Scott Adams — the sharp, satirical mind behind Dilbert — has died at 68 after a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. The creator who spent decades dissecting corporate absurdity with cutting wit left the world on January 13, 2026, at his home in Pleasanton, California, surrounded by hospice care. His ex-wife, Shelly Miles, confirmed his passing during a livestream.
In the final days of his life, Adams faced his mortality not with punchlines, but with conviction. On January 1, during an episode of his podcast Real Coffee with Scott Adams, he announced his intention to convert to Christianity — a striking turn for a man long known for his skepticism and rationalist worldview. Adams said that conversations with Christian friends had stirred something profound, though he described his decision in terms that blended faith with logic, calling it a kind of “risk-reward calculation.”
Hours after his death, a pre-scheduled post appeared on his X account — a hauntingly serene farewell.
It read: “I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, and I look forward to spending an eternity with him.”
That simple statement ignited massive debate online. Some praised his courage in embracing faith at life’s end. Others questioned whether his conversion was an act of spiritual awakening or a calculated nod to Pascal’s Wager — the centuries-old idea that belief in God is the safer bet in the face of eternal uncertainty.
Love him or loathe him, Scott Adams was never one to tiptoe around controversy. In death, as in life, he challenged audiences to think differently — to question, to argue, and to look the absurdities of existence squarely in the eye. And now, as the world remembers the man who made the office cubicle a battleground of wit and irony, his final act leaves one last provocation: what if faith is just another kind of reason?
