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Alex Pavy's avatar

Also maybe he’s not a genius about anything.

Electrics cars were going to happen anyway, he didn’t create Tesla, he was able to invest early because he was a multi millionaire.

Actual geniuses do the science and the engineering for him while he makes the sales and the jokes and takes credit for everything.

Boring company? We invented the subway before

Autonomous cars predicted? Still not fully autonomous cars ready

Going to Mars is really urgent to protect humanity? At the moment it’s pure science fiction so how about we invent laser shields too... it’s talk without any substance

We live in a simulation? Debunked as unscientific

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Rick Elliott's avatar

This is truth repeated throughout all the spheres of life - just because someone is good at a thing, doesn't mean they are good at other things.

Social media of course is largely built on the inverse - that because one is good at something (e.g. songwriting) they have a fiat to blather to millions of people who like their songwriting, about whatever enters their mind (which, remember, is only good for songwriting...)

Watching Musk burn his treasure is a delight, I have to admit

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