy cheaper…”
  • Scott predicts engineering will solve most energy crunches because of the scale of incentives.

7. Viral AI Blunders: Fact or Fiction?

• [14:08] A Reddit anecdote claims a Google AI deleted a user's hard drive and begged forgiveness. Scott is skeptical.
  • “It’s a little too on the nose, isn’t it?... I don’t believe it at all.”

8. Tim Pool’s Shooting Incident & Media Labels

• [15:16 - 17:46] Discusses the shooting at Tim Pool’s home and challenges labeling Pool “right-wing”.
  • “If you can’t tell exactly what his label is, that’s sort of where you want to be.”
  • Compliments Pool’s “talent stack” and business acumen.

9. Science, Climate Change, & Shifting Narratives

• [17:46 - 19:54] New carbon-negative building material is unveiled. Scott reflects on the trajectory of climate change narratives:
  • “Wouldn’t you feel really duped if you had dedicated your life to solving this big crisis for humanity, only to find out it wasn’t real?”
  • Now seeing more “signals for hoax” than crisis.

10. Regional Humor: Idaho’s “COW” Nickname

• [20:48] Idaho refers to California, Oregon, and Washington transplants as “COWs.”
  • “I feel quite insulted that the governor of Idaho is calling me a cow...”

11. January 6th Pipe Bomber: Stereotypes Realized

• [22:11 - 23:42] Remarks on the January 6th pipe bomber, noting the suspect’s stereotypically "basement dweller" description.

12. China, U.S. Schools, Espionage, and Kill Switches

• [23:57 - 30:57] House bills to block Chinese influence in schools; news that Chinese buses in Europe have “kill switches.”
  • Scott questions if such backdoors are always part of an adversarial strategy or simply software maintenance tools.
  • “It does look like China could turn off all of civilization if it wanted to. But are they really? ...If China ever pulled the trigger on that... that would completely destroy their ability to sell anything to anybody in the future.”

13. Viral Meme: Gavin Newsom’s Leg Crossing Pose

• [31:23 - 33:10] Conservatives criticize Newsom for crossing his legs; Newsom responds with a self-deprecating meme.
  • “Are there laws or regulations for leg crossing? I object.”
  • Praises Newsom’s meme response: “Nicely done…his meme game is definitely improving.”

14. Social Media Swearing: U.S. vs. Brits/Aussies

• [33:10] Study claims Americans use the F-word more on social media than Australians or Britons. Scott is skeptical.

15. Minnesota Prank: Yelling the R-word at Tim Walz’s House

• [34:16 - 36:48] Muses on the phenomenon of people driving by MN Governor Tim Walz’s house to yell slurs—possibly now a local tradition.
  • Ties in Tim Walz previously advocating “bullying” Trump as rationale for the backlash.

16. Chinese Mega-Factories & Era of “Massive Construction”

• [37:52 - 39:20] BYD’s factory under construction may be larger than San Francisco.
  • “I did worry that humans had lost the ability to do big things, but apparently not.”

17. FIFA Peace Prize Awarded to Trump

• [39:20 - 41:47] Trump receives a FIFA peace medal; critics call it “childlike manipulation.” Scott sees it as healthy international persuasion.
  • “That’s the president I want, I want the president where when somebody says, oh my god, we’re going to meet with the president, what does he want? We got to give him what he wants.”

18. Vaccination Policy Review & Bill Gates on African Agriculture

• [42:19 - 43:43] Trump tasks RFK Jr. to examine childhood vaccine schedules.
• [42:54 - 46:10] Bill Gates predicts AI will turn African farmers into world food exporters. Scott questions if tools alone (AI, genetics) can overcome low-trust societal structures.

19. AI-Powered Police: Facial Recognition in Edmonton

• [46:17 - 47:56] Police in Edmonton, Canada, are using AI body cams to spot wanted people in real time.
  • Raises privacy/due process concerns: “If you were one of those 7,000 low trust people, the first thing you should do is move the heck out of Edmonton.”

20. Trump and America’s “Race Conversation” (Axios Article)

• [47:58 - 53:28] Reviews assertions that Trump’s rhetoric normalized public racism. Scott argues the cited examples aren’t truly racist and questions Axios’s narrative.
  • “If you can totally change the person in it and you can change their race and it’s exactly the same story, that’s not racist.”

21. Media Predictability: Stupid or Lying?

• [53:28 - 55:56] On MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle insisting their programming is unpredictable.
  • “Is Stephanie Rule stupid? … Or is she lying? I don’t know. This could be stupid or lying.”

22. Asteroids and Building Blocks of Life

• [55:56] New findings: an asteroid with sugars and amino acids supports the idea that life’s building blocks may be common in the universe.

23. European Union vs. Hungary, Musk’s Persuasion Influence

• [56:50 - 60:13] Hungary is fined by the EU for not allowing illegal migration; Elon Musk calls for the EU to disband.
• Scott analyzes the power of suggestion in persuasion:
  • “Step one of persuasion is ... get it in their mind that this is a potentially real thing, that maybe they can reverse the European Union and go back.”

24. Post-Brexit Britons: Happier out of the EU?

• [60:13] Wonders if the UK is happier after Brexit, suggesting autonomy has value regardless of objective outcomes.

25. Show Meta: Tech Setup

• [61:02] Scott describes his technical setup, broadcasting from his Lazy Boy chair and using an iPhone as a microphone—a practical tip for would-be streamers.

Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On history:
  • “There's not a single thing in history that is exactly the way the history books tell us... Not completely.” [02:30]
• On corruption and government:
  • “Anything that's possible to be corrupt eventually will be... It just has to be possible. And there has to be a lot of money involved.” [07:30]
• On climate crisis effort:
  • “Wouldn’t you feel really duped if you had dedicated your life to solving this big crisis for humanity, only to find out it wasn’t real?” [19:19]
• On meme warfare:
  • “If I'm judging him just on meme warfare. Nicely done. Nicely done.” [32:25]
• On international persuasion & trophies:
  • “That’s the president I want, I want the president where when somebody says, oh my god, we’re going to meet with the president, what does he want? We got to give him what he wants.” [40:14]
• “Stupid or lying” game (re: media predictability):
  • “Is Stephanie Rule stupid? ... Or is she lying? I don’t know. This one, this one, I can’t tell.” [55:56]
• On engineering solutions to AI/energy crunch:
  • “I’ve got a feeling that we’ll figure out how to make AI and energy way more accessible. Might be 10 years from now, but I think that's a guarantee.” [14:08]

Important Timestamps

• 00:00 – 01:27: Coffee ritual, new tech setup
• 02:30: Pearl Harbor Day & history skepticism
• 03:31 – 05:40: Cancer therapy updates
• 06:51: DRAM prices & AI-driven inflation
• 07:06: Food price fixing probe
• 08:08 – 10:07: Microplastics & fish-inspired filtering innovation
• 11:50: Disconnect between energy market predictions and investor behavior
• 14:08: Viral AI hard drive deletion claim
• 15:16: Tim Pool’s home shot at, “right-wing” media labels
• 17:46: New carbon-negative building materials; climate narrative shifts
• 20:48: Idaho insults “COW” state migrants
• 22:11 – 23:42: Stereotypical depiction of J6 pipe bomber suspect
• 23:57 – 30:57: US/China influence in schools; backdoors in Chinese tech
• 31:23 – 33:10: Gavin Newsom “leg crossing” meme
• 33:10: Swearing on social media: US vs. Aussies/Brits
• 34:16 – 36:48: Minnesota “R-word” prank on Gov. Walz’s house; bullying in politics
• 37:52 – 39:20: Giant Chinese factories and construction trends
• 39:20 – 41:47: FIFA peace prize for Trump: manipulation or persuasion?
• 42:19 – 46:10: RFK Jr. vaccine schedule review; Bill Gates’ Africa/AI predictions; societal trust
• 46:17 – 47:56: Edmonton’s AI-powered police cams
• 47:58 – 53:28: Trump & America’s evolving “race conversation” (Axios)
• 53:28 – 55:56: MSNBC predictability: stupid or lying?
• 55:56: Asteroid contains building blocks for life
• 56:50 – 60:13: EU fines Hungary over migration; Musk urges disbanding EU
• 61:02: Technical tips: iPhone as a podcast mic
• 61:55: Show wrap-up

Overall Tone & Takeaways

• Conversational, irreverent, and skeptical.
• Heavy focus on the narratives, assumed motives, and persuasive tactics behind news and politics.
• Undercurrent of playful cynicism—Scott delights in poking holes in "official" stories, labeling, and media narratives.
• Frequent asides, personal anecdotes, and a focus on the mechanics of persuasion.

Summary for New Listeners

In this episode, Scott Adams delivers his trademark mix of humor, skepticism, and insight to a wide range of topics—from cancer treatments and global corruption to meme culture and the future of AI, energy, and political persuasion. Through it all, he encourages listeners to question prevailing narratives, be aware of the power of framing, and expect both corruption and innovation—sometimes from surprising places. If you want a critical, often contrarian read on today's bland news cycle, this “highlight of human civilization” might just be your mug of coffee.