Editing Scott Adams (section)

==Early life and education==
Adams was born on June 8, 1957,<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Adams, fully Scott Raymond Adams |url=http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/scott-adams-fully-scott-raymond-adams?page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002924/http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/scott-adams-fully-scott-raymond-adams?page=8 |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |website=Great Thoughts Treasury}}</ref> in [[Windham (town), New York|Windham, New York]], the son of Paul and Virginia (née Vining) Adams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Adams Obituary |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/obituaries_from_the_windham_journal_february_2011.htm |access-date=January 16, 2017 |work=RootsWeb |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822220819/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/obituaries_from_the_windham_journal_february_2011.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DilbertFuture">{{Cite book |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59601170 |title=The Dilbert Future : Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century |date=1997 |publisher=Boxtree |isbn=0-7522-1118-8 |location=London |oclc=59601170}}</ref> He has described himself as "about half German"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/lets-talk-about-hitler/|title=Let's Talk About Hitler|last=Adams|first=Scott|work=Scott Adams Says |date=March 10, 2016|access-date=March 10, 2016|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171345/https://www.scottadamssays.com/lets-talk-about-hitler/ }}</ref> and also has English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry.<ref name="Blog post">{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/immigration.html |title=Immigration |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128135100/http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/immigration.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCJpmUAy0s#t=76m55s |title=Joe Rogan Experience No. 874 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127144126/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCJpmUAy0s#t=76m55s |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Adams said he had a small amount of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] ancestry,<ref name="Twitter">{{cite tweet |last=Adams |first=Scott |user=ScottAdamsSays |number=752621060210561024 |date=July 11, 2016 |title=@cowperthwait I'm part Native American and it doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a businessman smack-talking his casino competitors. |access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref> but later discovered via [[23andme]] genetic testing that he does not have any detectable Native American genetic markers.<ref name="NoNativeAmer">{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Scott |title=Episode 2099 Scott Adams: Tucker's Rumored Plans, Climate Surprise, Bud Light Lessons, Proud Boys |website=[[YouTube]] |date=May 5, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHuaLkCu4Zo&t=3360s |language=en |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923021949/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHuaLkCu4Zo&t=3360s |url-status=live }}</ref>  He was a fan of ''[[Peanuts]]'' comics while growing up and started drawing comics at age 6.<ref name="2.0">{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Scott |title=Dilbert 2.0: 20 years of Dilbert |date=2008 |publisher=Andrews McMeel |location=Jamaica City |isbn=978-0-7407-7735-6 }}</ref> He won a drawing competition at age 11.<ref name="2.0" />

Adams graduated from [[Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School]] in 1975 and was the [[valedictorian]] of his class of 39 students. He earned a [[Bachelor's degree|BA]] in economics from [[Hartwick College]] in [[Oneonta, New York]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/about|title=About Scott Adams|work=Scott Adams Says|access-date=November 7, 2017|archive-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801131240/https://www.scottadamssays.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He then moved to California and started work.<ref name="2.0" /> In 1986, he earned an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Adams, MBA 86 |publisher=[[Haas School of Business]] |url=http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/alumni/profiles/adams_scott.html | access-date=October 18, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171019111838/http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/alumni/profiles/adams_scott.html | archive-date = October 19, 2017 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Adams took [[Dale Carnegie Training]] and called it "life changing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/how-to-get-a-real-education|title=How to Get a Real Education|website=Wall Street Oasis|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308195115/https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/off-topic/how-to-get-a-real-education|url-status=live}}</ref>