Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive October 12, 2026
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looks like things are slowing down over there. So China's really getting a handle on it. In these times of national, not national, global crisis, it's good to take stock of the more sober-minded among us. So leadership sort of bubbles up where you don't expect it. You see this in a whole bunch of different ways. People are just sort of stepping up and taking a position on the Wuhan virus. Taking…

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ecide to be too afraid, we'll all go basically run off a cliff together. But it takes people like Naval, and I hope that my voice adds to this a little bit, to say this is temporary because it is. I would say the one thing that you could bet on with the greatest certainty of anything you've ever bet on is that it's temporary. Most things are. And so we'll be fine. Just keep your psychology strong. This is not the time to panic sell. And I find that a helpful message. So when people of that station tell you to relax, that means something and that's helpful.

So there was apparently a fascinating interaction last night on CNN where Don Lemon was interviewing John Kasich. Now Kasich of course is no fan of President Trump, but he is a moderate Republican. And Lemon was trying to get John Kasich to say bad things about Trump's national address last night about the war on virus. And Kasich wouldn't do it. Kasich basically said, yeah it was pretty good. Yeah, it was 98 percent okay. Yeah, I mean he had to clarify a few things, big deal. He was reading it from a teleprompter so obviously it was prepared and all the right people saw it and everything. And I guess Don Lemon was flipping out because he couldn't get Kasich to say something bad about Trump in a crisis.

Now I don't think I've ever liked John Kasich better than last night. So much so that I thought if he had re-registered as a Democrat and just ran as a Democrat, I mean he would have a shot because he is a completely rea

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sonable, level-headed guy who has never been crazy. And I appreciated him a lot last night just sticking up for the fact that the president's address, and I'll give my own criticisms so I'm not agreeing with Kasich's view. I just appreciate the independence of it. The fact that he wasn't going to take a side during a crisis when he so easily could have criticized the president because he's critici…

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